album release: Scriabin 3
04.04.2025 - Le Divin Poème: brand new album by Brussels Philharmonic & Kazushi Ono out now
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) holds a special place in the repertoire of Brussels Philharmonic. Together with Kazushi Ono, we are exploring his music through a project spanning several years, on stage and in the studio. Through performances and recordings of his Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Symphonies, we delve deeper into his visionary world: mystical, ecstatic, and always reaching for what escapes words.
Along the way, we approach his music from fresh perspectives. Visual interpretations, in-depth essays, news articles and reading lists bring you closer to Scriabin and his world. Explore our collection here.
04.04.2025 - Le Divin Poème: brand new album by Brussels Philharmonic & Kazushi Ono out now
In his three symphonies, Scriabin brought his personal, radical vision ever more intensively to the fore. The finale of his Third Symphony, also known as ‘Le Poème Divin’ (the divine poem), marked an important point in his development as a composer: "This was the first time I found light in music [...] the first time that I felt a stir, a liberation, knew the breathlessness of happiness".
Nazanin Fakoor’s installation Rainbow in a symphonic performance featuring the music of Scriabin and Debussy
tune in live from Flagey on Saturday 6 December: Mahler, Brahms, Debussy and Scriabin with Rainbow light sculpture
a heady fusion of sound, mysticism, and colour: a swirling, ritualistic vision of music as pure experience
our album Scriabin 2 has been named one of the top classical albums by De Standaard
“Is it possible to link a composer like Scriabin to any tradition at all?” That is what Stravinsky also wondered, so unique was his musical language. Scriabin initially wrote mainly for the piano. Only later did he put his hand to larger orchestral works, including five symphonies that he wrote between 1899 and 1910.
Step back into the evening of Le Poème du feu performed on 6 December 2025, as seen through the analogue lens of photographer Lars Bauwens. He captured the atmosphere, the energy, and the fleeting stillness — preserved on film.
Nuno Cernadas, pianist and PhD researcher at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussels examines Scriabin's oeuvre.
music director Kazushi Ono is a remarkable musical personality - discover his musical programmes with the Brussels Philharmonic for Fall/Winter 24
"the brussels philharmonic and I would like to invite you to a musical time machine experience" - discover the Fall/Winter 2025 Season with music director Kazushi Ono