Ensemble Besides

6:15 PM: Discussion with the composers and musicians. Moderators: Klaas Coulembier & Christien Dysers

FRESH BLOOD

Contemporary classical music has a tradition of colorful names. Apparently Eric Satie, responsible for some of the most brilliant titles in music history, still haunts the minds of current composers. Besides's program conjures up images of a patient woman painting her face by candlelight, to the sounds of... We can certainly be assured that this selection for the World Music Days will not bring any muzak. The biographies of the composers already promise a lot of great things. For example, according to a press review, Matthew Shlomowitz, composer at home at the Center Henri Pousseur in Liège, appears to write music like a meaty ten-minute roast. Such imaginative images make us all the more curious about what the World Music Days have in store for us. With the Ensemble Besides, no gray hairs on stage. Curious how this young, fresh vanguard of the latest classical music will present us with all these creations.