Julie Zenatti - Le Chemin

Le Chemin at Eglise Sainte-Blandine

At Eglise Sainte-Blandine, we are honored to welcome Julie Zenatti for Le Chemin, a special evening shaped for the luminous resonance of our church. As a venue, we value artists who design their concerts to embrace the acoustics and intimacy of sacred architecture, and Julie’s voice—both crystalline and warm—finds a natural home beneath our vaulted ceiling. Her recent creative path has been rich and generous, from the collective spirit of Méditerranéennes to the vivid pop colors of her more current repertoire. In Lyon, Le Chemin arrives as a journey through time and emotion, balancing the immediacy of her latest songs with the depth of the works that first revealed her interpretive strength. Audiences here know her capacity to tell stories in song, and we have tailored the sound, lighting, and seating plan to elevate that narrative quality, allowing every nuance to bloom in the reverberation of stone.

As we prepare for this date, we see how Le Chemin reflects the artist’s present-day momentum. Julie Zenatti has recently brought bright new energy to the stage with titles such as Tout est plus pop and Refaire danser les fleurs, music that affirms a contemporary groove while honoring the melodic clarity that has always defined her. She also revisits the spirit of Méditerranéennes with selections like Zina (ici ou là-bas), a piece whose Mediterranean heartbeat and shared-heritage harmonies feel especially poignant within our walls. In curating the evening’s progression with her team, we have imagined contrasts that our space amplifies beautifully: intimate a cappella fragments answered by piano and strings, pulse-driven pop reframed in acoustic textures, and the emotional arc of signature numbers set alongside new material. Listeners will recognize the care with which each arrangement has been adapted to Eglise Sainte-Blandine’s long decay and enveloping clarity; phrases will linger just a heartbeat longer, and the silences will speak with their own quiet eloquence.

What Le Chemin invites you to feel in Lyon

Our role is to make the encounter between artist and audience feel inevitable, and Le Chemin gives us a perfect canvas. We have calibrated a warm, close-lit stage that respects the church’s heritage while drawing focus to the storytelling at the center of Julie Zenatti’s performance. Expect a living dialogue between her newer songs—among them Tout est plus pop and Refaire danser les fleurs—and the enduring titles that trace her path, offered in arrangements that breathe differently in a sacred space. In this setting, rhythmic numbers take on an organic glow, while contemplative moments like Zina (ici ou là-bas) gain a choral dimension as the room subtly “sings back.” Eglise Sainte-Blandine’s proportions invite listening with the whole body; you will feel the resonance in the pews and along the aisles, and see how the lighting draws out gestures and glances that might be lost elsewhere. Our team has designed transitions that preserve flow, so each song becomes a stepping stone on Le Chemin, no break in attention, no missed heartbeat. For us, hosting Julie Zenatti here is a celebration of craft—hers, ours, and yours as attentive listeners—where Lyon’s architectural soul meets a voice moving confidently through the present tense of her art.