The Passe ton Bach festival first returns to Toulouse for an edition open to the world

To effortlessly introduce everyone to the music of one of the greatest and most demanding composers in history.

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Since 2008, the festival has offered a musical stroll through the streets of Toulouse.

Often free, always at low prices - paying concerts are all six euros - these thirty-minute performances are all opportunities to familiarize yourself with a colossal work.

Driven from the start by the boundless passion of musical director Michel Brun, the theme of this edition is "

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From South America to Africa, from Afghanistan to Spain via China, this edition is not confined to a simple tribute in the sometimes rigid framework of classical music.

In a press release, the organizers explain that they wanted to "

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A treasure hunt

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All weekend long, the public is invited to a “

” through the streets of the pink city. By surveying the hypercentre, Toulouse residents can easily go to concerts, anywhere and at any time.

Among the most unusual places, the Purpan hospital and the Matabiau station will host a piano performance on Friday September 24 from the students of the Toulouse Conservatory. On Saturday at 4 p.m., it's the turn of the Grand Chamber of the Court of Appeal to welcome

, a Japanese-style rereading of Bach's most famous arias. In the patio of the famous Ombres Blanches bookstore, a

conference

will look back on the life of Albert Schweitzer, pastor and doctor exiled in Gabon who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952, and incidentally, boundless admirer of Bach. .

High point of the festival, the

revisited by the baroque ensemble of Toulouse.

To close the festivities, this major work will have the honors of the Halle aux Grains, the epicenter of Toulouse classical music.

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