The Festival international Albert-Roussel, created in 1997 by the

tenor A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The low extreme for tenors is wide ...

Damien Top Damien Top (born 13 July 1973, in Rouen) is a French tenor, musicologist and conductor, and is artistic director of the International Albert Roussel Festival. Career Damien Top is an exponent of contemporary French music as singer, conducto ...

to combat cultural desertification in rural areas, takes place every year in the region

Nord-Pas-de-Calais Nord-Pas-de-Calais (); pcd, Nord-Pas-Calés); is a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region Hauts-de-France. It consisted of the departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais. Nord-Pas-de-Calais ...

and in Belgium in September-October. The programming is mainly focused on 20th century French music and contemporary creation.

External links

Official website

Festival international Albert Roussel
(Les amis de la musique)
''Le festival international Albert-Roussel accueille le quatuor à cordes de l’Armée de Terre''
('' La Voix du Nord'')
Festival Albert Roussel
(Piano bleu)
The Festival
(Classic news.com)
2006 edition of the Festival

Bailleul - ''Une confrontation surprenante entre poésie et percussions au festival Albert-Roussel''
(La Voix du Nord)
''Entretien avec Damien Top, directeur du festival international Albert Roussel''

2017 edition of the Festival Albert Roussel
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