The evening “Les Quais en Musique” won the public on the quays of Trinquetaille in Arles

This year, the city of Arles has decided to change its format to give new life to its event “The streets in music”, while obviously keeping the same spirit of gratuitousness, of conviviality.

The first edition of the new version. Therefore, “Les Quais en Musique”, took place this Friday evening on the Esplanade du Quai Saint-Pierre de Trinquetaille, with a first concert devoted to classical music. In addition, The orchestra that passes, which celebrated its fifteenth anniversary this year, offered the public works by Bruch and Tchaikoski. Consequently, This orchestra. For example, auto managed and based in Lausanne, is made up of young musicians aged 18 to 30, amateurs, professionals, or students of high music schools.

They are more than sixty to be led by Anthony Fournier. who started studying the violin at the age of 9 and then, after an evening “les quais en musique” accident that immobilized his hand, turned to the conductor. “”It was greatsaid spectators after this first performance. We really appreciated the conductor who directed without looking at the score. We also really liked collusion with musicians“.

The second part of the evening was directed towards pop music. swing, with Lilajack, a quartet composed of Clio, Julien, Gérald and Pierre-Yves, respectively on singing, guitar, percussion and double bass. The musicians transported the public to the 1970s.80 and 90 … when the swing meets pop. Their musical arrangements. their communicative energy vibrated the public, which remained on the dance floor until late in the evening.

A success for this first new edition of the Music quays. One suggestion nevertheless: provide more chairs next year!