📅 11 October 🕒 13:00 🍷 Drinks & Canapés 📍 Luxury Villa Sainte-Maxime, France

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Carmen's Last Dance: Champagne, Chanson & Czardas

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Date

11 October 2026

Time

13:00

Drinks & Canapés

Free-flowing drinks and delicious food

Location

Luxury Villa Sainte-Maxime, France

World-Class Artists

4 internationally acclaimed performers

The Sunday Finale

Champagne, chanson & a little virtuosity.

French chanson, jazz standards and favourites from Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de Paris, with mezzo-soprano Meriel Cunningham and violin virtuoso Jure Smirnov Oštir.

From Paris to the Czardas

Chanson, jazz, musical theatre and dazzling violin virtuosity come together in a joyful programme for our final concert.

Champagne & Canapés

Begin the evening in the gardens with champagne and gourmet canapés before settling in for the final performance of the four-day series.

Sunday Paella

After the concert, stay for a convivial paella feast at the villa - all included in your ticket.

About The Evening

One last concert. One long Sunday evening together.

Our four days in Sainte-Maxime come to a close with an evening designed to be as much about celebration as performance. Mezzo-soprano Meriel Cunningham and violin virtuoso Jure Smirnov Oštir move effortlessly between French chanson, jazz standards and favourites from Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de Paris.

It is a deliberately relaxed finale — virtuosic music performed at close quarters, champagne in the gardens and the intimacy that comes from experiencing extraordinary artists without the distance of a traditional concert hall.

And when the final note is played, the evening isn't over. Guests and artists stay at the villa for a convivial paella feast — a final chance to eat, drink, talk and enjoy the company of the people brought together over the four days.

“Come for the music. Stay for the paella. Leave with new friends.”

The Programme

Event Programme

13:00

Drinks with a view

14:00

Concert

Meet the Artists

Pavel Timofeyevsky

Piano

Virtuoso pianist, composer for film and the concert stage, arranger and lecturer, Pavel Timofeyevsky has received numerous prizes and accolades, including the BBC/Guardian Young Composer of the Year award. Pavel has appeared at nearly all the major concert venues across the UK. Concert tours, along with television and radio appearances in other parts of the world include the USA, China, Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Russia, Latvia, Greece, Cyprus and India.

Jure Smirnov Oštir

Violin

Violinist Jure Smirnov Oštir is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, where he studied with Levon Chilingirian and Remus Azoitei. An award-winning soloist, he has performed at leading venues including Wigmore Hall, Barbican Hall and St Martin-in-the-Fields, and appeared with ensembles including the London Sinfonietta, English Chamber Orchestra and Britten Sinfonia. A former London Philharmonic Orchestra Foyle Future Firsts artist, Jure has performed extensively across Europe and studied in masterclasses with distinguished musicians including Maxim Vengerov and James Ehnes.

Meriel Cunningham

mezzo-soprano

Meriel Cunningham is a British mezzo-soprano and singing actor based in London. Praised for her captivating stage presence, she is rapidly gaining recognition for both her vocal and dramatic ability, with critics commending her exceptional comedic timing and rich mezzo-soprano tone. Recent career highlights include a “standout” performance as Rosina in Charles Court Opera’s acclaimed production of The Barber of Seville and a nomination for Best Opera Performance at OffWestEnd’s 2024 Offie Awards. A graduate of The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Meriel continues to study with John Evans.

Iúnó Connolly

Soprano

Soprano Iúnó Connolly has performed at major venues including the Royal Opera House, English National Opera, Wexford Festival Opera, and the Philharmonie de Paris, and has appeared as a soloist at Carnegie Hall. A prize winner at the 2023 Concorso Voci Nuove per La Lirica G. Fraschini and recipient of the Elena Gehardt Lieder Prize, she trained at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and the Royal Academy of Music, and studies with Maestro Antonio Lemmo.