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 ...

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 ...

The fictional figure of Isabelle Lewis was born from an encounter between composer and producer Valgeir Sigurðsson, countertenor and director Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe, and violinist Elisabeth Klinck. What connects them is a shared instinct: to dismantle form and rebuild it from ...

B-Classic gave guitarist and sound artist Bert Cools carte blanche for a new musical creation with Kjartan Sveinsson, Indrė Jurgelevičiūtė & Gyða Valtýsdóttir. Bert Cools, known from Merope, Hoera, and Book of Air, continually evokes dreamlike worlds situated ...

Every year we bring musicians together in the beautiful Borgloon countryside for a unique and unforgettable concert at sunrise, where ear-pleasing music merges with the golden light of the midsummer sun. An enchanting Sunday morning that will enrich the rest of the day and week with ...

Four times a year, the Rubenshuis opens its doors for an exclusive Friday evening: The Cabinet Sessions. Step into Rubens’ private cabinet and experience the Rubenshuis like never before. Expect powerful beats, live performances, engaging talks, and stimulating workshops in ...

LASWERK brings together musicians from all corners of the country and across the musical landscape for a series of one-night-only concert evenings in Bootstraat. Each edition starts from a unique line-up, created for that specific moment. What emerges, emerges here and now. No repetition ...

With B-Wild, B-Classic and Wilde Westen join forces B-Wild is a development program that invites classical musicians to further refine their craft and explore the boundaries of genres. This initiative provides artists with the space to bring innovative artistic ideas to life ...

A treat for the eyes and ears: heavenly sounds accompanied by stunning visuals in a unique 360° sound experience. A musical and visual journey in a unique setting. B-Classic, along with the BRYGGEN ensemble, brings the cult piece "Weather" (1997) by Michael Gordon to life ...

The Sound of C: A brand new performance and music festival at C-mine The Sound of C is C-mine’s festival where performance and music collide, boundaries dissolve and genres clash. Created in 2024 together with B-Classic and Kunstplaats Vonk, this bold collaboration takes its ...

"And just like the seasons shift you'd always change your mind..." (Meskerem Mees) As a sign of hope and light in dark days, the transhistorical ensemble Zefiro Torna, with a select collective of musicians, gives a new musical interpretation to the concept of Christmas concert. ...

ORPHEUS Experience the electrifying fusion of classical mastery and modern metamorphosis as Benjamin Glorieux's thrilling cello harmonizes with Osaka Riot's cutting-edge modular synths in a groundbreaking night club show.  Although our project is sonorous proof of the search ...

Each year, the festival unfolds across the landscape of South Limburg, alternating between Sint-Truiden and Tongeren-Borgloon. Together with Cultuurcentrum de Bogaard and de Velinx, B-Classic shapes a festival that — yes, exactly — aims to move you. Classical music ...

Rotterdam-born singer-songwriter Tessa Douwstra aka Luwten found her way to the bigger stages in the Netherlands with impeccably crafted, moving songs at the intersection of pop, indie, electronica and R&B. Her latest album Draft (2021) was acclaimed by press and public ...

You might know Bryce Dessner for his moving work as guitarist and composer for rock outfit The National, but his career as an independent ‘classical’ composer is developing rapidly. The classical path brought Dessner together with icons such as Steve Reich, Philip Glass ...

Three female singers tackle the music of Frederik Croene from their individual backgrounds: soprano Lore Binon, singer-songwriter IKRAAN and performer Amina Osmanu. The texts come from Dominique De Groen’s immense novel-in-progress, in which three young women forge a magical ...

Icelandic singer-songwriter/producer Jofridur Akadotir (JFDR), British singer/composer Kieran Brunt and Belgian cellist/composer Benjamin Glorieux embark on a joint adventure, looking for new connections between classical and electronic music. Not a crazy combination if you consider ...

This Is Not a Love Song refers to the most popular song by Public Image Ltd. It was written by Johnny Rotten, the lead singer of both Public Image Ltd and the Sex Pistols. This is Not a Love Song is part of Tournée Locale, a biannual cultural festival organised by the city ...

Thomas Azier ft. Obi Blanche & vocal ensemble with Simon Segers (drums), Maarten Hogenhuis (sax) In recent years, Thomas Azier has often proven himself a multi-talent, interdisciplinary artist and acclaimed stage animal. 'Dansende Beren' called him a "seemingly inexhaustible ...

A magic-realism performance about a woman in search of her place in nature. About the difficulty of putting our humanness aside and the impossibility of getting lost. Anna is on a school trip with her eleven-year-old students. They step off the bus and into the oppressive noise ...

Elfurenmis is a Sunday morning ritual shaped by music and spoken word. A concept by de Velinx and B-Classic, it brings classical music, in its broadest and most open sense, into dialogue with a contemporary sermon of sorts. Not a sermon in the traditional sense, but a spoken reflection ...

FLOATS & STRINGS explores the role of artificial intelligence as a virtual extra member within a music ensemble. AI responds in real-time to the performance, generating scores at a speed beyond human capability. While AI takes on the role of composer and arranger, the performance ...