Festivals and Highlights

Experience dance and music in optimal conditions in world heritage city Bruges.

An invigorating programme and the exceptional architecture of historical Bruges make a visit to the Concertgebouw an unmissable cultural experience.

In its exciting new season, Concertgebouw Brugge has unique festivals that will ensure you a fascinating multi-day cultural trip to Bruges.

MA-festival fri 03.08 – sun 12.08.18 Jazz Brugge fri 16.11 – sun 18.11.18 December Dance festival thu 06.12 – sun 16.12.18 Bach academie Brugge

tue 15.01 – sun 20.01.19 SLOW(36h) fri 22.02 – sun 24.02.19 Kosmos festival tue 26.03 – wed 10.04.19 Budapest festival thu 16.05 – sat 18.05.19

JAZZ BRUGGE FRI 16.11 – SUN 18.11.2018 Crossing Cultures

Since its first edition in 2002, Jazz Brugge has sailed a daring course by dedicating itself exclusively to European jazz. For this eighth edition, Jazz Brugge is broadening its horizons, but without of course abandoning its tried and scene is very different nowadays. More than ever, the genre is incorporating elements from outside its usual spheres, both geographical and musical. And as a result it is evolving organically. With its theme of ‘Crossing Cultures’, Jazz Brugge 2018 highlights this evolution. Marvel at musical influences from every corner of the world and enjoy born musicians from Albania, Armenia, Senegal, Morocco, Iraq … tested formula of unique concerts in the exceptional setting of the Concertgebouw. The jazz Organised by KAAP and Concertgebouw Brugge with the support of the City of Bruges.

Program

Fri 16.11.2018 25 YEARS W.E.R.F. RECORDS / The party of Belgian jazz

Donder / Young talent in a cinematographic musical Fri 16.11.2018 experience / W.E.R.F. labelnight #1

Free Desmyter Collectief / The Takenouchi Documents / Fri 16.11.2018 W.E.R.F. labelnight #2

Nathalie Loriers & Chemins Croisés / W.E.R.F. Labelnight Fri 16.11.2018 #3

Fri 16.11.2018 MDC III / W.E.R.F. Labelnight #4

Fri 16.11.2018 Kris Defoort / surSoundings / W.E.R.F. Labelnight #5

Sat 17.11.2018 Elina Duni solo / New ECM-album Partir

Sat 17.11.2018 Reijseger / Fraanje / Sylla / Dutch-Senegalese trio

Sat 17.11.2018 Omer Avital Quintet / Release new album

Sat 17.11.2018 Tigran Hamasyan solo / An Ancient Observer

Sat 17.11.2018 Jaimie Branch / Fly or Die JAZZ BRUGGE FRI 16.11 – SUN 18.11.2018 Program

Klopotec Orkestra / Zonzo Compagnie & Hans Beckers / Sun 18.11.2018 Fabulous sound system for families

Ictus & Amir ElSaffar / Interstices / Meeting between Sun 18.11.2018 oriental music, jazz and classical

Nachtschade: Aubergine / Muziektheater Transparant / Sun 18.11.2018 Musical and cinematic search for cultural identity

Sun 18.11.2018 James Brandon Lewis trio / Special guest: Anthony Pirog

Sun 18.11.2018 Jakob Bro trio / ECM- guitar-phenomenon in concert

Sun 18.11.2018 Colin Stetson solo / ‘All This I Do For Glory’

Sun 18.11.2018 Wannes Deneer / Tuning Things / Tuning People

Presale € 75 // Doorprice € 85 // Discount for youngsters (-26y) = -50% discount

Presale € 30 // Doorprice € 35 DECEMBER DANCE FESTIVAL THU 06.12 – SUN 16.12.2018

Dancing Down Under

After Montréal and Québec (DD08), Central Europe (DD10), Northern Europe (DD12), Asia (DD14) and the United Kingdom (DD16), this twelfth edition of December Dance focuses on the contemporary dance landscape of Australia!

Under the title ‘Dancing Down Under’, we present the best of our antipodes’ dance scene, featuring new creations by internationally renowned choreographers (Garry Stewart, Lucy Guerin, Anouk van Dijk, Meryl Tankard and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui), but also projects and artists that have a unique voice (Chunky Move, Dancenorth, Serge Aimé Coulibaly and Marrugeku). We naturally also offer opportunities to up-and-coming creators (Nicola Gunn, Melanie Lane, James Batchelor, Luke George and Daniel Kok). And as always there is room for a wealth of context activities. We close with an impressive homegrown family show.

Program

Chunky Move / Falk Richter & Anouk van Dijk / Thu 06.12.2018 Complexity of Belonging

Dancenorth / Lucy Guerin Inc / Gideon Fri 07/12/2018 Obarzanek / SenyawaAttractor

Fri 07/12/2018 Luke George & Daniel Kok / Bunny

Ballet Vlaanderen / Danceworkshop Memento Fri 07/12/2018 Mori

Sat 08/12/2018 Luke George & Daniel Kok / Bunny

Sat 08/12/2018 James Batchelor /Deepspace

Nicola Gunn / Piece For Person and Ghetto Sat 08/12/2018 Blaster

Ballet Vlaanderen / Meryl Tankard & Sidi Larbi Sat 08/12/2018 Cherkaoui / Furioso & Memento Mori

Sun 09/12/2018 James Batchelor / Deepspace

Nicola Gunn / Piece For Person and Ghetto Sun 09/12/2018 Blaster DECEMBER DANCE FESTIVAL THU 06.12 – SUN 16.12.2018 Program

Ballet Vlaanderen / Meryl Tankard & Sidi Larbi Sun 09/12/2018 Cherkaoui / Furioso & Memento Mori

Tue 11/12/2018 Lucy Guerin Inc / Split

Australian Dance Theatre / Danceworkshop The Wed 12/12/2018 Beginning of Nature

Garry Stewart / Australian Dance Theatre / The Wed 12/12/2018 Beginning of Nature

Thu 13/12/2018 Melanie Lane / Wonderwomen

Marrugeku & Serge Aimé Coulibaly / Le Dernier Fri 14/12/2018 Appel

Sat 15/12/2018 The New Zealand Dance Company / Time

Sun 16/12/2018 Kabinet k / Invisible

-20% from 3 performances // -25% from 5 performances // -30% from 8 performances // Discount for youngsters (-26y) = -50% discount

Heaven on earth

‘Why do you stand here looking into the sky?’ the angel told the astonished apostles after the Ascension of Jesus. Man is naturally inclined to seek the divine, and the Bible gives us a clear pointer: Jesus is the link. In this Bach Academy everything revolves around the relationship between heaven and earth, between the believers and their Saviour, at Ascension and Pentecost: with cantatas, concerti and cinematographic creations; with stars to worship and talent to discover; and of course with Collegium Vocale Gent and Philippe Herreweghe.

Program

Lecture-performance door ECCE / Contrary Tue 15/01/2019 tribute to Bach

Ernst Reijseger & Erik Bosgraaf / Bach from both Wed 16/01/2019 sides

Wed 16/01/2019 Open rehearsals Collegium Vocale Gent

Thu 17/01/2019 Claire Croizé / ECCE / Flowers (we are)

Thu 17/01/2019 Open rehearsals Collegium Vocale Gent

Listeningcourse by Ignace Bossuyt / Heaven on Fri 18/01/2019 earth

Fri 18/01/2019 Exhibition by Johan Huys / Eyes on Bach

Fri 18/01/2019 Collegium Vocale Gent & Clara Pons

Winterguests / On the couch with Philippe Fri 18/01/2019 Herreweghe & Clara Pons

Sat 19/01/2019 Catalina Vicens / (Ammer)Bach on organ

Sat 19/01/2019 Exhibition by Johan Huys / Eyes on Bach

Hildebrandt Consort & Ignace Bossuyt / Bach Sat 19/01/2019 Close-up

Sat 19/01/2019 Andreas Brantelid / Bach. Cellosuites

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin / Bach. Sat 19/01/2019 Klavecimbelconcerti

Sat 19/01/2019 Continuu-m / Bach. Raadselcanons Stefanie Troffaes & Julien Wolfs / Bach. Sun 20/01/2019 Flutesonatas

Sun 20/01/2019 Exhibition by Johan Huys / Eyes on Bach

Sun 20/01/2019 Ensemble Marsyas / Heavenly dialogues

Sun 20/01/2019 Cecilia Bernardini / Biber. Rozenkranssonates

Collegium Vocale Gent / O ewiges Feuer Sun 20/01/2019

-20% from 5 performances within Bach Academie Brugge

Discount for youngsters (-26y) = -50% discount

The slower the experience, the more intense the memory

From Friday evening to Sunday evening: slowing down with art

During SLOW(36h), we give you 36 hours to stop and pause. In a society that is constantly rushing forward, we stroll and stop. Follow your intuition and forget the clock: experience ‘time’ as ‘duration’, get maximum enjoyment from minimal resources, stride through the city resolutely but slowly and bring yourself into a trance through the repetition of mystical Moroccan Sufi music or Simeon ten Holt’s Canto ostinato. SLOW(36h) massages the senses and - who knows – may even lead to spiritual experiences.

Program

Fri 22/02/2019 Slow Videoart / Exhibition

Fri 22/02/2019 Joke Hermsen / The right moment

Sat 23/02/2019 Slow Videoart / Exhibition

Soefigezangen / Sidi Mounir Qadiri Boutchich & Sat 23/02/2019 singers from Qadirriyya Boutchichiyya

Sat 23/02/2019 G.A.M.E. / Wandelweiser

Sat 23/02/2019 Alvin Lucier / Music On A Long Thin Wire

Sat 23/02/2019 The slow power of tea / Jozefien Muylle

Lubimov, Poprugin, Van Veen & Van Veen / Ten Sat 23/02/2019 Holt. Canto ostinato

Club Surround / Wave Field Synthesis / Sat 23/02/2019 Creations for 192 speakers

Bozzini Quartet #1 / Edgars Rubenis / Eliane Sat 23/02/2019 Radigue / Creation for organ

Sat 23/02/2019 Slow Cinema / Movies in Magdalenakerk

Sat 23/02/2019 Het Collectief / Morton Feldman

Goeyvaerts Trio / Johannes Ockeghem & Jürg Sat 23/02/2019 Frey

Sat 23/02/2019 Zwerm / We’re here. We’re glad you’re there. Slow Walk / Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Sat 23/02/2019 Rosas & P.A.R.T.S.

Sun 24/02/2019 Slow Videoart / Exhibition

Sun 24/02/2019 G.A.M.E. / Wandelweiser

Sun 24/02/2019 Alvin Lucier / Music On A Long Thin Wire

Sun 24/02/2019 Bozzini Quartet #2 / Alvin Lucier

Sun 24/02/2019 Tai chi in Magdalenakerk / Janine Gobyn

Club Surround / Wave Field Synthesis / Sun 24/02/2019 Creations for 192 speakers

Sun 24/02/2019 Zwerm / We’re here. We’re glad you’re there.

Sun 24/02/2019 Pieter Wispelwey / Bach. Cellosuites

Sun 24/02/2019 Bach in time / Six earopeners

Sun 24/02/2019 Apsara / En attendant

Discount for youngsters (-26y) = -50% discount

The universe encapsulated in sound and image

Unearthly beauty and astonishing experiences in music, dance, science and visual art

In this cosmic season, we spend two weeks reflecting intensely on the beauty and power of our universe. NASA images are provided with breathtaking orchestral music. A Baroque vision of the elements is juxtaposed with a dance performance, in which the live sounds of the universe guide six percussionists and four dancers through space. With his life's work The United Planets, artist Karl Van Welden takes a central place, as does Arne Deforce, who takes a trip through space in his latest creation. In every case, the analogy between music and the cosmos is what predominates. That correlation inspires musician Arne Deforce and our new Season’s Thinker Thomas Hertog – a cosmologist at KU Leuven and, until his recent death, a close friend and colleague of Stephen Hawking - to search together for connections between music and science. From analogue to digital: brace yourself for a present-day harmony of the spheres!

Program

Lecture-performance by Thomas Hertog & Arne Tue 26/03/2019 Deforce / Seizoensdenker Sessie #3: Music and the cosmos

Thu 28/03/2019 Karl Van Welden & Frederik Croene / Mars II

Brussels Philharmonic & Vlaams Radio Koor / Fri 29/03/2019 Holst. The Planets

Arne Deforce / Hector Parra. ‘… limite les rêves Sat 30/30/2019 au-delà’

Lecture-performance by Annelies Van Parys , NN Wed 03/04/2019 and Goeyvaerts Trio / Spectral music

The life’s work of director Terrence Malick / Thu 04/04/2019 Voyage of time

Marc Vanrunxt & Kunst/ Work / Percussion Den Fri 05/04/2019 Haag / Drawings

Les Muffatti & Bertrand Cuiller / De vier Sat 06/04/2019 elementen

Workshop ‘Marsrovers’ en ‘Spectroscopie’ / Sun 07/04/2019 Cozmix (Volksterrenwacht Beisbroek)

Wed 10/04/2019 Herman Kolgen / Valery Vermeulen & Hiroshi Matoba / Seiksmik / Mikromedas

Wed 27/03/2019 – Sun 07/04/2019 Exhibition Karl Van Welden / MARS

Photo-exhibition Peter Voigt / New evidence Wed 06/03/2019 – Sun 05/05/2019 (Historic NASA images)

Fri 05/04/2019 – Sat 06/04/2019 OORMOS / Installation with sounds

Fri 01/03/2019, 15/03/2019, Planets and stars. Lessons in diversity / Course 22/03/2019; 29/03/2019

Romantic Symphonies

The orchestral musician of the 21st century is perfectly at home in a wide variety of styles. That is why Iván Fischer presents his musicians with composers as diverse as Mozart, Rossini, Bartók and Mahler. Time after time this Budapest-based orchestra surprises us with its stylistic sincerity. In this mini-festival the orchestra smoothly traverses the course laid out for it by Schubert, Rossini and Bruckner. Eminence grise Emanuel Ax presents his response in Mozart. The intention? To bring the beauty of classical music to all ages and to all levels of society, to bring people closer together. And that coincides very nicely with the mission of the Concertgebouw!

Program

BUDAPEST FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA THU 16/05/2019 Mozart, Rossini & Schubert

BUDAPEST FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA FRI 17/05/2019 Mozart & Bruckner

BUDAPEST FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA SAT 18/05/2019 Hit parade of orchestral music

Jeroen Vanacker, Artistic director Concertgebouw Brugge TICKETS • Advantageous festival pass • Tickets in different price categories available for each performance • Daily programme in the city available on request

ORCHESTRAL

ANIMA ETERNA BRUGGE FRI 19/10/2018 Mozart symfonisch Genius without borders: Mozart in his twenties

BELGIAN NATIONAL ORCHESTRA & COLLEGIUM VOCALE GENT FRI 09/11/2018 Mahler & Van Parys In Flemish fields, Mahler's mourn march meets a contemporary requiem

ROTTERDAMS PHILHARMONISCH ORKEST Schumann & Schubert THU 22/11/2018 Top Orchestra presents new chief conductor with Schubert's Great Symphony

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF EUROPE SAT 16/03/2019 Mozart & Liszt Musical gastronomy with Europe’s finest

DEUTSCHE KAMMERPHILHARMONIE BREMEN & KAMMERCHOR STUTTGART FRI 26/04/2019 Mendelssohn's magical night stories Two legendary stars of the German musical firmament?

BUDAPEST FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA Mozart & Bruckner FRI 17/05/2019 Pianist Emanuel Ax shines in classical and romantic repertoire

CLASSICS

LE BANQUET CÉLESTE Caldara, Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo SUN 06/10/2018 The battle between good and evil in heartbreaking baroque

BELGIAN NATIONAL ORCHESTRA & FRI 09/11/2018 COLLEGIUM VOCALE GENT Mahler. S ymphony nr.5 In Flemish fields, Mahler's mourn march meets a contemporary requiem

IL GARDELLINO Bach. Weihnachtsoratorium SAT 22/12/2018 Cheer and jubilation in Bach's ornate Christmas cantatas

LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Beethoven by Norrington THU 10/01/2019 Two legends on one stage: Beethoven's Fifth and Sir Roger Norrington

ANIMA ETERNA BRUGGE & THOMAS BAUER FRI 08/03/2019 Brahms. Symphony nr.1

CAMERATA SALZBURG & ALEXANDER LONQUICH FRI 10/05/2019 Mozart, Haydn & Shostakovich The Three favorite composers of a silent force behind the keyboard

MASTERPIECE

In the Masterpiece Weeks we comprehensively explore a musical masterpiece: five different Masterpieces from five different centuries. Together with partners such as Musica and the Davidsfonds, we invite you to expand your musical knowledge - or experience the music differently - during a variety of activities. And all of this topped off with a first-class performance of the Masterpiece.

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Orchestre des Champs-Elysées & Collegium TUE 23/10/2018 – FRI 26/10/2018 Vocale Gent Requiem

PHILIP GLASS FRI 02/11/2018 – SUN 04/11/2018 Collegium Vocale Gent & Ictus Einstein on the beach

DANEL KWARTET Dvořák & Schönberg WED 30/01/2019 – SUN 02/02/2019 International string quartet in pioneering repertoire

MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER THU 02/05/2019 – SUN 05/05/2019 B’rock & Vox Luminis Te Deum

ROLAND DE LASSUS FRI 24/05/2019 – SAT 25/05/2019 Vocal concert Berlin & Daniel Reuss Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales

The Concertgebouw Brugge aims to be a world-class venue for music and contemporary dance. With the permanent opening of the building, and a rich array of inter-disciplinary activities, it is also a place for literature, architecture, the visual arts and sound art. By focusing on creation, creativity and interaction with artists at every stage of their career, the Concertgebouw aims to give a renewed impulse to the artists and attract and involve a diverse public, helping them to make their own discoveries. In this way, the Concertgebouw Brugge contributes to the international standing of the city.

Since September 2017, this temple of culture has opened its doors and also now reveals its secrets during the daytime. Admire the Concertgebouw’s magnificent architecture and acoustics, and its splendid art collection. Children can follow the flight of the lyrebird, which leads them through astonishing sound installations all the way up to the highest terrace in Bruges. The route can be followed by groups or individuals, in your own time or with a guide. www.concertgebouw.be/circuit

ARCHITECTURE & ACOUSTICS SOUND ART Explore the remarkable contemporary Explore the wonderful world of sound art and architecture and be impressed by the compose and play your own music on the famous acoustics. interactive sound installations.

ART COLLECTION THE IDEAL FAMILY OUTING Feast your eyes on the Concertgebouw’s art With a special trail for children! The collection, with works by renowned artists, such lyrebird takes you on a fantastic tour of the as Luc Tuymans, Dirk Braeckman and Peter building, brimming with tasks and surprises! Verhelst.

TOUR PANORAMA Take a guided tour and experience even more. Enjoy the unique view of World Heritage City Free guided tour, daily at 15.00. Bruges.

Discounts: From 15 people: 15% per ticket for the same performance

Option on tickets: If you would like to attend a performance as a group, we would be happy to arrange that for you personally. Before ticket sales start, you can take an option; the final number of tickets must be decided and paid for no later than five weeks before the performance. Tailor-made packages including catering can be put together for those who wish them.