Chantar l'Uvèrn — Gravere Stop

Chantar l'Uvèrn in Gravere

In the heart of winter, the small town of Gravere, perched in the upper Susa Valley within the Metropolitan City of Turin (Piedmont), welcomes its stop of Chantar l'Uvèrn, the traveling festival that runs from Candlemas to May Day across the western Alpine valleys to give voice to the territory's minority cultures and languages: Occitan, Franco-Provençal, and French.

A festival that spans the valleys

Chantar l'Uvèrn is not an isolated event, but a large-scale cultural project that involves around thirty municipalities every year, spread across the Susa, Sangone, Chisone, and Germanasca valleys. The event is curated by the Chambra d'Oc association together with the Alpi Cozie Protected Areas Management Board, with the support of the Piedmont Region and the Metropolitan City of Turin. Concerts, theatrical performances, singing workshops, seminars, and moments dedicated to anthropology and environmental protection make up a dense calendar that, edition after edition, features dozens of appointments.

Music and dance in the Salone Sicheri

The Gravere stop takes place in the Salone Polivalente Sicheri, on Via Roma, and offers evenings of live music and dance concerts. The common thread is the philological recovery of traditional sounds and repertoires: Alpine melodies, Occitan and Franco-Provençal dances, and songs that weave the memory of the high lands with transalpine influences. It is an opportunity to rediscover an identity heritage that is still very much alive, in a convivial atmosphere where the public is invited to dance and participate.

Why it's worth it

For those visiting the upper Susa Valley, Chantar l'Uvèrn is an authentic window into a cultural world that is often little known. In Gravere, admission is free and the evening becomes a moment of community: no distant stage or marketing, just musicians, dances, and an ancient language that continues to tell the story of the Piedmont mountains.