Curated by... Mirela Ivicevic
we asked the composer which music she carries close to her heart... The result? A compilation of mesmerizing ballads reminiscent of her young adulthood
Mark your calendars for November 14 and 15: Jean-Luc Plouvier and the Brussels Philharmonic, conducted by Ilan Volkov, will present John Cage's Concerto for Prepared Piano and Chamber Orchestra.
"It takes two or three hours to prepare a piano coherently. Then the miracle happens: in its softness, the complexity of its harmonics and their interferences, the strange familiarity of its timbres, the prepared piano becomes the purest and most luminous instrument in the world."
Jean-Luc Plouvier knows the prepared piano inside and out. Curious to learn more? Check out this Spotify playlist, and discover his favourite pieces for Prepared Piano.
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live in concert
experience the Concerto for Prepared Piano and Chamber Orchestra during the concert Boulez & Cage
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[read also: Ilan Volkov on Boulez & Cage]
[read also: programme notes]
curated by... Lucienne Renaudin Vary
an exclusive playlist for our New Year's concert curated by Lucienne Renaudin - here's to a joyful 2024!
Curated by... Oren Ambarchi
dive into the musical mind of Oren Ambarchi with this playlist on Spotify
in focus: the prepared piano
read the column by Jean-Luc Plouvier on John Cage's Concerto for Prepared Piano and Chamber Orchestra
Ilan Volkov on Boulez & Cage
"even though they are polar opposites and their aesthetics are very different, they are connected by their search for beauty, their amazing orchestration and a feeling for sound," read the conductor's note for the concert Boulez & Cage
Boulez & Cage: Giants of the Avant-Garde · 14.11.2024 · Flagey
Boulez, the man who tried to reduce music to grids and sequences, series and schedules. Who composed with mathematical precision. Cage, the man who let music run wild. Who placed composing in the hands of fate. They seem to be two worlds that are miles apart, but in terms of radicality they are virtually identical. The Brussels Philharmonic combines some intense, compact compositions by Boulez with the unprecedented large form of Cage’s Concerto for Prepared Piano. Music that is now half a century old, but still sounds progressive.