Les Inouïs du Printemps de Bourges, April 12 – 17

Posted by on Apr 4, 2016
Les Inouïs du Printemps de Bourges, April 12 – 17

Le Printemps de Bourges is a festival conceived in 1977 to celebrate and support all forms of Francophone song writing. Le Printemps de Bourges created Réseau Printemps in 1989. The idea is to present both established artists, in large rooms, but also, since its creation, to exhibit unusual and innovative artists to be discovered by the audience. This year’s edition will take place from 12 April – 17 April, with Fabian Tharin as featured Swiss artist of Les Inouïs du Printemps de Bourges Crédit MutuelThe festival is spread across various venues in the middle of this picturesque cathedral town in the centre of France and regularly attracts sell-out crowds of fans and business professionals from all over the world.

Swiss Music Export’s association with this important festival dates back as far as 2004 (and even before with FCMA). As a result, SME collaborates with the festival jury to choose one Swiss act to appear at Les Inouïs du Printemps de Bourges Crédit Mutuel. The programme of Les Inouïs du Printemps de Bourges consists of just over thirty live acts handpicked by the festival jury from 3500 applicants. They are divided into four categories, Rock/Pop, Hip-Hop, Chanson/World, and Electro, each taking over one day of the festival.

This year, the featured Swiss artist is the New Wave chansonnier Fabian Tharin from Yverdon.

Calling himself a “salon punk”, Tharin is a multi-talented musician and singer who has been recording albums in various guises since the late 1990s. Apart from writing songs for other singers and theatrical projects, he is a member of the rock band La Grand-Mère Indigne and the cabaret choir Le Männerchor du Nord. He has also released four albums under his own name, the last in 2014 carrying the rather sarcastic title “Swiss Rebel”. He mixes guitar, drums and electronica with a hefty dose of wit to create his own, style of modern-day chanson.

Fabian Tharin
Friday 15 April, 13:00
Le 22 Ouest, Bourges

Fabian Tharin Website
Le Printemps de Bourges Website
Le Printemps de Bourges Programme (pdf)

Les Inouïs du Printemps de Bourges

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