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28 September 2016
Two premieres !
On September 30, Vincent Royer and Centre Henri Pousseur will create Animus II for viola and electronics by Luca Francesconi (Belgian creation), at the Festival LOOP (Brussels, Espace Senghor). On October 8, Claire Bourdet, Kim Van den Brempt and Centre Henri Pousseur will create Fixor for violin, piano and electronics by Guillaume Auvray (world premiere), in a unique evening at the Théâtre de Liège, dedicated to Prize Henri Pousseur and the Prize Ça Balance Classique 2016.
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24 June 2016
Prize winner Ça Balance Classique 2016 – Stefan Hejdrowski
The jury of Ça Balance Classique has awarded the young composer Stefan
Hejdrowski – who graduated this year at the Conservatoire Royal de Liège
– as prize winner of the 2016 edition with his composition Deux leçons d’hiver,
for baritone, viola and cello on poems by François Jacqmin. The piece
will be performed at the concert on October 8 at the Théâtre de Liège,
together with the new composition for violin, piano and electronics by
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08 June 2016
New release on Aeon – Richard Barrett, works for cello and electronics by Arne Deforce
We’re happy to announce the release of the latest recording by cellist Arne Deforce on the label Aeon, in collaboration with Centre Henri Pousseur and pianist Yutaka Oya. This double cd contains three major works for cello and electronics of the Welsh composer Richard Barrett: Blattwerk, nacht und träume and life-form, which are among the most original and inventive repertoire for cello and electronics of our time.
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23 May 2016
Festival deux Visages de la Musique électroacoustique
Annual appointment with this festival, organized by Musiques & Recherches and Centre Henri Pousseur, this year on 1 and June 2 at Espace Senghor in Brussels.
1st of June Musiques & Recherches presents the program Vidéomusiques.
Image and sound enrich each other and depict the intimate relationship
between the two arts. The evening will illustrate the many possible ways
of approaching the meeting points between these two media. Works by,
among others, Hiromi Ishii, Wilfried Jentzsch, Chikashi Miyama and João Pedro Oliveira.On June 2 Centre Henri Pousseur invites Sara Picavet (piano) and Benjamin Glorieux (cello), both founders of the collective Aton’&Armide.
The program includes in addition to works for solo piano (L. Nono and
J. Harvey) and for cello solo (M. Matalon and K. Saariaho), 2 Belgian
compositions for duo (G. Auvray and D. Janssens), all with electronics.Lire la suite