26th Festival 6-20 August 2023
artistic director: Olivier Pons
RENCONTRES MUSICALES
DE FIGEAC
ABOUT US
Created by Jean-Pierre Messerschmitt, on a proposal from Martin Malvy (then Mayor of Figeac), Les Rencontres Musicales de Figeac aimed to spread classical music.
1997
a Franco-Japanese couple, the Mizubayashi, created with Les Rencontres a summer course around the quartet.
1998
Les Rencontres will focus on an action in summer only and Olivier Pons recommends the intervention of Professor Laszlo Mézö for a Masterclass of quartet and cello.
1999
Olivier Pons becomes Artistic Director.
2001
the Figeac Inter-municipal Music School, with the same team, becomes the official organizer, Benoît Defrance being Administrative Director. Jean-Pierre Messerschmitt becomes President of the Inter-municipal Music School of Figeac.
2007
in December, "Les Rencontres Musicales de Figeac" (RMF) becomes an association according to the law of 1901 (OJ of 12/22/2007; licenses for performance n ° 2-1019871 and 3-1019872) whose objectives are: organization of training courses, musical entertainment, concerts and music festivals, mainly in the field of classical music for stringed instruments, as well as all actions to promote its influence.
and since...
a story that continues to be written thanks to the commitment of an association, its partners and its public, each summer from August 6 to 20.