As part of my Virtuoso Region
Ma Région Virtuose is a classical music festival organised by the Pays de la Loire Region.
Its aim is to appeal to the widest possible audience, with innovative formats and unexpected venues, modest ticket prices (from €2 to €12) and a large number of free concerts.
In 2026, Ma Région Virtuose returns with a reaffirmed ambition for its 3rd edition: to offer musical excellence to all the people of the Loire, in concert halls on the weekend of 23-25 January, and in everyday venues from the beginning of January.
So this year, not one but two stage lorries will be hitting the road across the region on 9 January. These 40- and 90-seat travelling stages will offer local residents a moment of musical intimacy, just a stone's throw from their homes.
Ensemble Masques
Mélisande Corriveau bass viol
Josh Cheatham bass viol
Olivier Fortin harpsichord and conductor
"A crazy day at Versailles
Marais: La Folia
Ortiz: La Folia
Corelli : Sonate préciser
Rameau : La Forqueray, Les Sauvages
Forqueray : La Couperin, La Buisson
Caix d'Hervelois: Suite in D minor
From dawn until suppertime, the whole of Versailles is buzzing with intrigue, music and laughter... in the gilded corridors, an impatient harpsichord wakes the King, the violins agree to get him up while a cook gets carried away and a Spanish ambassador waits for three hours for someone to deign to receive him! This is the daily life of the world's most famous stage, as told by Ensemble Masques, with delightful anecdotes and a selection of music from France, Italy and Spain.
Its aim is to appeal to the widest possible audience, with innovative formats and unexpected venues, modest ticket prices (from €2 to €12) and a large number of free concerts.
In 2026, Ma Région Virtuose returns with a reaffirmed ambition for its 3rd edition: to offer musical excellence to all the people of the Loire, in concert halls on the weekend of 23-25 January, and in everyday venues from the beginning of January.
So this year, not one but two stage lorries will be hitting the road across the region on 9 January. These 40- and 90-seat travelling stages will offer local residents a moment of musical intimacy, just a stone's throw from their homes.
Ensemble Masques
Mélisande Corriveau bass viol
Josh Cheatham bass viol
Olivier Fortin harpsichord and conductor
"A crazy day at Versailles
Marais: La Folia
Ortiz: La Folia
Corelli : Sonate préciser
Rameau : La Forqueray, Les Sauvages
Forqueray : La Couperin, La Buisson
Caix d'Hervelois: Suite in D minor
From dawn until suppertime, the whole of Versailles is buzzing with intrigue, music and laughter... in the gilded corridors, an impatient harpsichord wakes the King, the violins agree to get him up while a cook gets carried away and a Spanish ambassador waits for three hours for someone to deign to receive him! This is the daily life of the world's most famous stage, as told by Ensemble Masques, with delightful anecdotes and a selection of music from France, Italy and Spain.