The Maison du luthier / Museum tells the story of the luthiers of Jenzat, makers of hurdy-gurdies and bagpipes, repairers of accordions, saxophones, flutes, drums, merchants of clarinets, violins and mandolins in the Sioule valley, in the heart of Bourbonnais. The museum presents and preserves the instrumental heritage of traditional French music. It occupies the former house of Jacques Antoine Pajot (1845-1920), located in the quarter of the hurdy-gurdy makers in Jenzat: the world capital of the hurdy-gurdy. Collection of hurdy-gurdies, bagpipes and other instruments; collection of tools used by luthiers; hurdy-gurdy workshop; brass workshop. Study room ; documentary terminals; auditorium with films on the bill and the game of the hurdy-gurdy. Hurdy-gurdies have been made in Jenzat since 1795.
PROGRAMMING 2024
In July and August // Traditional Tuesdays // 5 p.m. :
Two or three musicians rehearsing around collected traditional music.
- Tuesday July 2: Val de Sioule Directory by Jean-Pierre Gournillat (hurdy-gurdy) and Jean-Fr. Chassaing (accordion)
- Tuesday July 9: 17th century repertoire (++) by the Beaucaire duo with Eric Elsener (French muzette with keys and bellows) and Manu Monnet (hurdy-gurdy).
- Tuesday July 16: Auvergne and Bourbonnais directory by Pascal Chambriard and Jean-Fr. Chassaing (old tuning fork Béchonnet bagpipes).
Tuesday July 23: Auvergne repertoire by Céline Rosnet (accordion) and Fabrice Giori (bagpipes). - Tuesday July 30: Rouergue and Quercy repertoire by Thierry Heitz (violin), Viviane Cayssials (vocals) and Gilles Rougeyrolles (hurdy-gurdy).
- Tuesday August 6: repertoire of the Auvergne mountains by Eric Cousteix (violin and J-Fr. Chassaing (accordion).
- Tuesday August 13: Montagne Bourbonnaise repertoire by Jean-Pierre Gournillat (hurdy-gurdy), Pascal Chambriard (bagpipes) and J.-Fr Chassaing (accordion).
- Tuesday August 27: Auvergne and Bourbonnais repertoire by Pascal Chambriard (bagpipes) and Jean-Fr. Chassaing (accordion).
In July and August // Conferences // 5 p.m.
- Sunday July 21 by Frédéric Albrieux, “Architectural evolution of the alpine chalets of Savoie”.
How and why did man settle in these inhospitable mountains? From the hunter-gatherer to the present day, he has adapted the buildings located in the mountains, from the simple enclosure to the current chalets, man has always known how to make the most of nature.
- Sunday August 11 by Pascal Chambriard, “The Marquise de Sévigné and thermal entertainment in Vichy in the 17th century”.
The first thermal story from Vichy, the letters of the Marquise de Sévigné show how the aristocracy took over the thermal spa. They show the construction of a global medicine where the entertainment of the mind consoles the time of pain of the treatment of the body. The thermal distraction allows the marquise to exercise her natural curiosity, to invest her values and her cultural references, to project her personal representations, conveying to the provinces a modeling Versailles culture.
In September // Conference // 5 p.m.
- Saturday September 21 by Jean-François Chassaing, “The luthiers of Jenzat: an adventure since 1795”. As part of the European Heritage Days.
Jean-François Chassaing, curator of the Maison du luthier / Museum in Jenzat, runs this establishment founded in 1986 with funding from the Ministry of Culture. The speaker, a doctor in ethnology, studied the astonishing artistic, commercial and technical history of the luthier village. From the instruments, through the constitution of the collection, the collection and the exploration of the archives, he proposes this Saturday, September 21, to restore the living memory of Jenzat and its luthiers, manufacturers of hurdy-gurdies since 1795: a real Bourbonnais treasure.
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Instruments and objects related to popular music in France from 1750 to the present day, from bagpipes to electric guitars, including brass bands, balls, jazz…; musical repertoires, link between music and society (mode of learning, transmission, relationship to the body, to dance, digital music). The visit is done with a mobile listening system.
Created in 2002 thanks to the Noëlle and Gabriel Peronnet Foundation, the Opera Museum brings together, preserves and showcases the archives of the Théâtre du Grand Casino de Vichy (now Palais des Congrès-Opéra). Posters, photographs, costumes, projects and sets, programs and newspapers tell the story of an exceptional artistic life.
The only theater museum in the province, it is considered by the National Library as one of the richest collections in Europe by the quality, quantity and rarity of the archives it holds. These archives were rather difficult to find, collect and organize from the end of 1987 until the installation of the museum in 2001-2002.