Discover the future sounds of Dessel: a unique concert Students from the Academy of Music and Word go on a unique journey through the time and sounds of Dessel. This project, led by DJ/Producers, considers what Dessel might sound like 300 years from now.The process begins by conducting interviews and recording existing sounds from Dessel, […]
Open Spaces are productions that directly engage the audience in the creative process. Local communities new to music work with a curating team to create a musical work that may be presented at a partner’s music festival. Although a quality artistic result is a goal, the priority is to create a meaningful musical experience for […]
Developed by SN partner Musica, Musimatrix is an interactive format introducing young children and families to classical or contemporary music. This latest edition was presented in Bruges and in Antwerp (BE). If it’s spring, there’s MusiMatrix. Every year, more than 1,200 children go on an extraordinary journey: a musical voyage through the Concertgebouw, going from […]
During Walden Festival 2023, Musica Impulscentrum presented an interactive musical experience for all visitors. Sounds Now’s Open Spaces are productions that directly engage the audience in the creative process. Local communities new to music work with a curating team to create a musical work . Although a quality artistic result is a goal, the priority […]
A Sound Walk by Gyrid Nordal Kaldestad Gyrid Nordal Kaldestad has created a sound walk that is free and open to anyone who walks into the grounds around Akershus Fortress. Encompassing many viewpoints over the city and out to sea, the sounds and Gyrid’s voice in your ears tell poetic stories and invite the public […]
The Quatuor Bozzini string quartet bring a spatial work to Viitasaari – a concert in which anyone can be a part of the performance. Open Spaces are productions that directly engage the audience in the creative process. Local communities new to music work with a curating team to create a musical work that may be […]
An Open Space presented at SPOR Festival 2023 Open Spaces are productions that directly engage the audience in the creative process. Local communities new to music work with a curating team to create a musical work that may be presented at a partner’s music festival. Although a quality artistic result is a goal, the priority […]
Kortrijk, Belgium – 2 March 2023 “Make music with everything and everyone” was the motto of avant-garde composer John Cage. Wilde Westen invites contemporary music ensemble Tiptoe Company to present an extension of this vision with Fonetica, an Open Space format. In collaboration with local partners – the Conservatorium Kortrijk and Wit.h – Tiptoe Company […]
Concertgebouw, Brugge: 27 February to 2 March 2023 Alden Biesen, Bilzen: 7 March 2023 DE SINGEL, Antwerpen: 24 to 28 April 2023 Musimatrix is an Open Space format that proves that young children can be wildly enthusiastic about contemporary music, despite its complexity. It demolishes the boundaries between listening, actively experiencing and performing together. The musicians […]
The bEAST’ is a mobile installation – a gigantic DIY instrument – that visitors to Leopold Park discovered and were invited to experiment with in June 2021 as an “open space” production. Played with all kinds of materials, drums and bows, The bEAST created exciting soundscapes that were recorded and then used by Spanish-Belgian composer […]
