Adrien Parret, born
in 1994 in Messimy, France, is organist at the
Saint-Didier-au-Mont-d'Or Church and the Saint-Nom-de-Jesus
Church in Lyon, France and, since 2017, city carillonneur in
Miribel, France, where he organizes the city's musical
activities in collaboration with its tourist office. He
began playing the carillon during a summer music course at
the conservatory of Pamiers, went on to take regular exams
given by the French Carillon Guild and took carillon lessons
at the Château des Ducs de Savoie in Chambéry, where he
received a diploma for improvisation in 2016 and a degree
with honors in 2018. He has given concerts
in several French cities as well as in Belgium, Lithuania, Portugal
and Switzerland and in 2020 he became the
director of the annual international summer carillon
festival of Burgundy which stages concerts in Dijon and
nearby towns and cities.
The tower of the Carillon du Mas Rillier in Miribel,
France
Adrien Parret, city carillonneur of Miribel, France.
Guest concert on Sunday, May 14 at 4 p.m. Classical works by Bizet, Lully, Rameau, Shostakovich
and Tarrega and carillon music by Mallie, Marghieri and
Nees.
Click here to download the program
and here
to watch Adien Parret playing the Rhythmdance by Staf
Nees on the carillon of the Château des
Ducs de Savoie in Chambéry, France.