The 2024 edition of the Gran Bal Trad will be held
from Monday 8 July to Saturday 13 July.
Festival schedule 2023
Date of the 2023 edition
Monday 03 July – Saturday 08 July 2023
Reception opening hours
Monday:
from 13:30 to 01:00.
Other days:
from 9:30 to 01:00
Evenings only:
from 19:00 onwards.
Access hours to camping areas
You can access the campsite to settle in with the tent or camper Monday 03, from 06:00 to 01:00, the other days from 07:00 to 23:00.
In the days before the festival the toilets and showers are not accessible, there is no surveillance service.
Schedule
Activities will take place simultaneously on four large halls (dance workshops and evening dance) and five gazebo (music workshops) with the following schedule:
10:30 – 12:30 atelier
12:30 – 14:30 dinner
15:00 – 17:00 atelier
17:30 – 19:30 atelier
17:30 – 19:30 conferences
19:45 – 20:15 `pillole di danza`
19:30 – 21:30 supper
from 22:00 – evening dance
At the end of the evening dance, possibility of continuing to play and dance without amplification in the hall number 4 and 2.
(`pillole di danza` are short lessons: one dance in 30 minutes)
Instrument storage service
Monday: from 14:00 to 03:30
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: from 10:00 to 03:30
Saturday: from 10:00 to 04:00
Sunday: from 10:00 to 12:00
Artists and activities 2023
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Balkans – Silvio Lorenzato & Barbapedana
Basque Country – Bilaka
Brittany – Ronan Autret & Duo Clément Le Goff e Titouan Gautier
Catalunya – Orquestrina Trama
Dances for children – Associazione Carolando
Dauphiné: Rigodon – Duo Vargoz
English Country dances – Flora Sarzotti e Mario Proietto & Tiramisù
Gascony – Géraldine Constans Wallon & Man Encantada
India: Rajasthan – Monica Murgia Monsun & I Rajasthrani
Irish set dancing – Tim Flaherty & Cogar Ceili Band
Israel – Silvio Lorenzato & Barbapedana
Northern Italy: Quattro Province dances – Duo Valla Scurati
Northern Italy: Alta Val Varaita – Marisa Dogliotti e Silvio Peron
Northern Italy: Emilia – I suonatori della Valle del Savena
Northern Italy: uncommon dances from Sampeyre – Marisa Dogliotti e Silvio Peron
Northern Italy: Valli di Lanzo – Balarù
Québec – Andrea Capezzuoli e Compagnia
Sardinia – Ballade Ballade Bois
Southern Italy: Pizzica salentina – Ballati Tutti Quanti
Southern Italy: Sicily – Simona Ferrigno, Antonella Romana & Le Matrioske
Southern Italy: Tammuriata dell`Agro Nocerino Sarnese – Ugo Maiorano, Raffaella Coppola & Tammorra Felix
Sweden – Flora Sarzotti e Mario Proietto & Controcanto
Vendée – Arbadétorne
Pillole
Dances from all over the world – Associazione Baldanza
Dancing together: a feasible alchemy – Deborah Isocrono
Arbadétorne (Vendée)
Balarù (Bal folk)
Balarù (Northern Italy: Lanzo Valleys / Bal folk)
Ballade Ballade Bois (Sardinia)
Ballati Tutti Quanti (Southern Italy: Pizzica)
Banda Brisca (Bal folk)
Barbapedana (Israel / Balkans)
Bifólc (Bal folk)
Bilaka (Basque country)
Che Tango Trio (Tango)
Cogar Ceili Band (Irish)
Controcanto (Bal folk)
Controcanto (Sweden)
Duo Artense (Auvergne)
Duo Clément Le Goff e Titouan Gautier (Brittany)
Duo Peron Ferrero (Northern Italy: Occitania)
Duo Valla Scurati (Northern Italy: Quattro Province dances)
Duo Vargoz (Dauphiné)
Gérard Godon (Bal folk)
I suonatori della Valle del Savena (Northern Italy: Emilia)
Le Matrioske (Sicily)
LyraDanz (Bal folk)
Man Encantada (Gascony)
Nòu (Nouvelle-Aquitaine: Gascogne – Poitou – Limousin)
Orquestrina Trama (Catalunya)
Rémi Geffroy (Bal folk)
Tammorra Felix (Southern Italy: Agro Nocerino Sarnese)
Telefon Duo (Bal folk)
Tiramisù (Bal folk)
Tiramisù (Contra dance)
Topette!! (Bal folk)
Tre Martelli (Concert Music from Piedmont)
TriBoT (Bal folk)
Bansuri ( flûte indienne) – Simone Mulazzani (I Rajasthrani)
Celtic Harp – Katia Zunino
Children`s Music Workshop – Brigada Corsara
Chromatic accordion (Quattro Province repertoire) – Daniele Scurati (Duo Valla Scurati)
Diatonic accordion (advanced) – Andrea Capezzuoli
Diatonic accordion (advanced) – Andy Cutting (Topette!!)
Diatonic accordion (Basque country repertoire) – Maddalena Luzzi (Bilaka)
Diatonic accordion (beginners) – Gianluca Cavallotto
Diatonic accordion (beginners) – Claudio Fiabane (Tiramisù)
Diatonic accordion (beginners) – Mathieu Aymonod
Diatonic accordion (beginners) – Marco Volpatto (Brigada Corsara)
Diatonic accordion (Ireland repertoire) – Seosamh Ó Fátharta (Cogar Ceili Band)
Diatonic accordion (Sardinia repertoire) – Carlo Boeddu (Ballade Ballade Bois)
Didjeridoo – Luca Mantello
Ensemble playing – Massimo Enrico
Fiddle (Ireland repertoire) – Milo Molteni
French bagpipe – Julien Cartonnet (Topette!!)
Friscalettu (Sicilian flute) – Carmelo Colajanni (Le Matrioske)
Guitar (advanced) – Maurizio Verna
Guitar (beginners) – Massimo Enrico
Harmonicas – Duo Vargoz
Hurdy-gurdy (beginners) – Gabriele Gunella
Marranzano (jaw harp) – Carmelo Colajanni (Le Matrioske)
Tambourine (Sicily) – Simona Ferrigno (Le Matrioske)
Tambourine (Southern Italy) – Ballati Tutti Quanti
Tammorra (Southern Italy) advanced – Ugo Maiorano & Tammorra Felix
Tammorra (Southern Italy) beginners – Ugo Maiorano & Tammorra Felix
Violin (Piedmont repertoire) – Gabriele Ferrero
Violon (Alpi repertoire) – Duo Vargoz
Violon (Ireland repertoire) – Megan Davoren (Cogar Ceili Band)
Singing – Emilia repertoire – Davide Dobrilla & I suonatori della Valle del Savena
Singing – Gascony repertoire – Arnaud Bibonne
Singing – Gascony repertoire – Joachim Montbord
Singing – Piedmont repertoire (Biella) – Gabriele Gunella e Marco Pettiti
Singing – Sardinia repertoire – Ballade Ballade Bois
Singing – Sicilian repertoire – Ciccio Piras
Spontaneous singing in the Western Alps – Silvio e Cristina Peron e Mathieu Aymonod
Songs around the table
Song around the table – Orquestrina Trama
Song around the table: Piedmont repertoire – Chacho Marchelli
Daniele Bicego (Pipelink – bagpipes of all countries. A journey among woodwind instruments in Europe)
And …
`Sbrando` square to dance and play all together
Children`s final recital musical workshop – Brigada Corsara
Final recital of Celtic Harp – Katia Zunino
Ensemble music recital – Massimo Enrico
Kalbelia dance of Rajasthan recital – Monica Murgia Monsun & I Rajasthrani
Concert Music from Piedmont (Italy) – Tre Martelli
Detailed program 2023
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The Artists
Previous Editions
Other activities for the Gran Bal Trad

CHILDREN’S ENTERTAINMENT SERVICE
Free service provided during the hours of the workshops reserved for children from 3 years old, with entertainment, games, dancing and various activities. Reservations must be made at the moment of booking.
Music workshop for children:
Brigata Corsara and Marco Volpatto will propose a musical workshop exclusively dedicated to children. During the workshop children will work alternating moments with individual instrumental groups (flute, violin, guitar, keyboard owned by individual participants and percussion provided by teachers) to moments of orchestral ensemble.
Workshops will be in the morning from 10.30 to 12.30.
On Sunday there will be a public execution.
The workshop will be free for participants and will also welcome any last minute members. But we urge those concerned to register as soon as possible in order to send the scores adapted for each component giving the opportunity to study their own part in these months of waiting.
In order to facilitate the organization of the workshops please send to the laboratory coordinator Marco Volpatto (Marco.volpatto@tiscali.it) the following data: name and surname, age, instrument and degree of experience, the day of arrival and starting.
Children’s “nap” area. A closed structure will be available where mothers and dads can bring their children for naps. Surveillance in this area will not be provided by the organization, therefore parents have to organize surveillance turns by themselves.

NATURE AND CULTURE IN VIALFRÉ
The Vialfrè Proloco organizes and promotes numerous initiatives based on the combination of Nature and Culture, to discover Vialfrè and its woods.
Those who want to walk freely through the woods, on foot or by bike, can find all the necessary information at this link: http://www.collinecanavesane.it/percorsi .

EXPOSITION AND SALE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
There is a large exhibition area where luthiers and artists will exhibit musical instruments, CDs, music videos and other educational material.