Charles Trenet: from Aix to Narbonne, a memory difficult to cultivate

With its bastide, its surreal garden and its 800-seat Roman amphitheater, the Charles Trenet Museum project in Aix-en-Provence is marvelous.

At least on the models that

LeFigaro

was able to consult.

"

We will discover for the first time, a large part of his works including his collection of paintings, his vintage cars, his trophies

", wrote his nephew Wulfran Trenet in May 2020 to Maryse Joissains-Masini, mayor of Aix-en -Provence.

She congratulated him on "

this ambitious project

" and gave him her full support, "

subject to the legal battle over rights being settled

".

The court must indeed decide on the ownership of copyright between two opposing parties.

We will discover in the museum a large part of his works

Wulfran Trenet, nephew of artis

Planned in Charles Trenet's property ten minutes from the city center, the project, which includes a luxury hotel, requires 14 million euros.

This amount must be financed by the rents paid by the palace and Culturespaces which should operate the museum.

Culturespaces is already well known

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