CCAS Summer Tours in France

CCAS act in favor of the development of the human beeings, the well-being of each person and the quality of life, while respecting in solidarity and dignity their legal rights. In France more than 1% of the population is working in the electricity and gas sector - aprox. 657.000 people – workers and their families. They are the beneficiaries of social and cultural activities of CCAS, which includes the vacation opportunities for all generations and summer camps for young people. During the vacation period CCAS offers acess to artistic and cultural discovery programs. In its centers and in sites of its social tourism partners these programs present a widest diversity of expression - included smal format acoustic concerts giving an inside view into music from various cultures performed by master musicians.  

Since many years alba KULTUR is supporting CCAS for it's mission and for the selection and organisation of the music program.  

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The legendary vocal trio from the cultural capital Bulawayo in Zimbabwe presents rousing Imbube cappella singing of the Ndebele, who live in the south of the country and in the north of South Africa. The country's cultural diversity is reflected in the music: polyphonic, loud and powerful choral singing originated in colonial times, when miners left their home villages to earn money in the mines and Isicathamiya singing style, which, in contrast to Imbube, is softer and places more emphasis on a harmonious mix of voices and in which dance is an essential element. Insingizi's songs draw on both styles and are full of hope, optimism and faith.

Dumisani 'Ramadu' Moyo - vocals, percussion
Blessings 'Nqo' Nkomo - vocals, shakers
Vusa Mkhaya Ndlovu - vocals

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Tour 2025
06.07. - 18.07.2025 - more details tbc

Lornoar is a singer, songwriter and dancer from Cameroon. She began performing at a young age and quickly became an insider tip with her concerts in the city's hip clubs. She writes strong and beautiful lyrics, inspired both by God and everyday life: the need for comfort, love, abandonment, jealousy, the divine power, but also about women's fight against violence, the fight against intolerance and the abuse of children in war times. Her music consists of different rhythms from Bikutsi to Bossa Nova, Makossa, Batanga, Ekank, Ekomot, Mbalax and more. Today she is recogized as the Voice of Eton people.


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Lornoar - vocals
Michel Mbarga - guitare, mvett oyeng, balafon, tam-tam
Philippe Lebel Wandji - percussion

Tour 2025
06.07. - 18.07.2025 - more details tbc     

Tour 2024
24.07.2024 Carcans Maubuisson  
25.07.2024 Ares - Bassin d'Arcachon  
26.07.2024 Mimizan Plage  
27.07.2024 Port d'Albret  
29.07.2024 Moliets  
30.07.2024 Souston
31.07.2024 Seignosse
01.08.2024 Anglet  

She explores the ancient myths and landscapes of Ireland with the combined power of virtuosity, boldness and a touch of crazy, fearless spontaneity. With unique power and creativity, she navigates the heritage of Irish music. She combines traditional music with contemporary sound and themes that inspire young and old, the brave and the adventurous. Her family roots lie in County Wexford in the Republic of Ireland, a region settled by Vikings, and in Northern Ireland. At the age of three, she began learning traditional Irish melodies on the fiddle from her father Seamus. Since then, she has been electrifying audiences at her performances around the world with her groundbreaking Fearless Folk style.

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Clare Sands - Fiddle, Gitarre, Perkussion, Gesang
Cian McGrory - Uilleann Pipes, Low Whistles   

Tour 2025
21.07. - 02.08.2025 - more details tbc   

The Appalachians are a mountainous region in the east of the USA. Immigrants from England, the Scottish Lowlands and Ulster settled in the Appalachians in the 17th/ 18th centuries and brought with them their musical traditions such as English ballads and Irish and Scottish tunes played on the fiddle. There various European influences met African-American blues, but also church hymns - and a unique, popular folk music emerged. They combine tradition, humor, influences from minimal music with a chamber music aesthetic. And when harmonized singing is added, a special sound is created!


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Jane Rothfield – fiddle, vocals
Ewan Macdonald – fiddle, vocals
Becka Wolfe – viola, vocals
Nathan Bontrager – cello, vocals

Tour 2025
21.07. - 02.08.2025 - more details tbc

Rina Das Baul comes from a Baul family and learned lyrics, rhythms and musical instruments from an early age from her grandfather, who taught her to understand the musical nuances and also introduced her to the Baul philosophy that has been passed down from generation to generation in her family for centuries. Bauls do not identify with any organized religion or the caste system, but rather focus on the importance of a person's physical body as the place where God resides. The Bauls are admired for this freedom from convention as well as for their music and poetry. The language of the songs is constantly being modernized, giving them contemporary relevance.
This powerful musical form has been recognized by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage.


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Rina Das Baul - vocals, Ektara, Dugi
Arpan Thakur Chakraborty - Dotara, Kendri, Banjo
Purnendu Das - Khamak, Dubki, Dotara, Khol

Tour 2025
04.08. - 16.08.2025 - more details tbc  

The musicians from Argentina and Mexico are presenting the great tradition of Latin American singer & songwriters. Their music grows from their lifestyle and travels between the continents Latin-America and Europe - enriched with sounding anecdotes, orginal music and lyrics about migration, love, arrival and diaspora. The musicians have also committed themselves to an aesthetic in which the transparency of sound is of great importance. Their lively style, combined with a strong stage presence, has catapulted them into concert halls and festivals in over ten countries in a short time. An experimental fusion of tradition and adventure for the ears and respect to the power of nature.


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Aline Novaro - vocals, jarana
Josué Avalos - vocals, guitar, requinto jarocho, cuatro

Tour 2025
05.08. - 17.08.2025 - more details tbc 

Alpcologne elicit astonishingly diverse melodies from the almost 4 meter long iconic original instruments of the Alpine mountains. A new Alpine sound is emerging here: jazzy, groovy, happy, weird - and experimental. Whether original compositions or new interpretations of trad songs, singing and alphorns merge into an exciting musical unity. Alpcologne amazes with harmonious combinations of other instruments such as the recorder or sousaphone. Instead of postcard romanticism, Alpcologne is dusting off the alpine horns of Edelweiss and fake folk sound.  

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Victoria Riccio - vocals
ebasa Pallada - alphorn
Martin Thüringer - alphorn


Tour 2025
18.08. - 31.08.2025 - more details tbc    

Tour 2024
20.08.2024 Bugeat Gites  
21.08.2024 Besse et Saint Anastaise
22.08.2024 Murol
23.08.2024 Saint Amant-Roche Savine
24.08.2024 Le Monastier sur Gazeille
26.08.2024 Labaume
27.08.2024 Ispagnac
28.08.2024 Aimargues    

The duo from Lviv in Ukraine sings songs and ballads from the regions of Polissya, Bukovina, Poltava, Podillya and Central Ukraine. Also, anti-war songs and new military songs will be presented, which will deepen the current situation in Ukraine. “Songs of Ukrainian Forest” is a chamber concert symbolizing life, love and grace!

Natalia Rybka-Parkhomenko – vocal, glocophone, percussion
Maria Oneshchak – vocals, shruti box, percussion

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Tour 2024
10.07.2024 Les Sables d'Olonne
11.07.2024 Saint Hilaire de Riez
12.07.2024 La Turballe
13.07.2024 Mesquer
15.07.2024 Sarzeau
16.07.2024 Baden
17.07.2024 Lonevez Porzay
18.07.2024 Benodet CT  

Tour 2023 
10.07.2023 Gilette (Côte d'Azur)
11.07.2023 La Napoule (Côte d'Azur)
12.07.2023 Saint Raphael (Côte d'Azur)
13.07.2023 Frejus (Côte d'Azur)
15.07.2023 Bormes Les Mimosas (Côte d'Azur)
16.07.2023 Le Pradet (Côte d'Azur)
17.07.2023 Giens (Côte d'Azur)
18.07.2023 Le Lavandou (Côte d'Azur)
19.07.2023 Ramatuelle (Côte d'Azur)
20.07.2023 Le Rayet (Côte d'Azur)

The musicians of TEHO have been among the leading musical personalities of the Nordic music scene for years and are independent artistic spirits who repeatedly cross genre boundaries. They master their instruments at a virtuoso level, which opens up unlimited musical possibilities to combine different musical elements and turn the traditions of Nordic music upside down!

Tero Hyväluoma - fiddle
Esko Järvelä - fiddle

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Tour 2024
07.08.2024 Saint Maurice d'Ibie
08.08.2024 Die - Sud Vercors
09.08.2024 Vaison Romaine
10.08.2024 Montbrun les Bains
12.08.2024 Chorges - Le lac de Serre-Poncon
13.08.2024 Chorges - Baie de la Chapelle
14.08.2024 Les Vigneaux
15.08.2024 Le Monetier les Bains

Tour 2023
07.08.2023 Amboise Les Violettes (Centre)
08.08.2023 La Rochelle - La Fayette (Charentes)
09.08.2023 Fouras (Charentes)
10.08.2023 Saint Denis d'Oleron Les Beaup (Charentes)
11.08.2023 Saint Trojan Les Bains (Charentes)
12.08.2023 Saint Georges de Didonne (Charentes)
14.08.2023 Domme (Aquitaine)
15.08.2023 Pelvezy (Aquitaine)
16.08.2023 Gourdon (Midi Pyrenees)
17.08.2023 Leyme (Midi Pyrenees)  

Niyireth Alarcon was born in the region of Huila in Colombia. Her career last more than 25 years. She is an international awarded musician, released 12 albums on Andean and Latin American music and is known beyond the borders of South America for her research on the Andean music of Colombia and her innovative interpretations of this particular repertoire of traditional music.

Niyireth Alarcón - vocals
Alejandro Carvajal Quiceno – guitar, quena
Juan Carlos Montes García – tiple, guitar

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Tour 2024
11.07.2024 Champanges
12.07.2024 Morillon
13.07.2024 La Lechere
15.07.2024 Chamrousse
16.07.2024 Valmeinier
17.07.2024 Aussois
18.07.2024 Beaufort sur Doron
19.07.2024 Les Saisiers

Tour 2023
19.07.2023 Sainte Cyprien (Aude Pyrénées)
20.07.2023 Argeles sur Mer (Aude Pyrénées)
21.07.2023 Sainte Marie (Aude Pyrénées)
22.07.2023 Gruissan (Aude Pyrénées)
24.07.2023 Camplong d'Aude (Aude Pyrénées)
25.07.2023 Verzeille (Aude Pyrénées)
26.07.2023 Matemale (Aude Pyrénées)
27.07.2023 Soueix (Midi Pyrénées)
28.07.2023 Luz Saint Sauveur (Pyrénées Océan)
29.07.2023 Mimizan Plage (Pyrénées Océan)

The Kurdish trio of the young generation is dedicated to the musical treasure of an ancient multicultural cultural landscape in Anatolia. Ali Doğan Gönültaş spent ten years with field research on music in the Bingöl region. They present the repertoire of this collection of songs with govend (rhythmic Kurdish folk dance), lamentations, work songs, xerîbîyê and prayer forms of the region.

Ali Doğan Gönültaş – vocals, tembur, guitar
Firat Caklici - clarinet
Ali Kutlutürk – percussion, daf

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Tour 2024
06.08.2024 Leyme
07.08.2024 Gourdon
08.08.2024 Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val
09.08.2024 Verzeille
10.08.2024 La Bastide-sur-l'Hers
12.08.2024 Matemale
13.08.2024 Argeles sur Mer
14.08.2024 Saint Cyprien

Tour 2023
21.08.2023 Bugeat (Auvergne)
22.08.2023 Murol (Auvergne)
23.08.2023 Super Besse (Auvergne)
24.08.2023 Saint Amant Roche Savine (Auvergne)
25.08.2023 Pleaux (Auvergne)
26.08.2023 Chilhac (Auvergne)
28.08.2023 Aimargues G (Languedoc)
29.08.2023 Balaruc Les Bains (Languedoc)
30.08.2023 Cap d'Agde (Languedoc)
31.08.2023 Ispagnac (Languedoc)  

Desert Blues & North African traditional song – riding high on global trance. Trio Anewal is the latest project of Etran Finatawa frontman and former member of the Tinariwen movement Alhousseini Anivolla.  

Alhousseini Anivola
- guitar, vocals, tekedebena (music bow)
Jean Gnonlonfoun
- bass guitar, talking drum, vocals
Tunde Angonglo 
- djembe, calabash, vocals

More on homepage Anewal  



Tour 2023
24.07.2023 Boersch
25.07.2023 Munster
26.07.2023 Kaysersberg
27.07.2023 Baume Les Dames
29.07.2023 Champanges
30.07.2023 Morillon- Les Essertins
31.07.2023 Beaufort
01.08.2023 Praz sur Arly
02.08.2023 Thonon Les Bains
03.08.2023 Les Saisies 

Tour 2022
01.08.2022 Souston - Vieux Boucau
02.08.2022 Seignosse
03.08.2022 Capbreton Fierbois
04.08.2022 Anglet
05.08.2022 Tarnos
07.08.2022 Hendaye
08.08.2022 Saint Pee Sur Nivelle
09.08.2022 Luz Saint Sauveur

Profan and mystic caucasian polyphonies and folk

Maia Mirziashvili/ Teona Khurshavishivili
- Vocals, Fanduri, Chonguri
Koba Mirziashvili
- Vocals, Fanduri, Bass Panduri
Roland Vacheishvili
- Vocals, Salamuri, Duduk, Panduri, Chonguri
Zurabi Mirziashvili
- artistic director, Vocals, Fanduri, Bass Panduri, Salamuri, Doli

More about Ananuri


Tour 2022
13.08.2022 Besseges
14.08.2022 Ispagnac G
15.08.2022 Riviere-sur-Tarn
16.08.2022 Balaruc les Bains
17.08.2022 Vias la Dune Coté Mer
19.08.2022 Serignan Coé du Solei
20.08.2022 Portiragnes
21.08.2022 Cap d'Agde
22.08.2022 Aimargues G
23.08.2022 Vaison la Romaine

Tour 2021
16.08.2021 Menton      
17.08.2021 Gilette      
18.08.2021 La Napoule      
19.08.2021 Frejus (Les Résidences du Colombier)
20.08.2021 Le Lavandou
21.08.2021 Bormes les Mimosas (Parc de Bormes)
23.08.2021 Le Brusc (Martin Zédé)     
24.08.2021 Le Pradet (Les Oursinières)     
25.08.2021 Chorges (Baie de la Chapelle)     

Jota, Fandango and Seguidilla from the lands of Castile-La Mancha

Carmen Torres - vocals, percussion
Mari Nieto - vocals, percussion
Juan Antonio Torres
- vocals, percussions, guitare, rebec
Luis Garcia Valera
- vocals, guitare, luth, percussions
David Mollón
- vocals, guittarro, guitare, percussions 


More on homepage Vigüela


Tour 2022
13.08.2022 Ambleteuse
14.08.2022 Merlimont G
15.08.2022 Poches
16.08.2022 Dives sur Mer
17.08.2022 Auberville
18.08.2022 Portbail
20.08.2022 Saint Amant Roche Savine
21.08.2022 Murol

Tour 2021
16.08.2021 Argeles sur Mer
17.08.2021 Sainte Marie
18.08.2021 Gruissan
19.08.2021 Serignan (Cote du Soleil)
20.08.2021 Saint Pierre la Mer (Les Romarins)
21.08.2021 Six Fours les Plages
23.08.2021 Le Pradet (La Bayette)
24.08.2021 Bormes les Mimosas (La Manne)
25.08.2021 Sainte Raphael (Santa Lucia)
26.08.2021 Ramatuele

Swedish duo celebrating joy, sorrow, melancholy and catching stories from the nordic universe 

Johannes Geworkian-Hellman - Hurdy-Gurdy
LarsEmil Öjeberget - Accordion, Kickbox

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Tour 2022
12.07.2022 Le Monastier sur Gazeil
13.07.2022 Saint Amant Roche Savine
14.07.2022 Murol
15.07.2022 Gourdon
17.07.2022 Domme
18.07.2022 Pleaux
19.07.2022 Pelvezy
20.07.2022 Carcans Maubuisson - Les Dunes
21.07.2022 Ares - Bassin d'Arcachon
22.07.2022 Mimizan Plage

Tour 2021
03.08.2021 Ispagnac
04.08.2021 Riviere-sur-Tarn
05.08.2021 Brassac
06.08.2021 Verzeille
07.08.2021 La Bastide sur l'Hers
09.08.2021 Matemale
10.08.2021 Sainte Marie
11.08.2021 Portiragnes
12.08.2021 Cap d'Agde
13.08.2021 Aimargues

Masters of the Global Mazurkas from Poland  

Janusz Prusinowski
- fiddle, dulcimer, accordion, vocals
Piotr Piszczatowski
- Baraban drum, frame drum
MichaÅ‚ Å»ak - wooden flutes, reedpipe, clarinet  


More on homepage Janusz Prusinowski  




Tour 2022
16.07.2022 Gilette
17.07.2022 Le Rayet
18.07.2022 La Napoule
19.07.2022 Frejus - Les Résidences du Colombie
20.07.2022 Saint Raphael - Les Génévriers
22.07.2022 Avignon Contre Courant
23.07.2022 Bormes Les Mimosas - Parc de Bor
24.07.2022 Bormes Les Mimosas - La Manne
25.07.2022 Le Lavandou
26.07.2022 Le Pradet - La Bayette  

Fine tuned string and vocal music from the steppes in Mongolia.

Amartuwshin Baasandorj - Khoomii, Moriin Khuur,
                           Khuuchir, Tobshuur, Percussion
Uuganbaatar Tsend-Ochir - Tobshuur, Flutes 
Yesun-Erdene Bat - Moriin Khuur, Vocals
Ariunaa Tserendavaa - Dance, Percussion



More on homepage Egschiglen






Tour 2022
31.07.2022 La Tourballe
01.08.2022 Mesquer
02.08.2022 Sainte Hilaire de Riez
03.08.2022 Les Sables d'Olonne
04.08.2022 La Tranche sur Mer - La Belle Anse
06.08.2022 La Tranche sur Mer - La Grière
07.08.2022 La Rochelle
08.08.2022 Saint Trojan les Bains

Tour 2021
18.07.2021 Le Brusc
19.07.2021 Le Pradet (La Bavette)
20.07.2021 Le Pradet (Les Oursinières)
21.07.2021 Bromes les Mimosas (Parc de Bromes)
22.07.2021 Le Lavadou
23.07.2021 Bromes les Mimosas (La Manne)
25.07.2021 Saint Raphael
26.07.2021 Giens
27.07.2021 Frejus
28.07.2021 Tourves

Tour 2020
20.07.2020 Menton
21.07.2020 Hyères
22.07.2020 Vaison-la-Romaine
23.07.2020 Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille
24.07.2020 Chilhac
25.07.2020 Super-Besse
27.07.2020 Crayssac
28.07.2020 Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val
29.07.2020 Gourdon
30.07.2020 Ispagnac

Afro-European musical nomads from the metropoles between Dakar and Brussels  

Mola Sylla - voice, xalam
Bao Sissoko - kora
Wouter Vandenabeele - violin

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Tour 2021
29.07.2021 Merlinmont G (Nord Pas de Calais) 
30.07.2021 Ponches (Picardie Champagne Ardennes)   
31.07.2021 Auberville (Normandie)
01.08.2021 Dives sur Mer (Normandie)
03.08.2021 Amboise les Violettes (Centre) 
04.08.2021 Chinon (Centre) 
05.08.2021 La Rochelle - La Fayette (Charentes Poitou)   
06.08.2021 Saint Georges de Didonne - Les Bains Salés ( Charentes Poitou)
07.08.2021 Ares - Bassin d'Arcachon (Aquitaine Nord)  
08.08.2021 Pelvezy (Aquitaine Nord)  

Tour 2020
17.08.2020 Labeaume 
18.08.2020 Vaison la Romaine   
19.08.2020 Montbrun les Bains    
20.08.2020 Chamrousse la Berangere    
21.08.2020 Les Sept Laux (Haut Bréda)
22.08.2020 Le Monetier les Bains   
24.08.2020 Aussois   
25.08.2020 Beaufort   
26.08.2020 Les Saisies   
27.08.2020 Megeve (Le Hameau)

Morna and more from Mindelo and other cape verdean harbour cities and islands

Nancy Vieira - Chant
Osvaldo Dias - Guitare
António Marin Garcia - Guitare, Cavaquinho
 


More on homepage Nancy Vieira





Tour 2020 
15.07.2020        Sare 
16.07.2020        Biscarosse Plage (Le Vivier)
17.07.2020        Mimizan Plage 
18.07.2020        Sanguinet 
20.07.2020        Rivedoux Plage (Le Platin) 
21.07.2020        La Rochelle 
22.07.2020        Saint Trojan les Bains 
23.07.2020        Carcans Maubuisson (Les Dunes)
24.07.2020        Moliets 
25.07.2020        Biscarosse Plage (Plage Sud)

Contemporary and traditional Ethiopian grooves.    

Temesgen Zeleke - Krar, Vocals
Kibrom Tewold Mehari - Krebro, Vocals
Genet Assefa - Vocals 

More on homepage Krar Collective








Tour 2020
27.07.2020 Ponches
28.07.2020 Merlimont
29.07.2020 Dives sur Mer
30.07.2020 Portbail
31.07.2020 Ambrieres
01.08.2020 Auberville
03.08.2020 Sarzeau
04.08.2020 Tregunc
05.08.2020 Fouesnant
06.08.2020 Plonevez-Porzay  

Hungarian Olah-Gypsy music masters  

Mónika Lakatos - vocals
Mihály »Mazsi« Rostás - guitar, vocals
János »Guszti« Lakatos - milk churn,
                                         bass-scat-vocals
Tibor Balogh - wooden trough, cajon,
                                         bass-scat vocals
Misi Rosonczy-Kovács - violin


More on homepage Romengo





Tour 2020 
05.08.2020 La Tranche sur Mer
06.08.2020 Mesquer
07.08.2020 Saint Jean de Monts (Plage)
08.08.2020 Saint Jean de Monts (Les Sirenes)
10.08.2020 Le Bois Plage en Re (Plage)
11.08.2020 Le Bois Plage en Re (Le Village Oc)
12.08.2020 Royan
13.08.2020 Les Mathes
14.08.2020 Carcans Maubuisson
15.08.2020 Montalivet