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Björn Soenens (VRT) - Blijven proberen Obama! Amerika tussen droom en daad

2010-02-17T17:46:32+01:00

The 20th of January 2009. A key moment in American history. The inauguration of the first black president. Barack Obama wins the hearts of the people with ‘Change’ and ‘Yes, we can’. But can Obama really bring change? Can Obama introduce health insurance in the U.S.? Can he keep Wall Street’s gluttonous bankers in check? Can he change the way the American people think about crime and punishment? Or are Americans too set in their ways?

In his book, ‘Blijven Proberen Obama! Amerika tussen droom en daad’ (Keep Trying Obama! Making the dream happen), U.S. expert Björn Soenens talks about everything that makes the American people so unique, attractive, repulsive and at times crazy with amazement and curiosity. The book therefore offers a contemporary insight into a fascinating society that continues to influence our European lifestyle.

This book presentation will be accompanied by a debate with Howard Gutman (U.S. ambassador to Belgium), Caroline Gennez (sp.a), Bart de Wever (NV-A), Alexander De Croo (Open Vld), Steven Vanackere (CD&V), Björn Soenens (VRT) and moderator Siegfried Bracke (VRT).

Ekomotiv 1.0

2010-03-09T17:36:14+01:00

You don’t have to be a hippie to live a sustainable and ecological lifestyle. Thank God.
Kowboy Kaos vzw searched the country for strong projects, original initiatives, surprising designers, hot artists and interesting organisations that work according to ecological and socio-economic principles.

The most trendsetting organizations and designers were invited by Kowboy Kaos to present their fashion accessories, (garden) furniture, lighting, jewellery and fabric usage at Vooruit.

Ekomotiv 1.0 is an event focusing on ‘stylish sustainable living’, with exhibitions, workshops, seminars, open studios and pop-up shops.

Rat Event

2009-11-12T15:01:01+01:00

Het Rat Records label van drummer Teun Verbruggen nodigt weer enkele jonge beloftevolle jazzartiesten uit. Meer info volgt gauw.

Kaho XL

2010-02-18T16:53:17+01:00

dj gr8tbe@tz
davidov
dj Wout
t-mastis

Eleanor Bauer / Good Move

2010-02-25T11:12:29+01:00

(BIG GIRLS DO BIG THINGS) is a solo on scale, volume, extreme limits and the grey areas between them; on pride and vulnerability, hubris and humility, visibility and subtlety; on the fragile braggadocio of living large when less is more but more is also unmistakably more. Shape-shifting an empty shell of a human being, Eleanor Bauer invites the audience on a safari expedition deep into the superficial abyss of the essentially constructed personality of the entertainer. In (BIG GIRLS DO BIG THINGS), self-expression drops the self and expression takes over: style is content, personality is material, and identity is irrelevant. (BIG GIRLS DO BIG THINGS) is an old-school performance-art magic trick in which the performer herself disappears by immersion and dissipation in abstract forms and literal characters that disguise, exceed, and transgress the definitions and boundaries of race, gender, species, genres and abilities. (BIG GIRLS DO BIG THINGS) is about defying expectations while accepting the challenge of embodying the monsters that self-perception, other people’s perceptions, and the relentless machine of culture have suggestively installed around and within us. As a bone-thug drag queen psychic ballerina, Bauer undergoes a maximalist and detailed exorcism of the boring identity politics of inhabiting and communicating through a human body, joyfully shattering the frames that inhibit the great experiment and experience of being human as a performance of the possible, if only to reveal that things are not always what they seem.

According to the newspaper De Morgen, this performance is one of the must-sees of the season!

Radio Modern

2010-03-02T14:58:23+01:00

Une revue jamais vue, Ne Vuilen Avond

Op het programma:
Error Team (Muziek), The Bee’s Knees (Dans), Schoon Madammen (finalistes van de burleskwedstrijd), Gili (Illusionist, Bizarren Tist), Football Stijn (Balacrobaat), DJ Jan De Vries

Beneficio Chile Benefiet

2010-03-08T16:23:35+01:00

With:
Cinema Soloriens And The Cosmo Drama feat. Marshall Allen
The Edifiers
Sindicato Sonico

+ afterparty Kumbia Fiesta met dj’s

The Neon Judgement + afterparty

2010-03-05T10:58:13+01:00

No need to introduce THE NEON JUDGEMENT, I guess !
Mister ‘Dirk Da Davo’ & ‘TB Frank’ are playing together since 1982 (first single “Faktory walk”)

Over a quarter of a century after that release, The Neon Judgement appears to be overtaking time. The band’s creative model – electronic music with a rock approach – now exists in many forms and varieties. Furthermore The Neon Judgement’s music seems to have been rediscovered by a new and younger generation of hip musicians from all over the world. Today, renowned artists such as Dave Clarke, The Hacker en Tiga often emulate the bands early work.
We’re proud to present these Belgian new-wave-EBM-godfathers for a steaming, uplifting concert in a great atmosphere !
ROCK ‘N ROLL !!

Expect a selection of all-time classics: TV treated, The fashion party, Tomorrow in the papers, Miss Brown, Chinese Black, Factory walk, Too cold to breathe, I wish I could, Nion, Awful day … and some great new tracks like: Leash, Smack, The great consumer …

After the concert we’re gonna party all night long
on the best “new-wave-bel-pop-indie-alternative-rock-electro” sounds by DJ Peter Tokkelaar and guests.

Bosque Brown / The Bear That Wasn't

2010-03-10T14:01:59+01:00

Bosque Brown

Pitchfork has referred to Bosque Brown singer Mara Lee Miller as “the Texan answer to Beth Gibbons (Portishead)”. She recorded her debut EP in 2005 with the help of songwriter Damien Jurado. In the meantime, Bosque Brown evolved into a full-blown band, including Mara’s sister Gina on backing vocals. Bosque Brown toured with Two Gallants, John Vanderslice, Will Johnson and The National. The sound on their 2009 album, Baby, is more layered than ever, featuring dark country and folk with gospel influences.

The Bear That Wasn’t

With his charming and fragile guitar songs, Nils Verresen knows how to charm an audience. His debut album, which he will be presenting at this concert, promises to bundle the best of Badly Drawn Boy, Great Lake Swimmers and Damien Rice. You probably also know Nils from his ‘365 dagen’ project, for which he travelled the country for a year with nothing more than his bike and his guitar.

“With The Bear That Wasn’t’ (real name Nils Verresen), Belgium can pride itself on a fresh talented singer songwriter. Armed with a sparkling acoustic guitar and an angelic voice, this young fellow from Genk performs beautiful folk songs with country influences reminiscent of Sufjan Stevens and Elliot Smith.” – Kwadratuur

John Irving

2010-03-05T17:32:54+01:00

John Irving (born 1942) is one of America’s most successful authors of the late 20th century. He studied literature at the University of New Hampshire and at the University of Iowa, and studied under Günther Grass – who would go on to wine the Nobel Prize in Literature- in Vienna. He published his first novel at age 26, with Charles Dickens as his biggest inspiration. He reached mainstream success in 1978 with The World According to Garp, which was turned into a successful movie just like most of his other work. In 1999, he won the Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for the script adapted from his book The Cider House Rules.

At Vooruit, John Irving will talk about his new novel, Last Night in Twisted River, accompanied by excerpts from his work.

Uitgelezen

2010-03-10T16:24:10+01:00

Presentatrice Fien Sabbe en panelleden Jos Geysels en Anna Luyten krijgen het gezelschap van Paul Van Cauwenberge (Rector UGent) en Sam De Graeve (columnist, schrijver, jurylid Gouden Uil, drijvende kracht achter de Slimste Mens). Ze werpen hun licht over Het Boek van Max Berg van Aleksander Melli, Schoolpijn van Daniel Pennac en Gen voor geluk van Richard Powers.

Naast muzikale intermezzo’s van Eva De Roovere, wordt het publiek ook verwend met ZAK-cartoons en een boekentombola.

Voor wie nog meer wil lezen: ook de bib van Gent stelde een leeslijst samen over Onderwijs.

Fred Hersch / Louis Sclavis Quintet - Lost on the way

2010-02-24T15:26:17+01:00

Vibrant folk songs alternate with elegant, zigzagging melodies and phrases with jagged rhythms. You can’t compare this music to anything else. “It’s poetic and explosive, and remarkable for its beautifully sculpted melodies and its young energy”, wrote De Standaard journalist Karel Van Keymeulen about Sclavis’s latest album L’imparfait de Langues, which he recorded in one single day. Sclavis effortlessly switches between powerful themes and subtle rhythms, without ever losing track of detail. On his latest album, Lost on the Way (on ECM), he unites young musicians from varied musical backgrounds and takes the listener on a trip to different worlds. With this new project, Louis Sclavis proves once again that he is one of the most captivating jazz composers / musicians of his time.

With an extra concert of Fred Hersch!

Kassys

2010-02-25T11:12:51+01:00

HORIZON is about the gaping divide between desire and reality. About wanting to leave. About thinking things are always better elsewhere. About looking for more. More space, more content, more adventure, more emotions, more romance, more meaning.

In HORIZON, we follow a group of people that are unsatisfied with the ‘here and now’. They decide to escape in a fantasy by creating alter egos, which they send out of the theatre, into the great wide world.

The alter egos end up in a road movie fuelled by adventure and a sense of freedom. Unexpected events and choices that crop up along the way are adjusted and solved live, so the dream trip stays intact. Unfortunately, mundane obstacles gradually make the trip more difficult and exhausting. The romantic goal of the quest is eventually obliterated by day-to-day reality, while the alter egos start to resemble their creators more and more.

Dutch company Kassys is well on its way to becoming a household name at Vooruit after performing five of its shows here (including Actor’s Cut, Liga and Good Cop Bad Cop). With their multimedia voyeur drama they analyse human interaction with the help of recognizable situations.

“A choreography of boredom that does not ever become tedious. Original, captivating, and most of all, hilarious. Kassys leaves us hungry for more.”
(Urbanmag on Actor’s Cut, one of Kassys’s earlier shows)

Night Vision. An evening on... illuminating darkness

2010-03-10T14:07:41+01:00

Night Vision presents a series of performances, films and an installation which attempt to capture the night in all its obscurity, somewhere between light and darkness, visible and invisible. The night is not a black mass that blinds our sight. It’s not a substance, but an event, pure depth that surrounds and swallows us, infiltrating us through our senses. In the dark hours when we must sharpen our eyes and ears, when night comes to life, nothing seems what it is.

PROGRAMME

20:00 CONCERT / PERFORMANCE

Phantom Limb & Earth’s Hypnagogia – In Celebration of Knowing all the Blues of the Evening

Behind this tongue-twister of a name are Jaime Fennelly and Shawn Hansen, a duo of multi-instrumentalists whose many projects (among which Phantom Limb and Peeesseye) explore the borders of drone, noise and improvisation. With their joint project In Celebration of Knowing all the Blues of the Evening, they examine, both with sound and image, the ephemeral dynamics of twilight, the moments between light and dark, “entre Chien et Loup”. For their performance at Courtisane they’ll use two Hammond organs and a series of images made in collaboration with visual artist Nate Miner.

20:45 FILM

Jeanne Liotta – Observando El Cielo (2007, 16mm, colour, sound, 19’)

According to Paul Virilio, “it is no longer only the night sky that is threatened but indeed the night itself, the great night of interstellar space; that other unknown quantity that, nonetheless, constitutes our only window on the cosmos.” What is left to us of the nightly celestial roof after years of light contamination is made clear in this film, the result of seven years of field recordings. The soundtrack, a composition of VLF (Very Low Frequency) radio recordings, is the work of Peggy Ahwesh.

Deborah Stratman – In Order Not To Be Here (2002, 16mm, colour, sound, 33’)

A nocturnal study of the suburban and corporate landscapes of the Unites States, revealing how much the collective trust in surveillance and security determines our living environments. An everyday horror film, which mercilessly addresses the feelings of moral failure, spiritual emptiness and isolation-based paranoia which are proper to our post-industrial consumption society. The night has become the perpetual twilight; it no longer reflects the fear of the unknown, but of ourselves.

21:45 PERFORMANCE

Pieter Geenen – nightscape (3) (2005, binaural sound, 15’10”)

The work of Pieter Geenen focuses on uncanny landscapes that without calling for analysis, emotion or transparence, slowly find their place in the imagination of the viewer. The attention is sharpened, the experience slows down. In nightscape, a series of nocturnal soundscapes, we become – devoid of the usual visual intellectual framework – completely dependent on our hearing. “It is no coincidence that the night seems to be the favorite time of this anti-reporter: in the dark hours, when we have to focus eyes and ears, nothing seems what it is. ‘Believe that anything is real you can imagine’”. (Herman Asselberghs)

22:00 – BREAK

22:45 – CONCERT / PERFORMANCE

Paul Clipson & William Fowler Collins – Lightmaze

The ravishing super 8 films of Paul Clipson are lyrical explorations of light and movement. His images, mostly edited in-camera, reveal the energy and sensuality of the everyday that we often fail to see. At the invitation of the Courtisane festival, he has assembled a selection of night shots which will be accompanied live by William Fowler Collins and his pitch black guitar drones. His recent mind-blowing album Perdition Hill Radio was released by the renowned Type label.

OPEN THROUGHOUT THE EVENING - INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION
FREE ENTRANCE BETWEEN 7 PM AND 11.30 PM
WANT TO SEE MORE OF COURTISANE’S ‘NIGHT VISION’? GET A TICKET!

Disinformation – The Origin of Painting (2000, optokinetic / autodestructive, luminous graffiti, shadow & electromagnetic sound installation)

This project of Joe Banks goes back to 1995, when it was still a vehicle for his experiments with electromagnetic and radio phonic sounds. In the meantime, his research into electronic, sonic and optokinetic phenomena has found itself a place in the contemporary art world. The Origin of Painting is a key work in his oeuvre, a literally impressive sound and light installation which allows visitors to make an impression of their silhouette. This work not only refers to the myths associated to the creation of painting, but also to the atomic shadows on the walls of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. “A dark writing was born. A secret writing, written in the dark, with darkness itself. In the atomic night and on the human surface, a dark, corporeal surface appeared.” (Akira Mizuta Lippit)

Surface Tension. An evening on... frictions

2010-03-09T00:04:36+01:00

What happens when, before our eyes and ears, an event unfolds in time without simple representation, causality or possibility of identification ? We are thrown back upon ourselves, upon the power of our imagination to create mental images. The real is brought back to the possible. In this series of works, most points of reference and information have been reduced to the minimum, as if the outside was folded inside. It’s up to us to break through the surface, to put our imagination to work, to search for connections, to discover what it all can mean…

PROGRAMME

20:00 – PERFORMANCE

Dominique Petitgand – Séance d’écoute

Voice is central to Dominique Petitgand’s compositions and installations. Sentences are fragmented, words and other articulations are isolated and assembled into “mental landscapes”. The listener is immersed into micro universes that bounce back and forth between an assumption of reality – the recordings in which people speak of their own lives – and a projected and timeless fiction. “For me, the search for form takes place at the level of perception, at the level of what is going on inside the head of the listener. I don’t have the impression of creating an object; rather, I set in motion mental perceptions, acts of reflection, of thinking, memory and imagination.” At the request of Courtisane, he will present a listening session in the dark, structured around silences.
(From 1992 – 2009: pièces sonores, parlées, musicales et silencieuses)

20:45 – PERFORMANCE

Karen Mirza, Brad Butler, David Cunningham – The Space Between

Karen Mirza and Brad Butler make film and video installations and performances that question the filmic, sculptural and architectonic qualities of the moving image. The Space Between brings together a formal approach with an overtly social subject matter. The images of an anonymous housing block in India are the basis for an exploration of a number of “spaces between”, suggested by the motif and its distance from the Western viewer. The complexity of the visual structure, a two-screen projection, will be reflected in the live soundtrack by David Cunningham, who has made a name for himself as an installation artist and musician, often in collaboration with This Heat, David Toop, Martin Creed and Sam Taylor-Wood.

21:30 – INSTALLATIE / PERFORMANCE

Lis Rhodes – Light Music (1975, 16mm 2 screen, b&w, optical sound, 25’)

The work of Lis Rhodes is pivotal in the history of British avant-garde film, but in the past decades has also moved on to photography, performance and political analysis. Light Music is one of her earlier explorations in the field of “expanded cinema”. Two 16mm projectors project a varied configuration of straight lines, in which the spacing (frequency), thickness (amplitude), colour and density (tonality) also determine the soundtrack. “It is as much about sound as it is about image; their relationship is necessarily dependent as the optical soundtrack ‘makes’ the music, It is the machinery itself which imposes this relationship.”

22:00 – CONCERT / PERFORMANCE

Paul Abbott, Seymour Wright, Ross Lambert (alto-saxophone, guitar/devices, electronics/light/projections)

An encounter between three participants of the weekly workshop led by musician and theorist Eddie Prévost, which during the past decade has left an undeniable mark on the London improvisation scene. The emphasis that Prévost places on the heuristic aspect of free improvisation – as a process of discovery, learning and dialogue – lies close to the heart of these musicians. Both saxophonist Seymour Wright and guitarist Ross Lambert are known for their inter-musical dynamics and exploratory drive. On this occasion, they team up with Paul Abbott, who will focus on working with light and video projections.

Tom Lanoye

2009-05-29T16:02:45+02:00

Before he embarked on his tour of Woest, Lanoye warned the audience: “I don’t dance, comedy is for deadbeats, cabaret is for losers, and I don’t want to subject anybody to my singing. If you don’t like it, then don’t come. If you do, however, decide to come, if will let you look into my soul. My soul is a beautiful, angry, talkative one, full of scars and tattoos.” Those that came saw a driven, natural born performer, a sneering show-off as well as a vulnerable storyteller. Because of the show’s tremendous success, Lanoye will once again perform it at selected venues. If you missed it last time, then take this chance to witness this feat by an artist who has now officially entered “the hall of fame of truly great artists”, according to De Morgen.

Mr Scruff

2010-02-02T14:44:17+01:00

Join us for an eclectic celebration injected with Latin music, African beats, jazz, reggae, hip hop, broken beats and dubstep. Mr Scruff is one of English label Ninja Tune’s biggest names, scoring hits such as ‘Get a Move On’ – featuring an unforgettable Moondog sample) and ‘Get on Down’.

Dag van het socialisme

2010-02-01T17:14:13+01:00

At this theme day, we will consider the necessity of militant socialism.

On the 20th of March we will assemble 30 speakers who are willing to look for new and inspiring socialist perspectives together with a wide audience.

Kozzmozz

2010-02-09T18:05:07+01:00

Line up:

Len Faki (Figure, Ostgut Ton, Cocoon, Berghain; Berlin)

Ben Klock (Ostgut Ton, Klockworks, Berghain; Berlin)

Oscar Mulero (Warm Up, Token, Tresor Rec; Madrid)

Kr!z (Token rec, Kozzmozz; Bxl)

Seba Lecompte (Bang the Box, Manual Music, Decadance; Ghent)

Berghain, both the club and the label, are beyond any doubt on the forefront of today’s techno scene. That’s why we are very proud to have no less than two of their residents on this edition of Kozzmozz.

Having moved to Berlin in 2002 Len Faki took a creative break in order to restart as a DJ and musician. He became a resident at Berghain and launched his new labels Figure and Podium on which he released a series of excellent 12“s. The highlights of his own output were ‘Mekong Delta’ on Ostgut Ton and ‘My Black Sheep’ on Podium. And now he’s just released the third Berghain compilation. Len Faki is no stranger when it comes to dancefloor burning techno. In Belgium he already played at I Love Techno and at Kozzmozz in 2005 and both his visits were very memorable. This year he’s back and he will deliver pounding beats and tear the roof down at Kozzmozz.

Berlin born DJ, producer and label owner Ben Klock is undoubtedly of the most influential players in recent Techno history. As a resident at Berghain he has been able to leave his mark on the club’s sound since its opening in 2004. But the relationship is mutual, as this space definitely had an influence on how Ben approaches dj-ing and producing as well. With his hypnotic, heavily grooving dj-sets and his tracks released on labels such as Ostgut Ton, Bpitch Control and his own imprint Klockworks, established in 2006, Klock managed to gain an excellent, international reputation.

The leading German techno jocks will be joined by a leading Spanish techno god, Oscar Mulero. The man behind the Warm Up label has been releasing a constant flow of records during the past years on labels such as Tresor Records, Minuendo Recordings, Zero Oscillator, Tsunami Records, Evidence Records, Emergence Records and Token Records from our resident Kr!z. And last year was an extra special year with the release a new Tresor Records mix CD, compiling some of the best gems from the label’s catalogue, as well as more new stuff from his label Warm Up next to celebrating his 20 years in the business.

Resident Kr!z is going stronger and stronger with his label Token Records. Kr!z has taken Token on the road with label nights in Shanghai, London, Berlin, Rotterdam, … He has released 13 records in less then two years from artists such as Inigo Kennedy, Phase, Radial, Dimitri Andreas, Makaton, Oscar Mulero and more. As usual he will close the night off with a bang!

Seba Lecompte is already a seasoned dj with his 16 years behind the decks. He has played in many major clubs and festivals in Belgium, Fuse, Kozzmozz, I Love Techno, 10 Days Off, Café D’Anvers, Silo… From 2004 he’s a resident at Decadance in Ghent where he co-organizes the Bang The Box parties. He’s a multi-facetted dj playing solid sets of both house and techno in all it’s forms. He’s also producing as part of the ‘Wings of Sound’ project teaming up with Kim Kurz and ‘Double Shift’ with Shimakum.

Don’t miss out on this one because we can guarantee it will be a very special night again!

Think!

2010-02-12T15:53:47+01:00

Café Dansant: The Valerie Solanas & The Hired Guns + dj Ivan Scheldeman

2010-01-12T18:18:29+01:00

The sound of The Valerie Solanas is not easily categorized. It’s a blend of pop, jazz, swing, country, blues and big band music. The vocals and lyrics by Michaël Brijs – close your eyes and you think you’re listening to Frank Sinatra – provide a unique touch. They used to be a crooner cover band, but now they are more like crooners on acid!

On special occasions, Michaël Brijs (Andy and the Androids), guitarist Tom Tiest (Jan Fabre, Noppes, Trio Pino), bass player Filip Vandebril (Laïs, Antwerp Gipsy Ska Orchestra) and drummer Diederik van Remoortere (Electric Quartet, Squeezable Future, Lampekap Collectief) are joined on stage by Hired Guns, a three-piece horn section with all the energy of a complete big band.

DO IT YOURSELF!
Join us for a dance class from 13:00 to 15:00. Price: € 5 per person, registering is recommended. The ideal start for absolute beginners, dance aficionados, and a great way to brush up on your dance moves.

Lee 'Scratch' Perry Birthday Party & friends

2010-02-17T18:20:19+01:00

Dub and reggae genius Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry is probably the most influential living reggae artist in history. He has produced big names such as Prince Buster, The Skatalites, I-Roy and U-Roy and prepared Bob Marley for international fame. Perry has worked with The Clash, Robert Palmer, Moby, Beastie Boys and Paul McCartney. His influence as a pioneer of dub (remixed and manipulated reggae) is immense. Without ‘Scratch’, hip hop and dance would sound completely different. A selection of some of his most renowned productions include: ‘Chase The Devil’ by Max Romeo, sampled by The Prodigy in ‘Out of Space’ and ‘Heart of the Congos’ by The Congos, often cited as one of the best reggae albums of all time.

At the beginning of his 75th year, Perry has gathered some of his finest colleagues who will pay tribute to his work, consisting of over 3000 songs. He will be joined by On-U Sound producer Adrian Sherwood, the magnificent Congos and Max Romeo – a living legend, so don’t miss this unique chance of seeing him live!

Jazz & Sounds / Open Lab

2010-01-25T11:00:31+01:00

Researchers from the Ghent Conservatory (Hogeschool Gent) create a programme with their artistic experiments. Laura Maes her project ‘Oorwonde’ (ear wound) makes you feel and hear the soundtrack of a fictitious operation! Olmo Cornelis serves us his latest composition ‘Nelumbo’ where the voice is adjusted in real-time by the movements of the performers through sensors. Hans Roels lets some musicians demonstrate what a strange term like ‘hyper polyphony’ can mean musically. Liselotte Sels confronts the Western ear with various manifestations of Turkish folk music in Turkey and Ghent with each other. Daan Janssens lets Katrien Gaelens perform one of his solo flute works in which the transformation of timbre plays a prominent role.

Jazz & Sounds / Impressions of a Blue Kind

2010-01-25T11:01:10+01:00

Students of the Conservatories of Ghent, Tilburg and Maastricht directed by Wolfgang Braun.

Miles Davis ‘So What’ meets Claude Debussy’s ‘Arabesque No. 1’.

Impressions of a Blue Kind is an exceptionally ambitious project. Six composers — students of Wolfgang Braun of the Conservatory of Maastricht — wrote pieces for orchestra, joining an impressive thirty musicians. Their task was to blend “Kind of blue” (the most famous Miles Davis recording from 1959) together with Impressionism. All themes will not be merely arranged: the composers used improvised recorded material, such as Bill Evans’ piano accompaniments, beside own ideas to develop something new and colourful.

Jazz & Sounds / De Hedendaagse klarinet in kamermuziek

2010-01-25T12:00:48+01:00

Chamber music students of the University College Ghent Conservatory directed by Filip Rathé and Kris Deprey. Soloist of the Brussels Philharmonic with Eddy Van Oosthuyze, clarinet

Two soloists, one singing clarinet.

Soloists of the Brussels Philharmonic perform together with Eddy Van Oosthuyze on clarinet the ‘Clarinet Quintet’ of the Finnish composer Magnus Lindberg en ‘Gumboots’ for Clarinet and String Quartet of he British-American composer David Bruce. Furthermore two masterpieces of Steve Reich, one of the most prominent American minimalists: ‘New York Counterpoint’ for solo-clarinet (Kris Deprey) and tape and ‘Eight Lines’ for ensemble.

Uitgesproken met Luis Moreno Ocampo

2010-02-17T18:13:33+01:00

Ghent University and Amnesty International are offering a Chair to Argentine lawyer Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court. He will talk about his team’s battle to obtain justice for victims of some of the worst crimes against humanity.

PROGRAMME

Award Ceremony for the Amnesty International 2009-2010 Chair for Dr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo with introductory speeches by Dr. Paul Van Cauwenberge, Rector at Ghent University and Karen Moeskops, Chairman of Amnesty International Flanders.
‘Prosecutorial Policy of the ICC: Lessons Learned and Prospects’, lecture by Dr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court.

Questions can be asked during a 30-minute Q&A session after the lecture.

Les van de Eeuw #7: onderwijs

2010-03-03T10:46:59+01:00

The Lesson of the Century is an annually recurring debating event that consists of three ‘lessons’: a morning lesson for high school seniors, an afternoon lesson for university students and an evening lesson for a wide audience. The panel members are academics, socially aware citizens, journalists and people active in culture.
This edition will focus on education.

Taxi Taxi / Isbells

2009-12-16T16:59:36+01:00

TAXI TAXI

If you like CocoRosie, Emiliana Torini and Joanna Newsom, you’ll certainly like the charming folk songs of Taxi Taxi. Swedish twin sisters Johanna and Miriam Eriksson Berhan are barely 20, but have already performed at Roskilde in Denmark, one of Europe’s biggest festivals, as well as at the Feeërieën at the AB in Brussels and have toured with Efterklang. The Swedish girl duo also released their 2007 debut EP on the record label of the latter. Their debut album ‘Still Standing At Your Back Door’ was released in late 2009.

“a tender treat for the ears” – from a five star review on soundslike.be

ISBELLS

Isbells was definitely one of 2009’s musical discoveries. Their tender songs on acoustic guitar and wonderful vocal harmonies bring to mind the late troubadour Nick Drake and Fleet Foxes. The perfect music to shake off the winter cold and hail in the spring!

“When we first heard a demo of Isbells four months ago, it sent shivers down our spine: pure songs with enchanting vocals, in which hope and doubt perform a shadow dance. Beautiful!”- Humo

Jazz & Sounds / dag 1 Vooruit

2010-03-08T12:19:16+01:00

18:30 Brugzaal – Docu Han Bennink: ‘Hazentijd’
20:00 Balzaal – Ben Sluijs, Jules Deelder & Remco Campert
20:00 Domzaal – Colin Stetson
21:00 Theaterzaal – Erik Truffaz / Malcolm Braff
22:30 Balzaal – Hairy Bones: Peter Brötzmann / Toshinoro Kondo / Massimo Pupillo / Paal Nilssen-love
and with performances KASK parcours throughout Vooruit

You’d like 4 days of Jazz & Sounds? With the 4day ticket you can go to all the concerts at Vooruit, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke and the conservatorium. Get the 4day ticket for €60 (€ 65 adk)

You’d like the 2 days at Vooruit? Get the 2day ticket for €35 (€40 adk)

Docu Han Bennink: ‘Hazentijd’

A documentary on artist and drummer Han Bennink

Han Bennink is a double talent: the global citizen who has over 40 years playing drums with everyone that matters in jazz and improvised music. He’s also the hermit who likes to work on his art in peace and quiet at his house in the Beemster, Amsterdam.

Han Bennink is a remarkable man. The drummer with a rare sense of timing and an incredible swing that is understood in both downtown New York as well as in the middle of Africa. His energy and dedication still remains in full force and is more focused than ever. He became a drummer because he stuttered and found it hard to express himself. Now that he is almost 65 years old he is verbally very clear. His fresh look at the world is inspiring, especially for the younger generation.

The film features a man who is a monument on the Dutch jazz scene simultaneously flowing with youthful hubris and still entering new paths – both in his music and his art.

Han is primarily known as a percussionist. He also has worked from age twenty as a visual artist. With a steadily growing body of work, both in The Netherlands and abroad, Han Bennink is frequently exhibited. There is not one without the other.

Jellie Dekker (director)

www.hanbennink.com

Ben Sluijs – Jules Deelder – Remco Campert

20:00 Balzaal

Music and literature are often united on stage, but this time the music plays first violin. On March 25, 2010 two poets and a musician find each other in their love for jazz.

Whoever hears jazz and literature, they think immediately of notorious jazz connoisseur and poet Jules Deelder. This author/actor fires off his staccato lyrics into the audience, occasionally with a big focus.

Similarly Remco Campert’s style is characterized by short sentences, simple word choice and that which keeps imagery to a minimum. He also written several poems tied to jazz – you can almost hear the sax in the background. Ben Sluijs, one of the greatest saxophone talents that Flanders has delivers rich tones, bringing the sax all the way to the forefront.

Ben Sluijs (saxophone), Jules Deelder (poetry), Remco Campert (poetry)

Colin Stetson

20:00 Domzaal

The Roger Federer of instrumental avant-garde music.

Tom Waits, TV on the Radio, Feist, Bon Iver, Laurie Anderson, David Byrne, Jolie Holland, Sinéad O’Connor, LCD Soundsystem and Anthony Braxton; the list of artists that saxophonist Colin Stetson has worked with is impressive. In addition, he has also played in rock bands such as Bell Orchestre and the Arcade Fire.

But is he mostly known for his performance of ‘solo saxophone music of New History Warfare’ in concert halls across the US and his appearances at Barack Obama’s campaign meetings. He’s often referred to ‘the Roger Federer of instrumental avant-garde music.’ This year, he played at the Melbourne International Jazz Festival and the Moers Jazz Festival and toured with Sway Machinery, Bell Orchestre and The National. “Colin Stetson is an absolute master of the saxophone. (…) New History Warfare, Vol. 1 is a truly impressive (…) and highly individual musical statement. (…) Stetson’s compositions and ability to tell a musical story are what make this a great album. You haven’t heard saxophone music quite like this.”- (Allmusic.com)

Colin Stetson (saxophone)

www.colinstetson.com

Erik Truffaz / Malcolm Braff

21:00 Theaterzaal

Trumpeter Erik Truffaz is not afraid to explore new paths now and then. He likes to experiment with rock, electro and even hip hop. He is probably most well-known for his collaboration with pop singer Ed Harcourt on 2007’s ‘Arkhangelsk’. One year later, Truffaz released the three-part album ‘Rendez-Vous’, for which he travelled to Paris, Mexico and Varanasi (India). For this last part of the album he was assisted by Brazilian/Swiss pianist Malcolm Braff. Braff studied classical music but fell in love with the freedom and the creativity of jazz music at the 1989 Montreux Jazz Festival. Braff has a passion for rhythm and improvisation. His masterpiece is a tribute to composer György Ligeti.

In 2008, Truffaz released the three-part album ‘Rendez-Vous’, for which he travelled to Paris, Mexico and Varanasi. For this last part of the album he was assisted by Brazilian/Swiss pianist Malcolm Braff. When Truffaz and Braff are on stage together, there is chemistry in the air!

Erik Truffaz (trumpet) & Malcolm Braff (piano)

Hairy Bones: Peter Brötzmann / Toshinoro Kondo / Massimo Pupillo / Paal Nilssen-love

22:30 Balzaal

Four charismatic, strenuous and energetic musicians. Their concerts are always dynamic and exciting, without losing track of technical virtuosity.

Hairy Bones brings together four charismatic, strenuous and energetic musicians. Their concerts are always dynamic and exciting, without losing track of technical virtuosity. The raw energy oozing from their eponymous album, a live registration of an Amsterdam concert, makes you wish you were there. So don’t miss this chance to see the band live at Jazz & Sounds. Kondo and Brötzman previously played in the mythical Albert Ayler tribute band Die Like a Dog. In Hairy Bones, Nilssen-Love’s driving drum rhythms and Pupillo’s (Zu) groove bass give an added dimension to Brötzman’s warm melodies and Kondo’s electric trumpet. Hairy Bones makes you want to shake your hips!

Peter Brötzmann (saxophone & clarinet), Toshinori Kondo (trumpet), Massimo Pupillo (bass) & Paal Nilssen-Love (drums)

Ill City: The opposites / support: NAG

2010-03-10T15:42:57+01:00

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Jazz & Sounds / Paneldiscussie over artistiek onderzoek

2010-01-25T12:01:14+01:00

Artistic research raises several questions. The artistic aspect is not always easy to reconcile with the scientific research done in universities. On the other hand some artists find that research interferes with the authentic experience of art. Enough reasons to put together a discussion panel with Luk Vaes (pianist, November Music, Orpheus Institute), Peter Swinnen (composer, Royal Conservatory Brussels), Florian Heyerick (conductor, Hogent) and Jean Paul Van Bendegem (philosopher, VUB). Marc Leman (IPEM-UGent) is the discussion leader.

Jazz & Sounds / dag 2 Vooruit

2010-02-26T11:59:42+01:00

20:00 Domzaal – Eric Thielemans & Josse De Pauw: Rops Snare
20:00 Balzaal – Joëlle Léandre
21:00 Theaterzaal – Flat Earth Society feat. John Watts
22:30 Balzaal – Elliott Sharp’s Carbon
and with performances KASK parcours through Vooruit

You’d like 4 days of Jazz & Sounds? With the 4day ticket you can go to all the concerts at Vooruit, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke and the conservatorium. Get the 4day ticket for €60 (€ 65 adk)

You’d like the 2 days at Vooruit? Get the 2day ticket for €35 (€40 adk)

Eric Thielemans & Josse De Pauw: Rops Snare

20:00 Balzaal

Actor/author Josse De Pauw and drummer Eric Thielemans guide you through a surreal story, a magical experience.

Actor/author Josse De Pauw and drummer Eric Thielemans first met each other during the rehearsals of Liefde/Zijn Handen, a performance by De Pauw for LOD with music by Jan Kuijken. During several late night talks, they discovered that they had a lot in common on a creative and personal level, and decided to work together. Rops Snare was born. The basis for the collaboration is a free verse poem written by De Pauw about the birth, life and the slaughter of a pig, it is not surprising that the story is told by the pig itself. As the text is inspired by Pornocrates, the colour etch by the Belgian painter Félicien Rops.

Thielemans accompanies De Pauw with perscussion, and at the end of the story (the pig is lashed to a ladder as his soul floats towards the skies above the snowy fields) Thielemans commences his. What follows is the steady crescendo of death. As the snare drum ruffles and rolls, the overtones are amplified by the voices of Eric and Josse.

Eric Thielemans (drums & percussion) & Josse De Pauw (spoken word)

www.myspace.com/ericthielemans

Joëlle Léandre

20:00 Domzaal

One of the leading figures of contemporary European jazz. Several composers, including John Cage, Giacinto Scelsi and Steve Lacy, have written music especially for her.

French double bass player Joëlle Léandre is one of the leading figures of contemporary European jazz. Several composers, including John Cage, Giacinto Scelsi and Steve Lacy, have written music especially for her. She has performed live with some of jazz’s biggest names, such as Derek Bailey, Anthony Braxton, Evan Parker, Fred Frith, John Zorn, etc. She has also composed scores for plays and dance performances herself. In her career of nearly 30 years, she has already made more than 150 recordings. She’s a member of the European Women’s Improvising Group and the feminist improvisation trio Les Diaboliques. As Les domestiques( with Jon Rose) she made one of the weirdest records ever: a collection of domestic noises set to musical effect.

Joëlle Léandre (double bass)

www.joelle-leandre.com

Flat Earth Society feat. John Watts

21:00 Theaterzaal

Premiere of the remarkable collaboration Flat Earth Society and John Watts, singer and guitarist of legendary rock band Fisher Z.

A big band and an old rocker? It works, as Flat Earth Society proves with John Watts, singer and guitarist of legendary rock band Fisher Z. At Jazz & Sounds, you can catch the premiere of this remarkable collaboration. What to expect? Old Fisher Z tracks newly arranged by FES head honcho Peter Vermeersch, old FES songs that have been refreshed and new FES songs with lyrics by John Watts.

Peter Vermeersch (clarinet), Bart Maris & Luc Van Lieshout (trumpet), Peter Vandenberghe (keyboards), Kristof Roseeuw (double bass), Marc Meeuwissen & Stefaan Blancke (trombone), Berlinde Deman (tuba), Tom Wouters (clarinet, vibraphone & percussion), Michel Mast (tenor saxophone), Bruno Vansina (baritone saxophone & flute), Benjamin Boutreur (alto saxophone), Wim Willaert (keyboards & accordion), Teun Verbruggen (percussion), Pierre Vervloesem (guitar) & John Watts (vocals & guitar)

Elliott Sharp’s Carbon

22:30 Balzaal

We had to wait more than 15 years, but in 2009 guitarist Elliot Sharp and his experimental rock band Carbon finally released their new album.

We had to wait more than 15 years, but in 2009 guitarist Elliot Sharp and his experimental rock band Carbon finally released their new album. Sharp has been one of the most important figures of the downtown New York experimental music scene, which constantly seeks to renew itself. Sharp calls himself a music and science nerd because he tries to apply geometrical concepts, genetic metaphors and even chaos theory to his music. He also likes to broadenhis horizons regularly by working with African musicians, such as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and pop stars like Debbie Harry. For Carbon, he uses his guitar as a percussion instrument and creates a raw and dark sound. Zeena Parkins is another important figure in Carbon, not only as a harpist in a rock band, but also because of her past work with Björk, Jim O’ Rourke, Lee Ranaldo, Nels Cline and Courtney Love’s Hole.

Elliott Sharp (guitar), Zeena Parkins (harp), David Weinstein (electronics), Marc Sloan (bass) & Joseph Trump (drums)

www.panix.com/~esharp

NTGent / Toneelgroep Amsterdam

2009-10-25T15:42:19+01:00

NTGent and Toneelgroup Amsterdam join forces to bring you La Grande Bouffe, an ode to consumer society, based on the film of the same name by Marco Ferreri. Four highly educated, successful friends have decided to organize a non-stop food fest, until they have had too much and eventually die. They want to go out at the height of excess, in the orgasmic ecstasy of a long-winded food and sex orgy. Without any further explanation, without discussion, without a philosophical underlying idea. Upon its 1973 release, the film was nothing short of a bombshell. It was the herald of a new generation without ideals that opted for neoliberal, unrestrained capitalism. But that capitalist bubble burst with a loud bang in 2008. So what does La Grande Bouffe signify now?

Mintzkov / Waldorf

2010-03-10T15:42:51+01:00

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Jazz & Sounds / dag 1 Muziekcentrum De Bijloke

2010-01-25T12:10:30+01:00

16:00 Bibliotheek (for free) – Documentary Joëlle Léandre Continue Basse
18:00, continuously Bibliotheek – Documentary Charlie Haden
17:50 & 19:30 Mezzanine – Foyer – Françoise Vanhecke, More than a voice
18:00 Concertzaal – Sophie Alour – Jozef Dumoulin – Dré Pallemaerts
20:00 Kraakhuis – Ernst Reijseger
20:00 Auditorium – Re:new Music
20:00 Toegangsgebouw – B3B: Fred Van Hove/ Wilbert de Joode / Barry Guy
20:00 Bibliotheek – Project El Negocito Records/Logos: human and machine
21:00 Toegangsgebouw – Julius Eastman’s STAY ON IT olv Alexandros Markeas
21:30 Toegangsgebouw – Improvisation workshop Joëlle Léandre
22:00 Concertzaal – Miroslav Vitous ‘Remembering Weather Report’

You’d like 4 days of Jazz & Sounds? With the 4day ticket you can go to all the concerts at Vooruit, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke and the conservatorium. Get the 4day ticket for €60 (€ 65 adk)

You’d like the 2 days at Muziekcentrum De Bijloke? Get the 2day ticket for €35 (€40 adk)

Documentary Joëlle Léandre Continue Basse

16:00 Bibliotheek, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke, for free

Directed by Christine Baudillon, and shot by her and Francois Lagarde, the documentary follows Leandre during the past two years—at in her home in Paris and country home in South France, her residence at Mills College in California, various musical meetings throughout France and Belgium and her tour in Israel.

The articulate and passionate Leandre shares her passion and her uncompromising conviction on behalf of her art—and commitment to free improvisation—in a series of anecdotes, interviews and daily chats with friends and associates. She speaks about the formative influence of iconoclastic free-thinkers and composers such as John Cage and Giancinto Scelci, the exemplary role of Derek Bailey, and the egalitarian and urgent character of genuinely free improvisation. She is seen and heard while discussing its burning passion, the never-ending, chaotic and serendipitous manner of finding one’s way, the need to look and be open for the unknown, and the scarcity of like-minded musicians (even this writer was captured in a brief scene, attempting to compare the state of mind of the free improviser as described by the artist with the Buddhist notion of emptiness). As a kind of summary of her art, he states: “improvisation is life.”

Christine Baudillon (director)

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Documentary: Charlie Haden – Rambling Boy

18:00 continuously in de Bibliotheek, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke

A documentary film by Reto Caduff.

Throughout his career, Haden has constantly sought to transcend the boundaries of modern music. Widely considered to be among the greatest ever jazz bassists, Haden has contributed pivotal music to a stunning scope of genres: avant-garde, small group, big band, world music, folk and gospel, to name but a few.

Haden’s deep resonance and rich melodicism helped Ornette Coleman introduce free jazz in the ‘60s. And it was his collaboration with Coleman that has put Haden on the map since then. In a career spanning five decades, Haden continues to create music that is at once revolutionary and uplifting.

He later led the Liberation Music Orchestra and formed his own Quartet West. Furthermore, he collaborated with jazz greats like Keith Jarrett and Pat Metheny and many others. His latest album titled Rambling Boy looks back at the americana and bluegrass he heard as a child on the radio.

From the get-go it was clear for both director and subject that the film had to go beyond the generic filmed music story: an intimate look at the music and life of one of the most inspiring and influential jazz musicians. With access to Haden’s own personal archive, film sequences shot during concerts and recording sessions, interviews with an incredible selection of friends and collaborators and great archival footage, the documentary will please diehard jazz fans as well as the newly initiated.

www.charliehadenfilm.com

Françoise Vanhecke, More than a voice…Much more

17:50 & 19:30 Mezzanine – Foyer, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke

Françoise Vanhecke, more than a voice..much more. She is a ‘soprano’ with many aspects. She is a contemporay, daring, power performing & creative artist.

Françoise Vanhecke is a versatile soprano, vocal artist, pianist, actress, vocal coach, as well as a composer (Irma Bilbao). She has perfected her art among top international artists and has been awarded with a number of varied prizes. She has performed in concerts throughout the world, working closely with composers. She is praised for her interpretations of contemporary music and invited invited to appear in modern works from song to opera. She is also a wonderful improvisator. She recieved a golden Palm at the Concorso Finale in Ligure (Italy) and the Orpheus competition reward for contemporary chamber music. She is a well known as the interpreter of Schönberg’s Pierrot Lunaire. Her first performance of this work was under the baton of Peter Eötvös at the Bartok Festival in Szombathehy, Hungary. Henceforth she performed Pierrot Lunaire throughout Europe and Brasil. She made several recordings of contemporary music for many different labels. In 2003 Françoise Vanhecke recieved a grant from the New York Women Composers Association. As a vocal coach she gives masterclasses all over the world.

Programma:
Cage, Aria
Berio, Sequenza III
Cathy Berberian, Stripsody

Françoise Vanhecke (vocals)

www.francoisevanhecke.be

Sophie Alour – Jozef Dumoulin – Dré Pallemaerts

18:00 Concertzaal, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke

In collaboration with the Tourcoing Jazz Festival the Jazz & Sounds Festival presents the opportunity for a French and a Belgian musician to work out something together, a creation as it’s called in musical terminology. The French saxophonist Sophie Alour developed ideas together with Belgian pianist Jozef Dumoulin: a project for the two festivals with drummer Dré Pallemaerts invited to strengthen the whole.

The young French saxophonist Sophie Alour started playing saxophone at age 19 after she had earlier focused on the clarinet. In 2000 she played in a sextet which included among others Stéphane Belmondo and later was in Le Vintage Orchestra. She founded her own quartet and she won the France’s Django D’or for young talent in 2007.

Fender Rhodes pianist Jozef Dumoulin is a specialist well known as one of the most active Belgian jazz musicians. He plays in bands like Octurn, Mâäk’s Spirit, Othin Spake and Lidlboj. Drummer Dre Pallemaerts hardly needs an introduction. He became one of the faces of Belgian jazz and also feels perfectly at home on the French jazz scene.

Co-production Tourcoing Jazz Festival and Jazz & Sounds Festival.
p(credits). Sophie Alour (saxophone), Jozef Dumoulin (keyboards & Fender Rhodes), Dré Pallemaerts (drums)

Ernst Reijseger

20:00 Kraakhuis, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke

For some musicians, a career as a soloist is something they may plan towards the end of their career. It may be seen as a separate effort, a challenge to see whether one can manage to go it alone on a stage. Others however are born soloists. To be performing single is a pleasure for them, just playing unaccompanied is something natural. Ernst Reijseger belongs to this latter category.

Reijseger is one with his cello. The instrument sticks to his body and he uses it as a percussion instrument. He handles it as a flamenco guitar without gimmick but with a great sense of musicality which he controls to perfection. When Reijseger plays a cello sonata by Bach with the bow inverted he is not trying to be funny, though it can seem amusing or blasphemous. He does this because he thinks the sonata also sounds nice that way.

Besides being an inspired soloist, Ernst Reijseger is a great improviser. The melodies swirl through his head; when he switches from one technology to another, smooth musical lines are interspersed with fiery pizzicatos. His training as a classical cellist, came through lessons with Anner Bijlsma, one of the most accomplished cello players ever. This allows him to deal with all those different worlds in a very creative way, much to the delight of listeners.

Ernst Reijseger (cello)

www.ernstreijseger.com

Re:new Music

20:00 Auditorium, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke

The SPECTRA Ensemble conducted by Filip Rathé.

D’un rêve parti: lost dream or rave party?

The SPECTRA Ensemble performs work by two composers with roots in the improvisation scene: ‘D’un Rêve Parti’ by Bruno Mantovani refers to a rave party whereas Alexandros Markeas’ ‘Zapping’ is a dialogue between a solo percussionist and his video-mirror image. In ‘The tool from light’ by Grzegorz Duchnowski and in ‘Spiegelbilder’ by Isabel Mundry the russian bayan is the main instrument. These works are part of the European Re:new music project.

B3B: Fred Van Hove/ Wilbert de Joode / Barry Guy

20:00 Toegangsgebouw, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke

Three shrewd musicians together in an equally unusual and adventurous combination.

Fred Van Hove (B, 1937) belongs to a select little group of musical pioneers who put the new improvised music on the world map in the sixties and seventies and has since then continued to reinvent musical forms of expression.

He formed part of the historic trio with Peter Brötzmann and Han Bennink, put together an endless series of pairs (Braxton, Mangelsdorff, Lacy…), and was the revolutionary force behind the Werkgroep Improviserende Musici (Working Group of Improvising Musicians) and the Free Music Festival. In the U.S. and Japan, he is invariably described as “legendary” but in his own country he is all too rarely heard.

Barry Guy (UK, 1947) has been walking the fine line between composition and improvisation for over 40 years now. His interest extends from early music to improvised. He was a companion during the early days of Evan Parker, Derek Bailey & Co. and the man behind the impressive London Jazz Composers Orchestra, now theBarryGuyNewOrchestra.

In 1988 he played a prominent role in the historic festival with pianist Cecil Taylor in Berlin.

Wilbert de Joode (NL, 1955) is among the cream of the crop on the adventurous Amsterdam scene. He’s known to many as the permanent bassist of the ensembles of Michiel Braam, Ab Baars and Eric Boeren. The powerful and distinct sound of his bass (with gut strings) graced numerous international collaborations, including some with Ken Vandermark, and closer to home, Bart Maris.

All three are known for their compelling solo concerts. Now Fred Van Hove has united them in this unique trio displaying an unprecedented abundance of strings.

Fred Van Hove (piano), Wilbert de Joode (double bass), Barry Guy (double bass)

Project El Negocito Records/Logos: human and machine

20:00 Bibliotheek, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke

El Negocito is a Belgian label for alternative improvised music and a spin off of club/café El Negocito based in Ghent. This particular project is all about the interaction between an active musician on the new label and a musical machine of the Logos Foundation. On Saturday and Sunday 2 different duos are presented. The form in which these meetings take place resembles a workspace of rapprochement not necessarily built on a harmonious plan but which unfolds itself through the 2 facets of human and machine. The way to deal with this game, or call it research, can be very intuitive especially if improvisation is the key approach. The quest for sound is similar to pure reason, a language that remains cryptic but understandable to everyone. The musicians involved are Giovanni Barcella, Eli Van De Vondel, Manolo Cabras en Daniel Pastene.

Giovanni Barcella is an extravagant Italian jazz drummer based in Ghent. He represents a poetic perspective on the necessity of jazz as a dissident force, jazz which reacts to the problematic view of most music we hear. Eli Van de Vondelis, is not only the founder of CiCiliC Record, Mahaworks and a lot of other initiatives, he is also a sensitive left-handed guitar player who always explores the ways to drop the ego in order to benefit the whole. He tries to create time, space and opportunities in which his personal music visions can develop and are liberated and freed from commercial oppression, stereotypical aesthetics and common habits. Manolo Cabras was born in Cagliari and studied classical violin at the conservatory where he learned to compose in an experimental way. With the lapse of time he swapped the violin for a burly double bass and made the change-over from classical music to jazz. Daniel Pastene initially studied clarinet for 3 years in Chile with Francisco Gouet and then enrolled at Ghent University College Faculty of Music where he got his master’s degree in advanced composition.

Foundation Logos has been involved for forty years with the production of experimental music and sound art. With Ghent as a homebase, Foundation Logos travels around the world with performances such as Logos Duo, a pneumaphone project and the M&M Orchestra. The showpieces are 43 musical robots which interact with their surroundings via all sorts of sensors. These unique instruments were designed and developed by Godfried-Willem Raes and are considered to be some of the most sophisticated music robots worldwide. For this performance some robots will create music together with the musicians. Composers/programmers Kristof Lauwers, Troy Rogers and Yvan Vander Sanden take care of the technical production of this project.

Giovanni Barcella (drums), Eli Van de Vondel (guitar), Manolo Cabras (double bass), Daniel Pastene (clarinet)

Julius Eastman’s STAY ON IT directed by Alexandros Markeas

21:00 Toegangsgebouw, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke

Students of Classical Music and Jazz of the University College Ghent Conservatory directed by Alexandros Markeas.

Julius Eastman — rebel composer of among others Evil Nigger and Gay Guerilla — blends in STAY ON IT minimalism with seventies pop music.

Julius Eastman was an African-American composer, pianist, vocalist, and dancer of minimalist tendencies. His music was among the first to combine minimalist processes with elements of pop music, and he often gave his pieces titles of provocative political intent, such as Evil Nigger and Gay Guerrilla. His semi-improvised work STAY ON IT, will be performed by students directed by the French-Greek composer-improviser Alexandros Markeas.

Improvisation-workshop Joëlle Léandre

21:30 Toegangsgebouw, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke

Students of Classical Music and Jazz of the University College Ghent Conservatory directed by Joëlle Léandre.

Joëlle Léandre, master improviser in Jazz as well as Contemporary music, presents the results of week’s workshop.

French double bass player, improviser and composer, Joëlle Léandre is one of the dominant figures of the new European music. She has played with some of the great names in jazz and improvisation, such as Anthony Braxton and John Zorn. She equally worked with important figures in the contemporary music scene such as Pierre Boulez and John Cage. On Jazz & Sounds she will present the results of a week’s workshop on improvisation with conservatory students classical music and jazz.

Miroslav Vitous ‘Remembering Weather Report’

22:00 Concertzaal, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke

Miroslav Vitous looks back on his early days in the influential fusion band Weather Report.

Vitous began playing violin at a young age, then switched over to the piano but eventually chose the double bass. In the mid 60s he moved to New York where he quickly became part of the vibrant New York scene.

Composer and bassist Miroslav Vitous is known mainly as a co-founder of the fusion band Weather Report together with Wayne Shorter and Joe Zaniwul. Weather Report was in the 70s popular with their mix of jazz, latin jazz, funk, rock and R&B.

Last year he released the album Remembering Weather Report. He said the following about the album: ’’This album was created in memory of my time with Weather Report. The intention is not to play Weather Report repertoire, but to play new material under the concept that I brought in the group in 1970. Namely, direct conversation and equality between the instruments.” The material on the album, with the exception of his variations on Ornette Coleman’s “Lonely Woman”, are composed by Vitous, including tributes to Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter.

Nowadays his quartet is formed by tenor saxophonist Gary Campbell, Franco Ambrosetti on trumpet and Gerald Cleaver on drums.

The newspaper De Standaard described the sound of the quartet on the album Remembering Weather Report as follows: In Vitous Quartet grows a kind of free conversation, in which he emerges as a virtuoso on bowed bass. The tenor sax of Gary Campbell, Gerald Cleavers crispy drums and the clarion-like trumpet lines of Franco Ambrosetti all sound inspired. (The Standaard).

Miroslav Vitous (double bass), Gary Campbell (tenor saxophone), Franco Ambrosetti (trumpet), Gerald Cleaver (drums)

www.miroslavvitous.com

Brant Bjork

2010-03-10T15:42:41+01:00

Brant Bjork
Brant Bjork, ex-drummer van Kyuss en Fu Manchu, is tegenwoordig de coolste man van de desertrockscene. Hij heeft het feel good-imago van relaxte dude, skater en surfer uit de Sunny State of California. Maar vergis je niet, de man zat niet stil: produceren, een eigen label oprichten en vele platen maken. Bjork brengt een mix van psychedelische, soulvolle, groovy en sexy rock-’n-roll. Onlangs werd zijn debuutalbum ‘Jalamanta’ heruitgebracht, ter gelegenheid van het 10-jarige bestaan. In maart zal de Low Desert Punk zijn 9de studioalbum op de wereld loslaten. Om dit te vieren komt Brant Bjork in Vooruit zijn ijzersterke live reputatie bewijzen.

My Sleeping Karma
My Sleeping Karma combineert organische aspecten van psychedelische groove rock met emotionele schaduwen van aphasische landschappen. Dit was de intentie van het debuutalbum. Het nieuwe album ‘Satya’, uitgebracht in september 2008 bij Elektrohasch Records, gaat wel een stap verder: retro, psychedelisch, groovy, rockmuziek met een charmant karakter. Emoties overbrengen, stemloos maar met een waaier aan boodschappen. Neem je tijd en get your trip… chill en rock zijn één grote familie! Gebruik je verbeelding: My Sleeping Karma is verlichting.

dj Cosmic Masseur
Cosmic Masseur is sinds de jaren ‘80 extreem passioneel bezig met muziek, en Orange Factory is verheugd frequent beroep te kunnen doen op de jarenlange DJ ervaring van deze maffe muziekprofessor.
Naast album reviewer bij Concrete web, is hij ook een graag geziene gast DJ op het gerenomeerde Roadburn Festival in Tilburg en op andere Roadburn gerelateerde concerten.
Cosmic Masseur heeft de reputatie sublieme plaatjes te draaien, gaande van onbekende pareltjes, tijdloze klassiekers tot hip aanstormend talent. Vaak heerlijk onvoorspelbaar maar steeds aangepast aan de sfeer van de avond en de artiest die op het podium staat.

80's Hits Night

2010-03-10T09:41:02+01:00

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Jazz & Sounds / dag 2 Muziekcentrum de Bijloke

2010-02-16T15:56:28+01:00

18:00 continuously, Bibliotheek – Docu The Herman Leonard Story
18:00 Concertzaal – Ellery Eskelin / Andrea Parkins / Jim Black with Jessica Constable & Philippe Gelda
19:20 Bibliotheek, Foyer, Mezzanine & Rotonde – A Marvelous Madness: John Cage’s Songbooks
20:00 Kraakhuis – Wolter Wierbos
20:00 Auditorium – Tom Van Bauwel – Ben Sluijs : Paul Van Ostaijen
20:00 Toegangsgebouw – Janssens / Prins – …Passages…/ Ventriloquium
20:00 Bibliotheek – Project El Negocito Records/Logos: human and machine
21:30 Kraakhuis – The little Harlequin
22:00 Concertzaal – Enescu re-Imagined by Lucian Ban & John Hébert

You’d like 4 days of Jazz & Sounds? With the 4day ticket you can go to all the concerts at Vooruit, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke and the conservatorium. Get the 4day ticket for €60 (€ 65 adk)

You’d like the 2 days at Muziekcentrum De Bijloke? Get the 2day ticket for €35 (€40 adk)

Documentary: Truth in Terms of Beauty – The Herman Leonard Story

from 18:00 onwards continuously, Bibliotheek, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke

The film Truth in Terms of Beauty, The Herman Leonard Story is a poetic documentary about the life and work of the famous (jazz) photographer Herman Leonard.

Herman Leonard was for more than half a century, the privileged witness and photographer of the icons of society and fashion, but is most of all known for his photographs of the giants in the jazz scene.

In the 30s he toured Russia, the Middle East and Asia as a reporter for Life Magazine and National Geographic. After the Second World War he arrived in New York and became immersed in the world of bebop. During this period, he captured unique moments of all the jazz greats: Billy Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, Ella Fitzgerald, Errol Garner, Lena Horne, Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Dexter Gordon, Quincy Jones and Miles Davis.

He photographed Hollywood stars like Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando, Paul Newman and Marilyn Monroe and was one of the pioneers of nude photography for Playboy.

In the ‘50s he travelled to Paris and was praised as a photographer for fashion houses like Yves Saint Laurent, Chanel, Christian Dior and magazines like Elle and Marie Claire. In Paris he became a celebrity himself and he got in touch with philosophers, writers and scientists who he photographed such as Albert Einstein, Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir. Through Eddie Barclay he ended up back in the music scene. This led to unusual portraits of people like Charles Aznavour, Brigitte Bardot and Grace Jones. In the past ten years, Herman Leonard has lived in New Orleans, where he photographed people from the contemporary music scene such as Lenny Kravitz, Dr. John and Wynton Marsalis.

www.hermanleonard.com

Ellery Eskelin / Andrea Parkins / Jim Black with Jessica Constable & Philippe Gelda

18:00 Concertzaal, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke

Ellery Eskelin searched for Andrea Perkins (accordion & keyboards) and Jim Black (drums & percussion) in order to satisfy a “sound he heard in his head”. He debuted with these two musicians in 1994 and the band quickly became one of the finest units in progressive jazz and improvised music.

Eskelin was raised in a musical environment in Baltimore. His mother, Bobbie Lee, played the Hammond B3 organ and lead her own jazz bands in the sixties. He started playing the tenor saxophone at the age of ten. From that moment it was already clear to him that he wanted to be a jazz musician and he began performing professionally while he was still in school. In 1983 Eskelin moved to New York City to play and study. In the late 80s he appeared in Europe with the band Joint Venture and later he joined Joey Baron’s group Baron Down. Along the way Eskelin has done a number of side projects with Han Bennink, Dave Liebman, Marc Ribot, Sylvie Courvoisier, etc.

Most albums by the trio Eskelin/Parkins/Black were released on the Swiss hatHut record label that focuses on jazz, improv and contemporary music.

During European concerts, including this concert at Jazz & Sounds Festival, the trio often invites guest artists Like Philippe Gelda (vocals & keyboards) and Jessica Constable (vocals).

Ellery Eskelin (saxophone), Andrea Parkins (accordion & keyboards), Jim Black (drums & percussion), Jessica Constable (vocals), Philippe Gelda (vocals & piano)

www.home.earthlink.net/~eskelin

A Marvelous Madness: John Cage’s Songbooks

19:20 Bibliotheek – Foyer – Mezzanine & Rotonde, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke

Students of the song-class of the University College Ghent Conservatory directed Mireille Capelle.

A kaleidoscope of music theatrical vocal inventiveness.

Song Books (Solos for Voice 3-92, 1970) is a collection of short works by John Cage. It contains pieces of four kinds: songs or directions for a theatrical performance, both with or without electronics. The work explores a very wide variety of notation systems. Some Solos are given in standard notation, others employ a special brand of graphical notation (circles, lines, dots). Certain Solos consist only of instructions to the performer, i.e. what he or she should do and how.

Wolter Wierbos

20:00 Kraakhuis, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke

Wolter Wierbos is considered one of the world’s leading trombone players and is a true improvisator. Like many Dutch brass players Wierbos started out in a ‘fanfare’ (brass band), switching from trumpet to trombone when he was 17. “It looked good, and the trombones generally walk in front….”

His interests range from precise chamber jazz to throbbing post punk and contemporary composed and improvised music. Besides his solo career he is currently active with Misha Mengelberg’s ICP, Available Jelly, Sean Bergin’s MOB, Gerry Hemingway Quintet, Sunchild with Franky Douglas, Bik Bent Braam, Albrecht Maurer Trio Works, Longrun Development of the Universe with Carl Ludwig Hübsch, Frank Gratkowski Quartet and the Double Quartet.

He also leads his own label, Dolfijn Records, the first release was 3 trombone solos recorded in Chicago, Portland and Amsterdam

In July 2009 he released Deining, with recordings of a series of boat concerts (duo recordings with Ab Baars, Wilbert de Joode, Franky Douglas and a trio with Mary Oliver and Han Bennink).

Wolter Wierbos (trombone)

www.wolterwierbos.nl

Tom Van Bauwel – Ben Sluijs : Paul Van Ostaijen

20:00 Auditorium, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke

Tom Van Bauwel surrenders to the passion of Paul Van Ostaijen’s swinging texts, full of rhythm and musicality, together with the lyrical saxophone cries of Ben Sluijs.

Tom Van Bauwel had his drama training in Antwerp. As an actor he played roles with Theatre Zuidpool, TOTheater and NTGent. He directed plays like Art by Yasmina Reza (Raamtheater), and HurlyBurly by David Rabe (Toneelhuis). A wider audience knows him for his television and film work. In 2008 he became artistic director of the Raamtheater now called BAFF.

Ben Sluijs is known as a bandleader and sideman in different groups known nationally as well as abroad. He often plays solo concerts or combinations of saxophone with spoken word or poetry with people like: Pjeroo Roobjee, Jan Decleir, Jules Deelder, Remco Campert, Hubert Daemen, Don Fabulist, Peter Holvoet, Elvis Peeters and Roger De Neef. Ben Sluijs is frequently described as one of the most poetic and lyrical jazz saxophonists in our country.

Tom Van Bauwel (poetry), Ben Sluijs (saxophone)

www.bensluijs.be

Janssens / Prins – …Passages…/ Ventriloquium (performed by: Nadar, Arsis4, Peter Jacquemyn en Jan Pillaert)

20:00 Toegangsgebouw, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke

Theme of jazz & sounds 2010 is the tension between written and improvised music. The detailed scores of composer Daan Janssens are always elaborated with few performance freedom. Stefan Prins on the other hand frequently uses free improvisation, or free impro instrumental techniques. Nadar, Arisis4, Peter Jacquemyn and Jan Pillaert perform …Passages…, a cycle of four compositions by composer Daan Janssens (°1983), and Ventriloquium by Stefan Prins, a search for relations between free improvisation schooled musicians, and a written ensemble with live electronics.

PROGRAMME :
~~Peter JACQUEMYN (double bass) en Jan PILLAERT (tuba) improvisation~~
Daan JANSSENS:
Passages…(2005-2008) Passages… (2005/rev.2008) – for string quartet (First performance of the revised version) Tableau – double – (passages II) (2005/2006) – for violoncello solo D’un automne étendu (2007/2008) – for string quartet (…nuit cassée.) (2006/2007) – for viola solo and four instruments
- Stefan PRINS: Ventriloquium (2006) for e-guitar, percussion, violoncello, two improvising musicians and live electronics.

ARSIS4
ARSIS4 Arsis4 consists of four young string players who have for the last three years been intensively working together. They have studied at the conservatories of Antwerp and Brussels and received. Further coaching of top level musicians like Andreas Keller and Heime Müller. They attended master classes with the Artis Quartet, The Prazak and the Danel Quartet. From last season on, Arsis4 is studying with the Artemis Quartet at Brussels Queen Elisabeth Chapel. During the last three years they have been working under the name B!LINDMAN [strings]. From the 2009-2010 season onwards, they shall go their own way as Arsis4.

Pieter Jansen en Liesbeth Baelus (viool) – Florian Peelman (altviool) – Romek Maniewski (cello)

NADAR

The Nadar Ensemble was founded in 2006 by some young Flemish musicians, graduated from various conservatories, with a common passion for contemporary music. What the ensemble would like to share with the real ‘Nadar’ – pseudonym of the well-known photographer, balloonist, caricaturist, art critic and even spy Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (1820-1910) – is his adventurous and multidisciplinary mind. Nadar’s main repertoire is the work of the youngest Flemish and international generation composers, as Simon Steen-Andersen (°1976), Martin Schüttler (°1974), Stefan Prins (°1979)…

Nadar: Valerie Vereecke (klarinet) – Matthias Koole (e-gitaar) – Yves Goemaere (percussie) – Elisa Medinilla (piano) – Jan Pillaert (tuba & impro) – Marijn Thissen (altviool) – Pieter Matthynssens (cello) – Jacquemyn (contrabas & impro) – Stefan Prins (live-electronics) – Daan Janssens (dirigent)

Project El Negocito Records/Logos: human and machine

20:00 Bibliotheek, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke

Giovanni Barcella (drums), Eli Van de Vondel (guitar), Manolo Cabras (double bass), Daniel Pastene (clarinet)

The little Harlequin

21:30 Kraakhuis, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke

Dancing the clarinet away

Stockhausen’s ‘Little Harlequin’ is a music-theatrical piece for dancing clarinet player. Harlequin’s dancing footsteps are heard throughout the piece. The rhythms of the ever changing formula at first become jumpy. Soon, however, they become interspersed with softly phrased legato playing. The formula fragments become quite sporadic when Harlequin “becomes so infatuated in the dancing that he forgets more and more often to play the notes”. Harlequin is absorbed in his dance.

Rik De Geyter (klarinet solo)

Enescu re-Imagined by Lucian Ban & John Hébert

22:00 Concertzaal, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke

Pianist Lucian Ban revised the musical legacy of Romanian composer George Enesco and created a bold contemporary jazz composition.

Ban gathered an impressive group of musicians from the New York jazz scene around him for this project with John Hebert on bass, Nasheet Waits on drums, Tony Malaby on saxophones, Mat Maneri and Albrecht Maurer on violin, Ralph Alessi on trumpet and Badal Roy on percussion and tabla.

Working on the edge of classical, jazz, downtown improv and contemporary music, the ensemble re-orchestrates and re-interprets scores from George Enesco’s impressive body of work – from the famous “3rd Sonata for Violin & Piano in Romanian Folk Character” to the unfinished “4th Symphony” to the various chamber pieces and the larger orchestral works of this 20th century Romanian composer.

George Enesco was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor and teacher. At a young age he went to the Conservatory in Vienna. Later he moved to Paris, to receive further education in composition. He remained in Paris until his death in 1955. He was a much sought after violin instructor and gave lessons to people like Yehudi Menuhin. His works often have a strong Romanian character. In particular, his First Romanian Rhapsody became famous. His opera Oedipe can be seen as his greatest work and he was a prolific composer of songs including chamber and piano music.

Lucian Ban (piano), John Hebert (double bass), Ralph Alessi (trumpet), Tony Malaby (tenor- & soprano saxophone), Albrecht Maurer (violin), Mat Maneri (viola), Nasheet Waits (drums), Badal Roy (tabla & percussion)
In collaboration with the Romanian Cultural Institute.

Jan Decleir & Koen De Sutter - Onder het melkwoud

2010-02-25T11:13:09+01:00

A masterpiece of world literature, brought to the stage by two of Flanders’s most talented actors.

In this production of Dylan Thomas’s classic work, storytellers Jan Decleir (Ten Oorlog, De Zaak Alzheimer, etc.) and Koen de Sutter (Martens) take the audience to the alleyways and squares of the fictional Welsh village Llaregub. They let you look inside the houses and the minds of its inhabitants and voice their deepest desires and most secret thoughts.

Boombal

2010-02-18T16:58:04+01:00

20:15 Dansinitiatie
21:30 Peut-Être Demain
23:30 dj’s tête a tête

Yves Peeters Group

2010-03-08T10:21:26+01:00

The poetic, atmospheric soundscapes created by the young Yves Peeters Group make you dream of endless car rides on Route 66. Out with cliché standards and hollow virtuosity, enter intelligent compositions with surprising cameos of folk tunes and pop ballads. Think beautiful, sing-along melodies with the romantic feel of Charlie Haden, Bill Frisell’s sumptuous Americana and Paul Motian’s subtlety and versatility. Saxophonist Nicolas Kummert and bass player Nic Thys add a touch of funk, as a reminder of their band Groove Thing, in which they showed their groovy side together with pianist Jef Neve. In February 2009 the Yves Peeters Group even visited the Mali Bamako Jazz festival, organised by De Werf and musician Baba Sissoko.

De journalist van de toekomst

2010-03-10T12:33:43+01:00

Which qualities should tomorrow’s journalists have? Joris Luyendijk (Volkskrant and VPRO), Ine Van linthout (Erasmus University College, Brussels), Yves Desmet (De Morgen) and Chris Atkins (Starsuckers) will try to find answers at this theme evening.

Get your chance to watch an uncensored version of Starsuckers, the documentary haunting Rupert Murdoch’s dreams, at its Flemish premiere!

Dood Paard / De Koe / Maatschappij Discordia / STAN

2009-09-03T11:40:44+02:00

Two Flemish and two Dutch companies have created what they call a “poly-co-productive collaboration”. In the 0708 season actors Peter Van den Eede (De Koe), Damiaan De Schrijver (STAN), Matthias de Koning (Maatschappij Discordia), Gillis Biesheuvel (Dood Paard) and Willem De Welf joined forces for the performance Onomatopee. This time, STAN actress Sara De Roo will join their ranks to perform a piece based on Thomas Mann’s bildungsroman The Magic Mountain. The six of them manage to unlock the tome with the required bravado. De Morgen wrote, “It is rare that such an impossible task leads to an accessible, yet rich play.” World literature brought to the stage by a mammoth alliance of top actors: in this case the play is sure to be better than the book!

The Go Find

2010-02-17T17:35:18+01:00

‘Everybody knows it’s gonna happen, only not tonight’, the title of the new album by The Go Find, is quite a mouthful. Lead singer Dieter Sermeus and his bandmates once again prove that they know how wrap melancholy in pure and catchy pop songs. So believe us when we say: tonight’s the night!

Frontman Dieter Sermeus is a former member of Orange Black, which released its albums on legendary Berlin label Morr Music (Múm, The Notwist, Styrofoam). Established rock band The Album Leaf was so impressed by The Go Find’s album, that they asked them on tour, and even trendsetting American blogs such as Stereogum had praise for their work.

The support act will be Liesa Van der Aa. “Using just her voice, her violin and an effect pedal, she creates unique songs.” – De Morgen

VLK Paashaas

2010-02-18T16:59:45+01:00

The Van Jets

2010-03-10T15:51:38+01:00

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Hallo Kosmo

2010-03-04T10:53:02+01:00

The solo project by Daniel Offerman, bass player for Girls in Hawaii, which has evolved into something of a “Walloon supergroup” consisting of the drummer for Girls in Hawaii, the bass player for The Tellers and the guitarist for Austin Lace.

Upon the release of their first album, a German-language, electronic, psychedelic mix of Why and DAF, they performed at Dour, De Nachten and at Vooruit. The new album is more danceable, melancholy and eclectic; think Beck, Air, Daft Punk, Millionaire, etc. Dan Lacksman – of Belgian electro pioneers Telex – mixed ‘rockpolizei’ and ‘every line I wrote’.

Marvelas Something

2010-03-10T15:42:23+01:00

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Kicks: Joakim (live)

2010-03-10T15:44:50+01:00

Joakim is our favorite electro wizard, mixmaster and live performer!

Electrified 02 - tentoonstelling

2010-03-10T17:59:14+01:00

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Historische rondleiding in het Vooruitgebouw

2009-11-16T17:02:58+01:00

Vooruit Arts Centre is located in of the most beautiful monuments of Belgium, the Feestlokaal van Vooruit. Behind the impressive façade there’s room for 11 floors, 367 rooms and halls and probably just as many stories. Would you like to discover all of Vooruit’s nooks and corners and hear plenty of entertaining anecdotes?

An experienced Vooruit guide will take you on a tour of the building and will mix historical facts with funny stories.

Nacht van de liefde / Noche de Amor

2010-03-04T11:32:09+01:00

The ‘Nacht van de Liefde’ (Noche de Amor) is a dance party organized by vzw Polariteit and vzw Noche de la Pasión. There will be two dance floors: one in the Balzaal and the other in Domzaal.

The Balzaal will be reserved for Argentinean Tango, with music by Cuarteto Reflejo Urbano, Tango Arrabal, Valeria Maside & Anibal Lautaro, etc.
In the Domzaal you will be able to enjoy Cuban salsa, with DJs Tom & Wim and DJ Juan providing sensuous Latin beats!

Apart from dance classes, DJs, live bands and dance performances, you will find even more love in the hallways with chocolate, poetry, etc.

Come to the Noche de Amor and let yourself be surprised and seduced!

19:45 doors
20:00 introduction to Argentinean Tango with Pol Van Assche in the Balzaal
21:00 introduction to Cubanse Salsa with Tom Decuyper & Wim Boussery in the Domzaal

Dyn-O-Mite: Joe Quarterman & Speedometer, Mo & Grazz + band

2010-03-10T15:43:22+01:00

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Mos Def

2010-03-04T11:30:20+01:00

Rapper Mos Def is widely considered one of the most talented hip hop artists to have emerged from the nineties music scene.
As one of the biggest names on the underground label Rawkus, he released an album under the name Black Star with Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek, as well as the critically acclaimed debut album ‘Black On Both Sides’. Later on in his career, he would experiment with rock and blues, while also acting in movies such as ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’.
Mos Def is also known for his social and political activism. Last year marked his comeback as a recording artist with the album ‘The Ecstatic’, which was widely praised.

Sivert Höyem

2010-03-10T18:11:25+01:00

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Lefto #3: Baloji & L'Orchestre de la Katuba

2010-03-10T18:11:13+01:00

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Frank Boeijen

2010-03-04T11:31:55+01:00

Frank Boeijen has been one of the biggest stars of Dutch-language pop for years. The singer-songwriter specializes in writing touching songs about the small things in life. He has received several awards, including an Edison and a Gouden Harp. On stage he is assisted by a host of talented and driven musicians. Always looking for new challenges, Boeijen performs a balanced variation of sounds and compositions.

Hans Teeuwen zingt

2010-01-04T14:45:22+01:00

Hans Teeuwen surprised friend and foe with his successful career switch from comedian to crooner. He infuses new life into songs from the Great American Songbook, including work by Frank Sinatra, Cole Porters and Ray Charles. On top of that, Teeuwen is steadily adding more and more of his own work to his set.

Ontroerend Goed

2010-02-11T16:42:47+01:00

Prominent stage prizes in Australia and the UK and a five-star review in British quality paper The Times! With their piece The Smile Off Your Face, Ghent theatre and performance collective Ontroerend Goed achieved something not many other Belgian companies have. In this performance the senses of each visitor – who is blinded and tied to a wheelchair – are stimulated in every way. Together with Intern, a performance during which each member of the audience was subjected to a personal therapy session, The Smile Off Your Face forms a trilogy, of which A Game Of You is the last part. Ontroerend Goed once again presents a daring piece: become a pawn in their game before they place you on the board, discover the rules and bend them if necessary…

Admiral Freebee

2010-03-04T11:44:38+01:00

Our favourite Admiral took his time to come up with a fantastic new record. ‘The Honey & The Knife’, has already been labelled his best album to date by insiders. Contemporary, harmonic, yet traditional. Pure quality, with brilliant guitars, vocals and clever overdubs. We think it’s high time this man conquered the rest of the world!

Alain Platel / les ballets C de la B

2010-02-02T16:14:55+01:00

Nothing up their sleeves, and nothing in their pockets. With Out of Context, director Alain Platel aims to return to the fundamentals of dance. Starting from a belief in the human body as emotional tool, as carrier of memories, as raw material for living fine art. While Platel has flirted with the boundaries of opera over the past years, with for example vsprs or pitié!, Out of Context is not a music-driven piece, and also has no set or costumes other than those the dancers can fit in their suitcases. It is however no crisis piece. It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself. The mastery of the dancers with which Platel embarks on this adventure is indisputable. Each and every one is an impressive figure with whom Platel has travelled far over the years. The show mainly asks questions to them, within the constructive dialogue born out of obsession that takes place between director and dancers. The result may well be quite surprising (intimate, inviting, captivating) and much less ‘out of context’ than the title would suggest.

Shining / special guest: Drums Are For Parades

2010-03-03T16:21:41+01:00

Drums are For Parades selects

Shining is one of Norway’s most exciting export products. The band started out playing experimental jazz band and evolved to prog rock, electronica and extreme metal. They received rave reviews at the last edition of Noorderslag/Eurosonic – the Dutch showcase festival which can make or break the reputation of any future European hype. The Dutch press loved them and thought they were “too good to stay unnoticed”, “exciting, rough and experimental. My personal highlight of the first Eurosonic evening.” At this gig, the band will present their fifth album, ‘Blackjazz’. Join us for a thrilling musical adventure!

Drums Are For Parades will be the special guest at this concert. This Ghent-based heavy metal band will be Vooruit’s artist in residence this year. They will set up small interventions, guest appearances or other events running up to the release of their debut album in the autumn. They’ll mainly try out new songs, but have also asked Shining’s saxophonist Jørgen Munkeby to record some songs for their new album together. If we’re lucky, they will already be able to give us a preview of their collaboration at this concert. And by the way, this special club concert is the only gig they will be playing in Flanders this spring!

Radio Modern

2010-03-04T11:32:56+01:00

Op het programma:

22.00 Dansles Miss Aloha (UK)
23.00 Live The Whodads | Live Lady Linn met Smoky Midnight Gang
00.00 DJ Jean-Christophe Bertin
02.00 DJ Chico Prado / De Modernettes met Beauty Boudoir / Shoppen met Jodeladiolen

en met Swing en Lindy Hop van 20.00 tot 22.00 met The Balcony Jumpers

Gabriel Rios, Feat. Jef Neve & Kobe Proesmans

2010-02-18T10:47:15+01:00

The best ideas come out of nowhere. Without too much thinking. Spontaneous. You start singing something. Someone joins in on the piano. Someone else starts hitting the drums. And suddenly it’s there: magic. You look at each other. You read in each other’s eyes: “This is great. This begs for more.”

That’s how pop star Gabriel Rios, jazz virtuoso Jef Neve and talented percussionist Kobe Proesmans found each other one evening at the Zamu Awards. Neve featured on Rios’s Morehead and now the three of them are on stage to perform each other’s songs stripped down to the bare essentials.

The Puerto Rican Belgian Gabriel Rios makes delicious pop for a large audience. His songs Broad Daylight, What’s This?, Angelhead and I’m Gonna Die Tonight were all huge hits. Pianist Jef Neve on the other hand is the hot young talent on the Belgian jazz scene. His albums are the biggest selling jazz recordings in Belgium and he’s received rave reviews across the globe. Percussionist Kobe Proesmans completes the trio. After his studies in Havana he developed a unique musical style. He’s already worked with Arno, Zita Swoon, Magnus, dEUS, El Tattoo del Tigre and Obatala.

Bedroom Community ft. Sam Amidon, Valgeir Sigurdsson, Ben Frost & Nico Muhly (support: Lyenn)

2010-03-04T11:33:23+01:00

Bedroom Community is an Icelandic label currently consisting of four artists. Founder Valgeir Sigurdsson creates enchanting compositions, Ben Frost opts for throbbing drones, Nico Muhly is a classically trained pianist and Sam Amidon propagates folk with his banjo. Together they will play a single long set. They will also be accompanied on the trombone, violin, cello and percussion.

SAM AMIDON
Sam Amidon is mainly known as the guitarist for Doveman. In 2007, he released his debut album, ‘But This Chicken Proved Falsehearted’, under the name Samamidon. This was followed up in 2008 by ‘All Is Well’, released on Valgeir Sigurdsson’s Bedroom Community Label. New album coming soon!

VALGEIR SIGURDSSON
Valgeir Sigurdsson is one of Iceland’s most renowned producers. His CV boasts collaborations with Björk, Lars Von Trier, Sigur Ros, Cocorosie, Kate Nash and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy. We warmly recommend his 2007 debut album, ‘Ekvilibrium’.

BEN FROST
Since ‘Theory of Machines’, Ben Frost has become a key figure in electronic music. He is often associated with other super talented artists in the genre, like Christian Fennesz and Tim Hecker. ‘By The Throat’, his fifth album, once again showcases his incredible talent.

NICO MUHLY
Nico Muhly is a pianist and composer who has previously worked with Björk (cfr. Oceania) and recently collaborated with Grizzly Bear on ‘Veckatimest’ and Antony & The Johnsons on ‘The Crying Light’. He has also written several compositions for the choir, piano, percussion and ensembles, including work for the score of ‘The Reader’.

Charles Gayle & Han Bennink / Kris Defoort Trio

2010-03-09T17:45:06+01:00

Charles Gayle & Han Bennink, each with a career of more than forty years behind them, are two jazz legends not often seen on the same stage together.

Gayle lived as a busker for over twenty years. He played what he wanted, when he wanted and how he wanted: “the free-est of free jazz”. In the nineties, the pianist-saxophonist was finally discovered and performed at New York music heaven The Knitting Factory and at several European concert venues. Today, he has released several albums, recording as a solo artist or with his trio or quartet.

As a young boy, Han Bennink couldn’t stop drumming on tables and chairs. His parents soon gave him a drum kit, but Bennink still prefers unconventional percussion instruments. He has played with a host of big names, including saxophonist Sonny Rollins, pianists Myra Melford, Misha Mengelberg and Fred Van Hove, guitarist Eugene Chadbourne and trumpeter Dave Douglas. Last year, you could watch him live at Vooruit with the Han Bennink Trio, but now he’ll return for a unique collaboration with Charles Gayle.

Mette Edvardsen

2009-09-21T13:08:24+02:00

In her new piece – of which she gave a preview at Korte Metten at Vooruit in February 2009 – Mette Edvardsen does something with books. Every visitor is given a book when entering the venue. The featured pictures blend with what happens on stage. Each page reaches out from the paper, into the theatre. As you browse the book, the story on stage unfolds. Space is a key theme for this Norwegian-Belgian artist, as illustrated by her show Or else nobody will know and her performance during the 2007 edition of the game is up! At this festival her interventions on the staircase and in the elevator made the audience aware of the space they were in and moved around in.

Uitgelezen

2010-03-10T10:16:30+01:00

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Ontdekkingsdag Mette Edvardsen

2009-09-21T13:08:49+02:00

After the performance Every now and then, Mette Edvardsen will talk about his work.

Click here for an overview.

Wie zijn 'wij'? En wie zijn 'zij' dan?

2010-03-04T16:47:17+01:00

The debate about our identity is a hot topic in politics and the media. But do we really know what constitutes our identity? Instead of being a source of self-confidence, our identity seems to be a big source of insecurity today. As if we’re not sure of who we are. Is our identity something that we are born with it, or something that is shaped every day of our lives?

Your host Jos Geysels will talk about who we really are with Johan Ackaert (Law, University of Hasselt), Naima Charkaoui (director of the Minderhedenforum), Béatrice Delvaux (editor in chief of Le Soir), Nadia Fadil (sociologist at the KULeuven), Guido Fonteyn (columnist for De Morgen), Ivan De Vadder (VRT news) and Jan Leyers (TV personality).

Erland and the Carnival

2010-01-06T14:13:46+01:00

British folk rock band Erland & The Carnival boasts a few notable members, among which guitarist Simon Tong, a former member of the Verve, Blur and The Good, The Bad & The Queen, and drummer Daiv Rock, who has worked with The Orb, The Cult and Paul McCartney.

In the band’s own words, they blend British folk with desert psyche and garage punk. Needless to say that expectations for their forthcoming 2010 debut album, recorded in Damon Albarn’s studio, are running high. In March they will be touring with Tunng, and in April they will be crossing the pond to convince the Belgian audience of their talent.

Behoud de Begeerte

2009-07-01T11:16:27+02:00

Love is what they preach, war is usually what they sow, so it’s no wonder that the literature programme Helse Tijden has religion as its third theme after evenings on “war”/event/1895 and love. From God-fearing writings to blasphemous pamphlets, from literary confessions of faith to philosophical contemplations, at this edition Belgian and international authors address their prayers to heaven or glare at hell. Names coming later on in the season on vooruit.be.

Fabrizio Cassol

2009-10-25T15:38:24+01:00

“Great concert… top class.” Reviews of the 2007 concert by saxofonist Fabrizio Cassol (Aka Moon) and his VSPRS-orchestra in Vooruit were full of praise. At this concert he performed a version of Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Vergine for the dance show VSPRS by Alain Platel and Les Ballets C. de la B. A year later he got to work on Bach’s St Matthew Passion for Platel’s piece Pitié. Cassol enriched Bach’s composition with vibrant jazz structures and even Latin influences. At Vooruit he will perform this emotional piece with a host of top musicians, such as French flute player Magic Malik and violinist Tcha Limberger and the magical voices of Serge Kakudji and Cristina Zavalloni. Because even without the choreography, Pitié remains a masterpiece “of almost staggering beauty.” (Kwadratuur.be)

Rondleiding op de Elecrified-tentoonstelling

2010-03-08T17:27:10+01:00

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Arid

2010-02-17T18:23:11+01:00

Arid’s new album, ‘Under The Cold Street Lights’ will be released by PIAS on the 1st of March 2010.

Jasper Steverlinck’s vocals have often been compared to other fine singers such as Jeff Buckley, Bono and Bruce Springsteen. Everything started with 1994’s ‘Little Things of Venom’, an addictive album that landed them a deal with Columbia Records and an American release of the album. Arid was launched. They performed with Suede, toured Europe with the Counting Crows, played at every big music festival and could be seen and heard in the impressive IMAX 3D movie ‘Haunted Castle’.

De Morgen wrote that ‘Arid sounds more raw and sensuous than ever’ on ‘Under The Cold Street Lights’, their fourth studio album. Dramatic and powerful, mysterious and harmonic. Check them out, if you haven’t already!

Apestaartjaren

2010-02-23T14:45:55+01:00

Apestaartjaren is a project by Jeugdwerknet vzw & Graffiti Jeugddienst. Three speakers will each shed their light on a different aspect on the Internet community phenomenon. At the end of the evening they will take part in a debate during which the audience can ask questions.

The Black Box Revelation

2010-02-17T18:06:13+01:00

The Black Box Revelation deservedly won a M.I.A for Best Belgian Live Act recently. In the past years, the duo has played on every Belgian stage and successfully toured the U.K. and the U.S. They have just released their long-awaited second album, ‘Silver Threats’, of which NME said, “The songs on this second album are exciting and catchy but at the same time raw and bluesy.”

De Mens

2010-02-17T17:51:23+01:00

Call it indie pop in the style of R.E.M. and The Smiths, or maybe they show more similarities with post-punk revival bands such as Interpol or Editors, but in Dutch.

Support will be Été 67, one of Wallonia’s most popular bands that are now ready to conquer Flanders. Their second album is out now!

Philippe Quesne / Vivarium Studio

2009-10-25T15:43:50+01:00

“Probably the best thing I ever saw at Vooruit”, said a visitor on vooruit.be about la Mélancholie des Dragons by French dramatist Philippe Quesne. The VRT (Flemish national television) called it “enchanting and powerful” and “a magnificent piece”, De Morgen gave it a five-star review. The story of six hard rockers who build an amusement park with little more than a few large plastic bags was at once hilarious and moving. In L’Effet de Serge, Quesne and his company Vivarium studio once again work with small means to obtain maximum effect. Each week Serge prepares a show with tricks and special effects that he performs for his friends on Sunday. The result is another funny and touching performance.

The Prongs feat. Thomas Smetryns & Kaffe Matthews

2010-03-04T09:42:56+01:00

Thomas Smetryns and Kaffe Matthews are two musicians who love to experiment. They’re always looking for new ways to truly experience music instead of just listening to it. Smetryns works with pitchforks that produce different tones, while Matthews samples and edits the sounds in real time. Exactly how this will sound? Like nothing you’ve ever heard!

Matthews is renowned for her research on music and electronica. She has developed her own software to edit sound and has created sound installations for Ars Electronica and other events. She has previously worked with Fennesz en Pan-Sonic.

Festival van de amateurkunsten

2010-03-08T14:24:48+01:00

On the second of May 2010, a unique event will take place in Ghent, which will be aiming at almost 5000 participating performers! The entire area situated between the Minard Theatre and St. Peter’s Abbey will be overflowing with passionate artists and an enthusiastic audience.

The event comprises a concert by a huge chorus, a tattoo of musicians, and much much more. Get a temporary calligraphy tattoo, saunter around the event with a busker, visit the theatrical youth village, dance along in the silent disco, have fun in the multi media lab and get your three minutes of fame on one of the festival’s stages.

Tom Wouters' Flick-Flack-Bat / Elephant 9

2010-03-04T09:49:04+01:00

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Carla Bley & The Lost Chords

2009-11-16T12:27:59+01:00

As the daughter of a piano teacher and the conductor of a choir, American pianist, organist and composer Carla Bley was brought up on music. Her talent for composing was discovered when recording with pianist George Russell and reed player Jimmy Giuffre in the 1960s. A lot of her compositions have become standards, and her often minimalist work is dotted with humour. In the past years Carla Bley – who is over 70 by now – usually performs with her band The Lost Chords, flanked by her partner Steve Swallow. Special guest Paolo Fresu adds a sprinkling of Italian herbs to her music with his sweet trumpet sounds.

Jan Fabre / Troubleyn

2009-11-03T14:37:21+01:00

“I want to be naked and start.” This verse from Paul Van Ostaijen’s Feasts of fear and agony also applies to the main character in De keizer van het verlies. He’s a clown who carries his heart around in a bag, on his head or between his legs, because it beats too heavily for his body. His tricks fail each time, but he keeps on trying, because practice makes perfect. The clown is the embodiment of the tragic aspect of comedy. He is the symbol of the artist as a jester, who craves recognition, but despises this desire and the audience at the same time. Because most of all, he wants to forget and start over. He is trying to find his wings, which will one day help him rise above everything and everyone, just like an angel.

This is the first of three pieces Jan Fabre wrote for actor Dirk Roofthooft. You can also see De koning van het plagiaat and De dienaar van de schoonheid in Vooruit.

The Rage of Life

2010-03-01T14:29:10+01:00

This is The Rage of Life, a tragi-comedy halfway between the youthful yearning for real life and a stunning disregard for death. The librettist is Igor Bauersima. In 2003 and 2004, the work of this Swiss film and stage author, director and designer was the most frequently performed by any German-language playwright. His play Norway Today, which has received several awards, has been translated into twenty languages.

In The Rage of Life, the protagonists’ radical rejection of the status quo in society plays an important role: the main dramatic motif is the attempt by messed-up young people to escape from a world they experience as corrupt. The heroes of The Rage of Life flee from a land of shadows that has long lost all connection with reality, to a life which they know for certain exists – even though they have never been there before.
Elena Kats-Chernin, an Australian with Russian roots, is the perfect composer for Bauersima’s tragi-comic genre. While a student of Helmut Lachenmann in the eighties, she wrote several operas and musicals, always succeeding masterfully in crossing tragedy and comedy in music. ”Her status as one of this country’s most prolific and consistently innovative composers remains unchallenged… [She] appears to achieve the impossible, straddling the two seemingly irreconcilable camps of intellectualism and accessibility.” (Sydney Morning Herald)

The musical director is the young new-music specialist Daniel Inbal. The Belgian soprano Liesbeth Devos and the Swiss baritone Tobias Hächler sing the leading parts together with five soloists from the Flanders Opera Chorus.

Roberta Gigante – OrganOOn

2010-03-08T17:10:53+01:00

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Jan Fabre / Troubleyn

2009-11-03T14:36:33+01:00

In De koning van het plagiaat, the protagonist tries to do the opposite: he’s an angel that wants to cut off his wings, to become human, an actor, “a talking monkey”. The angel has had enough of perfection and eternal life. He wants to be fallible and make mistakes. In the on-stage laboratory he plays the surgeon as well as the patient. He fills his new human brain with wisdom stolen from the minds of Albert Einstein, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Gertrude Stein and Victor Frankenstein. The angel turned human crafts a personality with plagiarized genius. But who is he really?

This is the first of three pieces Jan Fabre wrote for actor Dirk Roofthooft. You can also see De keizer van het verlies and De dienaar van de schoonheid in Vooruit.

Rat Event: Little Women / Chaos of the haunted spire

2010-03-04T09:48:49+01:00

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Jan Fabre / Troubleyn

2009-11-03T14:37:42+01:00

After his magnificent performances in Fabre’s two previous monologues, Dirk Roofthooft now brings the third soliloquy to the stage. In De Dienaar van de Schoonheid the protagonist, a puppeteer, looks back on his life. As a young man he wholly devoted himself to his patron, beauty. He struggles with questions as: What is beauty? What is the ultimate state of being? And how can it be achieved? Because he wants to achieve one more feat before he dies: becoming invisible as a puppeteer. He craves to be absorbed by the background, while his puppets come to life, and only his puppets and his floating eyes remain…

This is the third of three pieces Jan Fabre wrote for actor Dirk Roofthooft. You can also see De keizer van het verlies en De koning van het plagiaat in Vooruit.

Phosphorescent

2010-03-04T17:16:03+01:00

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Howie & Linn

2010-03-09T16:54:39+01:00

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Uitgelezen

2010-02-11T10:55:52+01:00

De datum werd gewijzigd: de laatste Uitgelezen is op 25/05 ipv 18/05!

Het levende boekenprogramma Uitgelezen, in samenwerking met De Morgen, stelt de goesting om te lezen centraal. Veellezers Jos Geysels, Anna Luyten en presentatrice Fien Sabbe laten zich maandelijks bijstaan door twee extra panelleden om drie (recente) boeken te bespreken en verwennen het publiek met boekentips en een tombola.
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De laatste van seizoen is zoals de twee voorgaande edities in de Theaterzaal.

Fred Frith 'Cosa Brava'

2010-03-04T09:52:46+01:00

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Goran Bregovic & the Weddings and Funerals Orchestra

2010-03-08T14:22:50+01:00

Goran Bregovic, the man who introduced Balkan and Gypsy music to a wide audience, will turn 60 this year. This event will be celebrated with a concert in Ghent. His last gig on Belgian soil took place in the Bozar in 2007.

Goran Bregovic is one of the most renowned contemporary composers from the Balkans. He wrote the score for films such as 1988’s‘Time of the Gypsies’ and ‘Arizona Dream’ in 1993. Since 1998, Goran Bregovic has been touring with his Weddings and Funerals Orchestra. 2008 saw the release of his latest album, ‘Alcohol’, which he will be presenting in Belgium at this concert.

The supporting act will be the Dutch band Mala Vita (with members hailing from Serbia, Bosnia, and the Netherlands) that plays catchy punk polka, ska and reggae.

LOD / Beursschouwburg

2009-10-25T15:45:02+01:00

Widower Michel Hoofd takes his children on a trip to Berlin. Beautiful autumn weather, a hotel room with a view of the Berlin Wall, you name it. But what was supposed to be a relaxing trip, turns out entirely different. The children build a wall around themselves: they don’t want to go home, don’t want to study, don’t even want to play with their Game Boy. This LOD performance is set 75 years later. The four of them have continued to protect their hiding place with their own laws and rules. Until four new children appear, the changing of the guards. Dramatist Inne Goris and author Pieter De Buysser (Lampe) dived into the creation process together and inspired each other with image and sound. Just as for their joint piece Judaspassie, composer Dominique Pauwels will perform the score.

Richard Powers

2010-02-25T17:05:22+01:00

Richard Powers – author of novels such as ‘The Singing of Our Time, ‘The Echo Maker’ and ‘Generosity’ – will talk about the role of reading, for the individual as well as for society.

Jesse Dee

2010-03-01T15:26:35+01:00

Young Jesse Dee has all the soul of Al Green – who he supported on tour – and Otis Redding, or Jamie Liddell and John Legend for the younger generation. Steaming hot and funky as hell! With summer in sight, this concert promises to be a feel-good party in the Vooruit Café!

Garcia plays Kyuss

2010-02-17T17:40:18+01:00

John Garcia, a former member of Slo Burn, Unida and Hermano, and a contributor on Arsenal’s most recent album Lotuk, is primarily known as the lead singer in Kyuss. As a teenager, he founded (Sons of) Kyuss with guitarist Josh Homme, bassist Chris Crockrell and drummer Brant Bjork. In October 1995, 3 months after the release of their 5th studio album ‘…And The Circus Leaves Town’, Kyuss disbanded.

Their last recordings where released as a 10’’ on Frank Kozik’s cult label Man’s Ruin, and later re-released as a split EP together with Josh Homme’s new project Queens of the Stone Age. In the meantime, Kyuss has reached legendary status and has influenced hundreds of young rock bands.

15 years after Kyuss’s mind-blowing concert at Vooruit, Garcia felt the time had come to breathe new life into the desert rock legend on stage. He will return to Ghent on the 29th of May with Garcia Plays Kyuss, a unique and one-off event that will see John Garcia and his ace live band play only Kyuss songs. Don’t miss this opportunity of a lifetime!

Red Zebra / Aroma di Amore

2010-03-03T16:55:22+01:00

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Gentleman and the Evolution

2010-02-17T17:56:51+01:00

Together with Alborosie, Gentleman, a.k.a. the German-born Otto Tillman, has become one of Europe’s biggest reggae stars of the past years. He has been on world tour after world tour, and reaching the number one spot in the German charts out of nowhere doesn’t seem to be a problem either. And Gentleman is not only popular in German-speaking countries, he is also respected by the Jamaican reggae scene and has worked with Sizzla, Morgan Heritage, Tony Rebel, Marcia Griffith, Cocoa Tea, Anthony B. Barrington Levy and Capleton. His music is a blend of roots reggae, ragga and toasting. His new album will be released in the spring.

Nordic Crime Night

2010-02-17T18:26:20+01:00

What makes Scandinavian crime novels so special and thrilling? Featuring Rosland & Hellström, Matti Rönka, Leif Davidsen, etc. More names and info coming soon.

Steven De Bruyn, Tony Gyselinck & Roland

2010-02-17T18:01:31+01:00

Harmonica virtuoso Steven De Bruyn (El Fish, The Rhythm Junks) is going on the road with Tony Gyselinck, one of Belgian’s finest jazz drummers (playing for the BRT Jazz Orchestra, Jo Lemaire and Rocco Granata) and guitar legend Roland, hailing from the Belgian clay producing Rupel region. This concert series will see the three gentlemen performing together for the first time. They will be lighting the campfire with shavings of blues, stumps of jazz, chips of electronica and tinder consisting of skiffle, bebop, folk and soul.

Anne Clark

2010-03-05T16:56:35+01:00

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