When opera came into being around 1600 in Florence, the humanists thought they had rediscovered ancient Greek theatre, because they thought Greek tragedies had been sung. In their nostalgic attempt to honour the past, they created a new form: an art that expresses deep human emotions ...
Three musicians. Two pianos. One electronic universe in between. CCHA and B-Classic once again join forces for a new creation in which encounter becomes the point of departure. Two exceptionally versatile pianists and an electronic multi-instrumentalist explore and shift each ...
BUITEN DIENST is an annual one-day festival by B-Classic, Cultuurcentrum De Velinx, MoMeNT Festival and CLTR Tongeren-Borgloon. Each year, it temporarily puts a different village in Tongeren-Borgloon on a different track. There is no enclosed festival site: the village itself becomes ...
Genk resounds at C-mine. More than thirty musicians bring Het Groot Internationaal Staatsorkest van Genk to life under the direction of conductor Herwig Pans, an ensemble whose instrumentation is as diverse as the city itself. The sounds of sousaphone and euphonium resonate alongside ...
Baby don’t you know Agency is cute Whatever you decide The choice is up to you A baroque banquet in which hunger devours itself. Guests gather. Someone cooks. Someone serves. Desire already outruns hunger. One more bite. One more sip. One more reason to stay. No one holds ...
Stage director Aïda Gabriëls invites composer-organist Maria W Horn, the Ictus ensemble, and a dancer for a long performance in which the audience is immersed in a flow of sound, visual art, light, and movement. The slowness, the ritualization of the concert, and the ...
Ever heard of a trunfa, a ribeb, or a darbuka? These distinctive instruments, and the people who play them, are the beating heart of The Great International State Orchestra of Genk. B-Classic brought them together with professional musicians for a unique performance. The result: ...
How much is too much—and when, if ever, does it become enough? In Eat Me, director Aïda Gabriëls doesn’t set out to answer that question. She builds an experience around it instead. What unfolds is a kind of musical banquet, shifting between baroque opulence ...
On five Sunday mornings each season, cultural centre De Velinx in Tongeren transforms into a sanctuary of ritual and reflection. Contemporary classical music and a sermon delivered by an engaged speaker invite the audience to pause, think, and feel, drawing attention to the pressing ...
