Les Sables-d’Olonne Vendée. 9th edition of the Hugo Reyne Music Festival from May 22 to 24, 2026
Photo from ONE: Ms. Laderrière (elected delegate for cultural creation), Jean-François Dejean (deputy in charge of culture), Hugo Reyne.
MOZART and BOHEMIA (period 1777-1778)
It will be another triumph as this Festival delights music lovers every year. And the success will come, certainly to the renowned musicians who will be present, but also and above all to Mozart.
It is in fact Mozart who was chosen for the 2026 Festival and its 3 concerts which will all take place at the Saint-Jean d’Orbestier Abbey (capacity of 200 people) since, from now on, it has been decided to associate an event with a place determined sand.
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« Then aged 11, Mozart, guided by his father, went to Bohemia where he composed, notably, the 6th symphony in Olomouc. The kingdom of Bohemia was then renowned for its good wind instrument players. Mozart then met in Mannheim, within the city’s famous orchestra, several bohemian musicians who impressed him.
Mozart was then composing his flute quartets. He became friends with Anton Stadler, an excellent bohemian clarinetist, which gave birth to a quintet and then a concerto. »
During this Sablais Festival, Hugo Reyne imagined Anton Stadler playing on a cane flute – called “Csakan” and very popular in Vienna at that time – the works he composed for Mozart.
Programme
– Friday May 22, 2026 at 8:30 p.m.: quartets with flute / Mozart
– Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 8:30 pm: Bohemian flute / Scholl, Krähmer, Csermak, Mozart
– Sunday May 24, 2026 at 5:00 p.m.: Symphonies & Concertos / Mozart (with the musicians of Le Soleil)
Hugo Reyne told us that during the program for Saturday May 23, 2026, he was going to play a clarinet concerto with this very special musical instrument that is the Csakan flute. The desire to take on a new challenge, to succeed in a challenge, perhaps also to brave possible criticism… or to reach nirvana!
We don’t know yet except that a certain stress has already set in within him…
Note the presence of:
– Hugo Reyne (flute and artistic direction), Stéphan Dudermel (1st violin), Ugo Gianotti (2nd violin), Diane Chmela (Viola), Etienne Mangot (cello), and the other musicians of Le Soleil.
Full price: €20 / under 16s: €2
Pass 3 concerts plein : 48 €
Sale of the 4th CD disc of the Festival
– “Rameau – The Savages” (Festival 2025) Ed. HugoVox 006
(purchase on site or via: hugoreyne@wanadoo.fr
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Les Sables-d’Olonne Vendée. 8th edition of the Hugo Reyne Music Festival from June 6 to 8, 2025
Photo below: Mme Laderrière, Hugo Reyne, Jean-François Dejean.
PROGRAMME 2025
– On the program OcarinasPicco-pipe and Fricalettu.
Once again an attractive program for this 8th Music Festival created by Hugo Reyne.
Exoticisms of certain rare music, unusual instruments, homage to the Native Americans of Louisiana, Hugo Reyne takes you to discover a musical and cultural program that he will highlight using instruments from his own collection of flutes.
Also on stage Yannick Varlet on piano.
Hugo Reyne, artistic director
In 1987, he founded the S(i)mphonie du Marais, an ensemble with which he gave hundreds of concerts and more than 40 recordings, for 33 years, until 2020.
From 2003 to 2018, he was artistic director of the Festival à La Chabotterie.
He devotes a large part of his time to musicological research, as well as to the edition of old scores. He is also a collector of flutes, flageolets and ocarinas.
The program includes 3 concerts:
– Très grand récital d’Ocarina et piano
(Théâtre de la Licorne in Havre d’Olonne)
Friday June 6, 2025 from approximately 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
– Late music for soft flute
Altieri, E. Bach, Domenichini, Fiorenza, Micheli, Pulli, Montanari, Rossini.
Church of Saint-Nicolas de La Chaume
Saturday June 7, 2025 from approximately 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Savages or the great pipe of Peace
Rameau tube, origins and evolution
Blavet, Corrette, Guignon, Dalayrac, Tapray.
Saint-Jean d’Orbestier Abbey
Sunday June 8, 2025 from approximately 5:00 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.
Placement libre assis.
Price: €20 (€2 for children under 16 with proof).
Students and under 26 years old + various aids with supporting documents: €14
Pass 3 concerts : 48 €
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Philippe Brossard-Lotz
The Sablais Reporter
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