Open Calls for Artists : Campus 2026 of Fondation Royaumont

In 2026, the Transcultural Music Campus will take artists on a musical journey to the heart of New Orleans, a melting pot par excellence. At the crossroads of Africa, Europe, the Americas and the Caribbean, this city has for centuries embodied a unique force for musical transformation – the birthplace of jazz, blues, funk, Creole sacred music, African and European cultures.

Through this new edition, each participant will be invited to explore their own musical roots and open a dialogue between traditions, current practices and plural artistic identities. In a collective approach based on oral tradition, listening and improvisation, but also, potentially, on writing, the Transcultural Music Campus offers an exploration of musical heritages, gestures and forms that intersect, reinvent themselves and resonate with the challenges of the contemporary world.

To embody this journey, two major figures guide the group: drummer and composer Anne Paceo, a multifaceted artist at the crossroads of jazz and traditional music, and Big Chief Juan Pardo, tribal chief and bearer of the tradition of the ‘Black Indians’ of New Orleans, heir to a living culture between spirituality, memory, rituals and rhythmic excitement.

Applications are open until 16 November 2025. 

More information via the link below.