The story of an organ and a ruined abbey
40 Years of the Saint-Michel-en-Thiérache Festival
From a ruined abbey on the Franco-Belgian border, in northern France, Jean-Michel Verneiges decided to create a festival. And with good reason: the abbey houses a precious treasure, a historic organ three hundred years old. Today, the Baroque festival of Saint-Michel-en-Thiérache celebrates its 40th anniversary, from 7 June to 5 July, with a special anniversary edition featuring 12 concerts and bringing together leading figures in the field, including Jordi Savall and Hespèrion XXI, Julien Chauvin and Le Concert de la Loge, Christina Pluhar and L’Arpeggiata, and the French viol player Lucile Boulanger.
