After a summer that will leave any Belgian music lover sated (a slew of festivals, record concerts at the Heysel), the return to decibels looks set to be good. Bozar lights the fire with Verdi’s Messa Da Requiem (September 3), prolonging the grandiose with Carmina Burana four days later. Music again but film version with the projection…
After a summer that will leave any Belgian music lover sated (a slew of festivals, record concerts at the Heysel), the return to decibels looks set to be good. Bozar lights the fire with Verdi’s Messa Da Requiem (September 3), prolonging the grandiose with Carmina Burana four days later. Music again, but in a film version with the “Bozartian” screening of Moonage Daydream (September 14), a new long-range documentary devoted to David Bowie by Brett Morgen, already noted for his in-depth work on Nirvana. Natural link to the pop/rock side (and company) with Yann Tiersen, back in Brussels (September 7) and then Arcade Fire (possible best contemporary group) installed in the cavernous Antwerp Sportpaleis for one evening (September 12). More intimate and pleasantly electronica, Englishman Jon Hopkins should get the Cirque Royal off the ground as autumn approaches (September 15). Looking for more intimacy or possibly emerging talent? At the Botanique, check out the tactile electro of Monolith Noir, French from Brussels (September 23). And our personal favorite of September: a beautiful evening which offers, in addition to the avant-jazz trio Under The Reeds Orchestra, a performance by Catherine Graindorge (photo). This charming fifty-something blonde not only has the qualities of a violinist and composer asserted in a wide inspired register (from pop to contemporary electronics) but also inspired connections. As with Iggy Pop, collaborator of a very beautiful EP, The Dictator, distributed in digital and vinyl since September 8 by Xango Music. Not sure that the iguana is going through the Bota on September 14, but its powerful presence will be there…
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