Pneuma
a 25th birthday concert
« We have 25 candles to blow out at Kaaitheater in Brussels, so we’re blowing strong! We will sing our love for breath and the winds in an unedited, brand new version of Michael Schmid’s BreathCore: pneumatic choir, a respiration’s polyphony... – and with electronic artist Raphaël Henard as a special guest. Sylvie Mélis (who worked with Rodrigo García, Luis Garay and Maud Le Pladec, among others), will compose a creation of light. » – ICTUS.
• The Brussels-based contemporary music ensemble Ictus has been a regular guest at Kaaitheater for many years. This year, the ensemble is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Michael Schmid presented Breathcore at the Kaaistudios in 2017, during IN/FINITY.
25 years of Ictus: 'We are contemporary classical nephews of free jazz, noise, and rock' - an interview on Bruzz
a production by ICTUS WITH Raphaël Hénard (electronics) & Sylvie Mélis (light scenography) | curated by Michael Schmid, with and for Ictus | Miquel Bernat (perc, breath), Tom De Cock (perc, breath), François Deppe (cello, filters, breath), Aurélie Entringer (viola, breath), Alexandre Fostier (sound), Hanna Kölbel (cello, breath), Nicolas Marc (light assistant), Quentin Meurisse (computer assistant), Sara Mendez (saxophone, breath), Gerrit Nulens (perc, breath), Georges-Elie Octors (breath), Jean-Luc Plouvier (filters, breath), Eva Reiter (gamba, paetzold, voice, breath), Michael Schmid (flute, breath, stuff), George van Dam (violin, breath), Wilfried Van Dyck (technical direction).
Programme notes at www.ictus.be/25
Michael Schmid
Breathcore #1 “Riviera Blues”
Fausto Romitelli
Seascape
Raphaël Hénard
Untitled Block
Ashley Fure
Shiver Lung
Kaj Duncan David
4c0st1ctr1g3r
Sylvie Mélis
Light solo
Pauline Oliveiros
Drifting Depths
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Mikrophonie I
Raphaël Hénard
New Work
Istvan Matuz
The Glizz
Michael Schmid
Breathcore #2 “Tenebrae”
Jürg Frey
String Quartet n°2