Travel to Brazil with Canto do sol

For over forty years, Brazilian music has been a major inspiration for French chanson. Led by artists such as Henri Salvador, Claude Nougaro, Georges Moustaki and Bernard Lavilliers, this influence has found a particularly strong echo in France, thanks in particular to the pioneering work of Pierre Barouh. Of all the European countries affected by the bossa nova wave, France - along with Italy - has undoubtedly offered Brazil one of its most fervent and lasting welcomes.

Canto do Sol, a Franco-Brazilian group celebrating the links between these two musical worlds, is part of this artistic tradition. Through their sensitive arrangements and nuanced performances, they pay homage to the dialogue between cultures, where rhythm and poetry meet in language.

Their repertoire combines original compositions from their album Avant l'équinoxe with covers that are emblematic of the Franco-Brazilian crossroads, such as their bilingual version of Águas de Março(Waters of March) and Samba Saravah, an adaptation of Samba da Benção. But Canto do Sol go beyond translations: their concert also explores French songs more subtly marked by the Brazilian spirit, by its harmonies, its cadences, its light.

To mark the Grandes Marées, in the unique atmosphere of Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey, Canto do Sol offer a warm and enchanting musical stopover at the crossroads of two continents and two sensibilities.