music

Release your sense of rhythm on instruments from across the whole world. From bric-a-brac drums and African kalimbas to Moroccan krakebs, Brazilian pandeiros and a bike brake cable guitar.  

For his Concertos, the born performer Ivo Dimchev always invites a different musician for a voice improvisation in the form of a concert. At the Kaaitheater, he performs alongside the composer and pianist Lea Petra, who has been highly praised for her tango transcriptions for piano.

Brussels has always been a city that embraced exiles.The Price of the Ticket continues this tradition. The Fashion designer and activist Rachida Aziz is now inviting a new generation of refugees on stage. Expect an evening of music, dance, poetry and video.

Thierry De Mey has been exploring the grey area between dance and music for more than 30 years. He has composed music for dance performances, directed films about dance, and constructed choreographic multimedia installations. In 2016, for the first time, he has created a dance performance for the big stage, in collaboration with Ensemble intercontemporain, the legendary Paris music ensemble founded by Pierre Boulez.

Pierre Audi locates Bach's St. John Passion in an austere set inspired by Wim Delvoye's images. The passion questions the opposing claims on the truth found in religions and the conflicts it causes. Iconoclast Delvoye looks right through these truths with X-ray eyes, reducing them to a meagre pile of mouse bones.

Eric Sleichim takes a closer look at Russian Futurism. His partners in crime are the versatile singer Claron McFadden, cellist Jörg Brinkmann and turntable wizard Matthew Wright. Russian Futurism disconnects language from substantive meaning, accompanied by merry song, recitation and shouting. Experience a concert like an unstoppable factory happening!

The pianist and conductor Alain Franco is once again performing the 96 short compositions which together form one of Bach’s chief works: Das wohltemperierte Klavier. Franco masterfully links together the separate parts, which he views as novellas and which each have their own character, dynamic and time.