This season, the common thread in my programmes is electronics: its encounter with the orchestra creates new worlds. Sometimes they blend into a unified whole, sometimes they stand in sharp contrast—and it’s precisely that tension which makes it so exciting.
“I explore minimalism while also showing how limiting that label can be. The distance between Morton Feldman and Julius Eastman is actually much smaller than one might think—even though Feldman isn’t technically a minimalist. I look forward to presenting this groundbreaking North American music to Belgian audiences—it promises to be an intense listening experience.”
BARELY MINIMAL
04.10.2025 FLAGEY BRUSSELS
“Magic, imagination and sound: a journey across Europe and America, and across generations. In the early 1960s, François-Bernard Mâche combined tape with live musicians—revolutionary at the time. Angélica Castelló brings her own live electronics set: pure magic on stage. Different voices, different ways of weaving orchestra and electronics.”
SUPRA NATURAL
06.11.2025 FLAGEY BRUSSELS
07.11.2025 DE BIJLOKE GENT
“I’m really looking forward to June 2026, when I’ll bring the Tectonics festival (which I started in Glasgow in 2012) to Brussels for the first time. It’s now one of the world’s leading new music festivals. Every LAB-SERIES concert is a step towards Tectonics.”
TECTONICS FESTIVAL
19.06.2025 FLAGEY BRUSSELS
20.06.2025 FLAGEY BRUSSELS
With the LAB-SERIES, the Brussels Philharmonic brings together musical experimentation, interaction, and total experience. Expect bold and eclectic concert nights with unique programmes, pre- and post-concert talks, interactive installations, and immersive listening sessions.
With Ilan Volkov at the helm, the Brussels Philharmonic presents the Second and Sixth Symphonies by Luc Brewaeys: in the latter, Brewaeys brings together everything he stands for - the vibrant coloration of 20th-century spectralism, a bold orchestral configuration and a confrontation with electronics. Clearly influenced by that élan, Daan Janssens composed a new concerto for violin, orchestra and surround electronics.
