Vincent Delerm - Tournée

Vincent Delerm in Lyon: an intimate evening on our stage

We are delighted to welcome Vincent Delerm and his current tournée to Bourse du Travail Lyon, inviting audiences to a rare evening where songwriting finesse, storytelling, and piano-led intimacy take center stage. From our perspective as host, the pleasure is as much about the encounter as it is about the repertoire: the artist’s way of sculpting silence, sketching scenes with a few words, and coaxing a whole city of memories from a single melody resonates beautifully in our hall. Expect a set that balances the tenderness of new material with the signature lyricism that first endeared him to listeners, the kind that turns everyday places into vivid cinema. Fans come eager to hear recent pieces like L’enthousiasme and Le Garçon alongside beloved touchstones from earlier albums, and the show’s design—piano, delicate electronics, and spoken interludes—creates the ideal frame for those contrasts. Our team prepares the room with a focus on detail: warm, close lighting, attentive sound, and an atmosphere that supports the hushed charisma of his performance.

Artistic news: songs, images, and the craft of presence

Delerm’s artistic life in recent years has deepened in multiple directions, and we are proud to host him at a moment when his stage work condenses all those threads. The refined writing of Panorama and the elegant precision of À présent continue to nourish his concerts, while newer pieces, arrangements, and storytelling vignettes demonstrate how his repertoire evolves with every tour. Onstage, he often moves between piano and voice like a novelist moving between chapters—pausing to frame a song with a memory, an image, or a gentle smile that lifts the audience into the narrative. His parallel pursuits in film, photography, and books have sharpened that sensibility: you can hear the cinematographer’s eye in the way he places a chord against a city name, the photographer’s patience in how he lets a refrain breathe. Our technical team aligns with that approach—subtle dynamics in the front-of-house mix, an intimate spread of sound across the rows, and lighting cues designed to let each lyric land without distraction. The result on our stage is a concert that feels curated moment by moment, as if the songs were being developed live in collaboration with the room.

From a venue’s vantage point, this tournée is built for closeness. The program may glide from a quiet, confessional ballad to a playful portrait, from the hush of a brand-new verse to a swell of recognition as a classic returns. Audiences in Lyon cherish the way Delerm converses with the crowd—small anecdotes that set the scene for the next piece, a piano motif that rises like a streetlight coming on after dusk. We prepare for that rhythm: measured transitions, precise sightlines, and stagecraft that keeps the music at the center. The set often weaves recent highlights such as L’enthousiasme and Le Garçon with favorites like Tes parents or Fanny Ardant et moi, creating a living panorama of his catalog that feels both fresh and familiar. For us, hosting this performance means offering the best possible conditions for nuance—time for the words to linger, space for the melodies to bloom, and a concert experience that allows every seat to feel close to the piano. It is the kind of night audiences remember not for spectacle, but for the quiet fullness of a great song delivered at exactly the right moment.