Soulvage · Sessions · Autumn 2026 – Winter 2027
Selected multi-day recording residencies for musicians who want serious time with an exceptional instrument, in a quiet room in the Dordogne while Soulvage is getting established.
Sessions
You bring prepared music. Soulvage offers the room, recording time, basic recording support, and a focused setting.
Possible formats: live recording, artist session, small video document, portfolio material, audition material, or a carefully made demo.
Solo artists, duos, trios, and small ensembles are welcome. The emphasis is on quality, intention, and musicians who are ready to make something useful.
Recording residencies
Soulvage is built around a Steingraeber & Söhne D-232 semi-concert grand, handbuilt in Bayreuth, in a quiet stone farmhouse in the Dordogne. Sessions are limited and personally curated rather than run as an open booking calendar.
This is for pianists, chamber musicians, and small ensembles who want real studio time with an exceptional instrument — not a rehearsal room, and not a casual demo session.
This is not an open online booking system and not a factory-style studio offer. It is a curated invitation: send music first, and if the project fits, we agree on dates and a rate personally.
Dates
Dates are indicative. Send music first. If it fits, we agree on a session and a rate personally.
Early-bird sessions — rates negotiable. A chance to try things out together and get the setup right.
Several short residencies possible, including over the holidays
A quiet room. A few good takes. Something useful to leave with.
Send music
Send your name, instrument or ensemble, location, and 1–3 links.
No formal application. Just music.
Practical
Session time: 10:00–18:00 · break 13:00–14:00
Day rate (room and piano): from €250 per day. Recording package (engineer and basic microphone setup): from €500 per day. Multi-day residencies are arranged individually. Travel, lodging, food, and personal expenses are not included.
For the first guests this season, we offer a significant discount if Soulvage may use the resulting recordings and video on the website.
There is currently no lodging on site. Musicians arrange their own accommodation nearby; the where to stay page points to practical options in the area.
For professional post-production, Soulvage works with Sphere Studio, the second-largest studio in France. Selected recordings made at Soulvage can, if they are suitable, be mastered with Sphere Studio’s sound-engineering support for a professional release. Mastering is a separate paid service and must be negotiated directly with Sphere Studio.