The Show

Hermès invites the horses, trainers and vaulters of the Mas de Cisco and the Nagaï ka Tribe to an unprecedented encounter with the contemporary music ensemble Les Percussions de Strasbourg. This performance – created for the 2026 Saut Hermès at the Grand Palais by equestrian artist Solène Kuntz and set to original music by composer Minh-Tâm Nguyen – stages a rhythmic symbiosis between the equestrian arts and percussive music.

On the arena floor, the strides of two mounted horses answer the musicians’ call in rhythm. The tempo quickens; six Cossack vaulters emerge, bodies taut, balanced on their mounts, galloping at full speed. Hooves and percussion echo through the stands of the Grand Palais in an unbridled cavalcade. A rider approaches their horse. Together they dance to the sound of a vibraphone until riders, horses and musicians become one – a spectacular, living orchestra.

On a shared score paced by gallops and percussion, humans and horses come together. On the arena floor, their movement expresses a powerful momentum toward one another, but also toward the unknown. A new musical and equestrian language is born.