Soulvage · Saint-Front-la-Rivière · Est. 2026
A private artist retreat and recording salon in a converted stone farmhouse in the Périgord — built for musicians who need quiet, time, and a room where acoustic instruments can breathe.
About
Soulvage is a private artist retreat and recording salon in Soulage, a small hamlet in the northern Dordogne: five houses, no street lights, no distant urban glow. At night, the silence is unusually deep. It is not an effect added later; it is part of the work.
The studio sits within an old stone farmhouse on a 5,500 m² property with mature trees, garden spaces, and room for visiting artists to step away from ordinary noise. The aim is not volume, but concentration: classical, jazz, chamber, vocal, experimental and intimate acoustic work.
Soulvage is not an open booking studio. It is closer to a private salon and retreat: curated, limited, and shaped around musicians who benefit from time, quiet, and serious listening.
The piano is now the heart of the room. A Steingraeber & Söhne D-232 semi-concert grand, built in Bayreuth, is the salon's centerpiece — large enough for serious classical and jazz recording, intimate enough for the salon.
Final recordings can be prepared for release with mastering support from the experienced team at Sphere Studio, adding a professional finishing stage beyond the room itself.
The Space
Soulvage is in the main salon of a restored 18th-century farmhouse in the Périgord Vert. The original stone construction, cathedral-height ceiling, and rural isolation create a room intended for acoustic instruments, voice, and filmed performances.
A DMX lighting rig integrated into the original oak beam structure allows the salon to function as both a recording room and a visual performance space — suitable for live sessions, artist portraits, piano films and chamber projects.
The salon is large enough to breathe, but intimate enough to remain personal. The grand piano is part of that direction: a piano-centered retreat rather than a conventional commercial studio.
Equipment
Console & Control
Monitoring & PA
Microphones
Instruments & Backline
Lighting
Software
Connect
Soulvage welcomes musicians, ensembles and producers, with a particular focus on pianists seeking time and space for rehearsal, interpretation, recording and artistic development. Selected stays are already possible in October 2026, during the second half of December 2026 and in January 2027, with accommodation available nearby. From March 2027, Soulvage will be fully operational with on-site accommodation, including an adjacent one-bedroom guest apartment for three to four guests, equipped with a Yamaha GB1 baby grand.
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