concerts
Season 2024 - 2025
Ictus | Kanal Tours
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Sat 14.09 | Sun 15.09 | Sat 21.09 | Sun 22.09
Kanal Centre Pompidou - Brussels - Belgium
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Kanal Pompidou in Brussels is opening its doors to the on-going construction site of the new buildings. There are three sonic interventions to discover along the “ballades” through the Kanal site. It both draws attention to the focused and localized but also indicates the vast potential of the whole space. There is a street musician at the “public crossroad” playing a duet with their boombox, iridescent sounds of aluminium rods mixed with that of the voice, saxophone and accordion (not only the instruments themselves but also your ears play a role in constructing the melody), and harmonies being built by voices calling from far-far away.
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Duo Tiebout / Van Beneden
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Thu 26.09
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Delvaux Museum - Koksijde - Belgium
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​​​​​​The Paul Delvaux Museum in Koksijde hosts “Delvaux in Kleur en Klank”. This unique concert, featuring saxophonists Nele Tiebout and Bart Van Beneden, blends classical and contemporary music with Delvaux's iconic artwork. Highlights include new compositions by Mieke Vanhaute and Pieter Schuermans, alongside works by Ysaÿe, Marais, Poulenc, Henderickx, Lysight, Fontyn and Mozart.
Soloist with Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège
OPRL+ Soundtrack : Steven Spielberg & John Williams​​
Thu 24.10 | Fri 25.10 | Sat 26.10​
Salle Philharmonique - Liège - Belgium​
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Sun 27.10
Triangel, Großer Saal - St. Vith - Belgium​
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Wed 30.10
Salle Henry Le Bœuf - Brussels - Belgium
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Jaws, Indiana Jones, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Schindler's List, The Adventures of Tintin... Steven Spielberg and his favourite composer of 50 years, John Williams, have created countless blockbusters. These two creative giants have left their mark on the history of cinema, each elevating the art of the other to match the emotions as close as possible. The OPRL performs Williams' most famous music (inspired by the sounds of Mahler, Sibelius and jazz), with an original lighting design tailored to each piece of music.
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Mon 28.10 | Tue 29.10 | Wed 30.10
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HoWest - Brugge - Belgium
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Scarbo / Recording​
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With sound engineer Jelle Tassyns and recording director Joyce Cuypers we record music of George Friedrich Haas, Mikel Kuehn, Frederik Neyrinck, Johann Sebastian Bach and Jean-Philippe Rameau.
Belgian National Orchestra
an American In Paris - George Gershwin
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Sat 16.11​
Salle Henry Le Bœuf - Brussels - Belgium
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The Belgian National Orchestra, led by Antony Hermus, performs Michael Daugherty's "Metropolis Symphony" and Andrew Norman's "Play," a piece hailed as a 21st-century masterpiece. After a new work by Keiko Devaux, the Labèque sisters, Katia and Marielle, will perform Philip Glass's "Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra," composed for them in 2015. Also featured are Charles Ives' "Central Park in the Dark" and Gershwin's "An American in Paris."
Antony Hermus, conductor
Katia Labèque, piano
Marielle Labèque, piano
Soloist with
choir Gregoriusgild
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Sat 23.11​
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Onze-Lieve-Vrouwkerk - Sint-Niklaas - Belgium
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The concert features two profound works by James Whitbourn (1963–2024), a British composer known for blending ancient choral traditions with contemporary sounds. His "Son of God Mass" and "Requiem Canticorum," for choir, organ, and soprano saxophone, offer a spiritual experience by uniting Latin texts with modern elements.
Swedish saxophonist Anders Paulsson (b. 1961) showcases his talents in "Advent Music" (1990), where the unusual combination of soprano sax, choir, and organ shines. He also arranged three beloved spirituals: Swing Low, Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen, and Deep River.
The evening concludes with Evening Prayer by Ola Gjeilo.
Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen
Bolero - Maurice Ravel
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Thu 28.11​​
Concertgebouw - Brugge - Belgium
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Fri 29.11​​
Sun 01.12​​
DeSingel - Antwerpen - Belgium
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The energetic conductor Duncan Ward takes you on a swinging journey, with a pit stop at Les Indes Galantes. Go wild as they sway from Rameau's opera to Stravinsky's Pulcinella and get lost in Berio's Folk Songs. A young composer adds a brand new folk song to the programme. Finish in ecstasy with Ravel's Bolero, performed together with the youth orchestra SOV Young.
Spectra ensemble​
Unveiled
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Sat 07.12​​
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As part of "Ear to the Ground #5," the discovery festival at De Bijloke for musical adventurers, renowned German jazz saxophonist and composer Ingrid Laubrock is this year’s special guest. Now based in New York, Laubrock is celebrated for her bold compositions.
SPECTRA performs her 2022 piece Unveiled, inspired by nature's irregular patterns. Laubrock describes it as exploring the beauty of imperfect repetition, shaped by her morning walks through San Antonio Canyon Park. The work unfolds like dewdrop-covered spider webs, gradually revealing hidden layers of sound.
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Scarbo​
Time Unfolded
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Sun 19.01.25​​
Concertstudio - Kortrijk- Belgium
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tickets: Thttps://www.wildewesten.be/nl/event/scarbo​​​
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Composers reflect their era, offering insight into their world.
Rameau and Bach, born 18 months apart, both favored complex music but with different approaches—Rameau’s lively, ornate works focused on opera and ballet, while Bach, staying in Germany, composed both secular and sacred music.
Similarly, minimalists Arvo Pärt and Philip Glass, born 15 months apart, developed distinct styles—Pärt with his Tintinnabuli and Glass with repetitive, layered structures.
Frederik Neyrinck connects past and present, blending renaissance influences and modern techniques in his vibrant, rhythmic works like ...B.S. unfolded... [Kandinsky-Etüde 9].
Spectra Ensemble​
For Cathy​​
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Sat 26.01
Salle Henry Le Bœuf - Brussels - Belgium​
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Cathy Berberian was a trailblazing artist who revolutionized classical music with her versatile voice, inspiring major 20th-century composers, including her husband, Luciano Berio. Both would have turned 100 in 2025, prompting this tribute.
At the heart of the concert is Berio’s Recital I: for Cathy, a witty collage featuring music from Monteverdi, Wagner, and Schönberg, performed by rising star Sarah Aristidou with SPECTRA. The program also includes Berio’s Folk Songs and Berberian’s Stripsody, alongside Luc Brewaeys' Fêtes à tensions, a rich, playful homage to his musical heroes.
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Fri 21.02
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Spectra Ensemble​
Prozession​
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As a specialist in timbre, SPECTRA is the ideal fit for Enno Poppe’s layered sound world.
"Composing isn’t solving a sudoku," says German composer Enno Poppe, known for his boundless creativity, unique instrument combinations, and refined sense of color. His ideas seem limitless, much like the music in Prozession. With rich percussion at its core, the ensemble is further energized by electric guitar and two vintage organ synthesizers, adding vibrant color to the piece.
I Solisti
Peter Greenaway / Louis Andriessen: M is for Man, Mozart, Music​
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Fri 07.03
AMUZ - Antwerpen - Belgium​
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For Louis Andriessen, minimalism didn’t have to be dull. The Dutch composer, who passed in 2021, wrote bold, sensory music that thrived on momentum, often pushing the boundaries of convention. I SOLISTI honors the late giant, who would have turned 85 this year, with a cinematic tribute.
The program features Workers Union (1975), a rhythmic protest piece demanding better conditions for factory workers, still powerful after nearly 50 years. Also included is M is for Man, Mozart, Music (1991), a playful homage to Mozart, paired with Peter Greenaway’s postmodern film. The concert concludes with Two Trumpets Descending, by Andriessen’s friend and student, Martijn Padding.