Concerts | Jean-François Callen’s Gazette

FiMé 2026 brings live-scored cinema to several towns across Toulon Provence Méditerranée.

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Across Toulon Provence Méditerranée, Silent Cinema Finds a New Voice at FiMé

From 31 October to 8 November, the Festival International des Musiques d’Écran brings live scores and cinema classics across the metropolitan area.

Silent films were never truly silent. In early cinemas, musicians regularly accompanied the images and shaped how audiences experienced them. From 31 October to 8 November 2026, FiMé will revive that relationship across Toulon Provence Méditerranée. Tati, Buster Keaton, Vertov, King Vidor and Lotte Reiniger will meet electronic music, jazz, percussion, piano and world music in a festival that treats film heritage as living material.

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Maison du Patrimoine in Ollioules presents a musical adaptation of “The Three Musketeers” on 17 October.

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In Ollioules, Four Performers Take On The Three Musketeers

Maison du Patrimoine hosts a musical version of Dumas's novel on 17 October, with four actor-singers playing the entire cast.

They were three, then four, and this time four performers will have to play considerably more than four characters. On 17 October 2026, Maison du Patrimoine TPM in Ollioules hosts a musical adaptation of “The Three Musketeers”. Songs, humour and rapid character changes shake up Dumas's nineteenth-century classic — another example of how famous books survive by being reinvented.

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Les Cordes de Shams open Toulon's new music season at Église Saint-Louis on 12 October.

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In Toulon, Les Cordes de Shams Use Music as a Passage Across Borders

The ensemble founded by Syrian violinist Bilal Alnemr opens the new Festival de Musique season at Église Saint-Louis on 12 October. Category

Chamber music can sometimes speak about a much larger world than its name suggests. On 12 October 2026, Les Cordes de Shams will open the new Festival de Musique de Toulon season with “Le chant universel des cordes”. Founded by Syrian violinist Bilal Alnemr, the organisation supports talented young musicians from around the Mediterranean who face exile and economic insecurity.

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