Le château d’Ainay-le-Vieil au fil des jours
Mélusine's voice
Life at the château is rich in events, sensations and emotions. You'll come here to step back in time, stroll through the gardens... You'll stay here to create timeless memories, punctuated by unique surroundings and experiences.
With the voice of Mélusine, the blog of Château d'Ainay-le-Vieil, go behind the scenes of these authentic moments of life, discover the comfort of the houses and the enchantment of the guest rooms, and read our most beautiful stories, while waiting to live yours soon.
Jules-Émile-Frédéric Massenet
Jules-Émile-Frédéric Massenet was born in Montaud on May 12, 1842, and died in Paris on August 13, 1912. He was six when his family moved to Paris in 1848. He entered the Conservatoire at the age of eleven. He studied piano with Adolphe Laurent, and won a first prize in...
Frédéric François Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin was born in 1810 in Żelazowa Wola, Poland, and died in 1849 in Paris. Having trained at the Warsaw Conservatory and begun his career in Poland and Vienna, Chopin moved to France, at the heart of the French musical...
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Felix Mendelssohn Born in Hamburg in 1809 and died in Leipzig on November 4, 1847. His family had become a renowned intellectual and artistic hotbed, frequented by Hegel and his first music teacher, Zelter. Noticed at an early age, notably by Goethe, Felix...
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) A composer of the Baroque era, whose apogee he symbolizes and personifies, Johann Sebastian Bach had a major and lasting influence on the development of Western music. The greatest composers, such as Mozart and...
Cristina Ortiz - piano - "72 Hours of August
Cristina Ortiz lives in the UK. However, British phlegm has not altered her passion, spontaneity and attitude, so typical of her Brazilian origins, which influence her musical interpretation. An international artist, Cristina has performed...