Tucked away in the Lubéron between Marseilles and Avignon, a region best known for its Cavaillon melons, the twenty-eight-year-old Festival de La Roque d'Anthéron has emerged as the major European summer venue for pianists. Blessed with a million-dollar budget, the latest outdoor acoustical installation and affordable ticket prices, visitors can enjoy world-class performances in a natural park setting. This year's festival features recitals by distinguished keyboard artists such as Herbie Hancock, Alfred Brendel, Pierre Hantaï, Christian Zacharias, Zhu Xiao Mei, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Brad Mehldau, Nikolaï Lugansky, Grigory Sokolov, Paul Lewis, Piotr Anderszewski, Deszö Ránki, Marie-Josèphe Jude, François Chaplin, Rafal Blechacz, Igor Tchetuev, Brigitte Engerer, Plamena Mangova, Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, Nicholas Angelich, Alexeï Volodine, Andrei Korobeinikov, Uri Caine, Andreas Staier, François Guerrier among others.
International Piano Festival
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