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Millenium Festival - 15th edition

The MILLENIUM Festival is a high-level international event in Brussels, the heart of Europe.

The MILLENIUM Festival is a high-level international event in Brussels, the heart of Europe. The Festival highlights films whose themes are linked to the major challenges and objectives of the 21st century, adopted by the United Nations in 2000, and which reflect humanity’s dreams and ambitions for a fairer and more equitable world. Since its creation in 2009 by Lubomir Gueorguiev and Zlatina Rousseva, the MILLENIUM Festival presents every year the best of committed documentary cinema from around the world. It supports innovation in documentary creation, authenticity and investment by independent directors. We are particularly attentive to new emerging talents.

Flagey

Ixelles

Festival

Millenium Festival - 15th edition

Laura Henno - 'Traversées'

Galerie Nathalie Obadia

Ixelles

Exhibition

Laura Henno - 'Traversées'

Style Congo. Heritage & Heresy

“Style Congo” explores the politics of cultural representation and appropriation through contemporary artistic and architectural interventions as well as historic documents and materials from CIVA’s collections. The exhibition chronicles the representation of Congo in international expositions held between 1885 and 1958, using Art Nouveau as its anchor point.

“Style Congo. Heritage and Heresy” explores the politics of cultural representation and appropriation through contemporary artistic and architectural interventions as well as historic documents and materials from CIVA's collections. The exhibition visually chronicles the representation of Congo in international expositions held between 1885 and 1958, using Art Nouveau as its anchor point. The movement—at the time also called Style Congo—coincided with King Leopold II’s exploitation of the Congo and reflects a widespread fascination with “exotic” materials and forms. The works in the exhibition question and destabilize canonical histories and the colonial roots of this heritage. By examining marks of colonization in the city of Brussels and in the Congolese urban landscape, they present a decolonial resignification of private and public spaces, seeking to rewrite the margins of history into the center. CIVA, KANAL-Centre Pompidou, Living Traces, Twenty Nine Studio Sammy Baloji, Silvia Franceschini, Nikolaus Hirsch, Estelle Lecaille, Judith Barry, Rossella Biscotti, Peggy Buth, Ayoh Kré Duchâtelet, Jean Katambayi, Johan Lagae & Paoletta Holst, Chrystel Mukeba, Daniela Ortiz, Ruth Sacks, Traumnovelle

CIVA

Ixelles

Exhibition

Style Congo. Heritage & Heresy

● Listen x Flagey

From March 29 to April 02, we’ll be united again under the Listen Festival banner. We’re back with our known formula: 5 days of Clubbing, Concerts, Expo, Workshops & Talks on various locations in Brussels. ● Listen x Flagey ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ Flagey is a culture house in Brussels devoted to music and the moving image. ⓕ https://bit.ly/3aKHs1m ● Line-Up ▔▔▔▔▔ COMMANDER SPOON JAMESZOO’S BLIND GROUP ● Tickets ▔▔▔▔▔ Tickets for this specific event are available as of 12.01.2023 via this link: https://bit.ly/3vWuVmh Please note that you will need a specific ticket for each separate event of Listen 2023. ● To Listen is to care for one another ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ It’s time to be together again! By entering our events, you play an active role in ensuring everyone’s comfort and respect. Remember that looking out for our collective safety is what makes us human. Discrimination, abuse, and harassment of any kind will not be tolerated. If you or anyone is in distress, help the victim first and send someone to notify one of our staff members. Music, compassion, and kindness bring us together. ● Stay Connected ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ Ⓦ Website: https://bit.ly/3FTYjNL Ⓕ Facebook: https://bit.ly/3vmP4kb Ⓘ Instagram: https://bit.ly/3j8yxvh Thanks to : La Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussel Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, BXL La Ville | De Stad, la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Francophones de Bruxelles, Vlaamse Overheid, Equals, Wallonie Bruxelles Musique, Visit Brussels, La Loterie Nationale/De Nationale Loterij, Sabam For Culture, Monkey Shoulder, Fritz-Kola, Vedett, Jägermeister & Red Bull.

Commander Spoon Jameszoo’s Blind Group

Flagey

Ixelles

Concert

● Listen x Flagey

Commander Spoon + Jameszoo’s Blind Group

Flagey will host the opening concert of the Listen Festival with an explosive double bill: Commander Spoon and JamesZoo's Blind Group.

Listen, Brussels’ first urban music festival dedicated to alternative electronic music, is back for 5 days and nights of concerts, DJ sets and workshops. From 29 March to 2 April 2023, the festival will welcome Belgian and international artists to the Belgian capital in collaboration with prestigious local curators. Flagey will host the opening concert with an explosive double bill: Commander Spoon and JamesZoo's Blind Group. Flagey, Listen Festival Brussels’ Commander Spoon interlace their eclectic wealth of influences into an energetic jazz sound, respectfully demolishing walls between jazz, hip hop, rock and electronica. It's easy to see why Commander Spoon are the type of jazz group that appeals to people who normally don't care for jazz. They're music lovers, first and foremost, and they're directly in tune with what's happening in the music world. No other jazz band in Brussels will deliver a ‘party’ atmosphere quite like this one. Dutchman Mitchel van Dinther, aka Jameszoo, first became known as a DJ before his international breakthrough as a musician and composer. With his latest album Blind, voted by the Standaard newspaper as one of the jazz albums of the year, Jameszoo continues his adventurous quest at the crossroads of jazz and electronics. For his unorthodox musical experiments, he blends jazz and avant-garde sounds with a generous dose of madness. € 21

Flagey

Ixelles

Concert

Commander Spoon + Jameszoo’s Blind Group

Las Lloronas

Flagey

Ixelles

Concert

Las Lloronas

Flagey

Ixelles

Concert

Las Lloronas

Découvrez l’orchestre ! / Ontdek het orkest !

This year, come and meet Peer Gynt, the arrogant and lying anti-hero of the famous Norwegian play by Henrik Ibsen and set to music by Edvard Grieg. Before these interactive concerts given by the Brussels Philarmonics, children learn music by singing, clapping and stamping and discover the instruments of the orchestra in a playful way. Flagey, ReMuA, Brussels Philharmonic

Flagey

Ixelles

Concert

Découvrez l’orchestre ! / Ontdek het orkest !

The Whale

A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.

A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption. Cineflagey by Cinematek & Kinograph "In “The Whale,” directed by Darren Aronofsky, Fraser is a better actor — slyer, subtler, more haunting — than he has ever been." [Variety.com] € 8,5 > € 7

Flagey

Ixelles

Cinema

The Whale

Dalva

Dalva is 12 years old but she dresses, wears make-up and lives as a woman. One evening, she is abruptly removed from her father's home.

Dalva is 12 years old but she dresses, wears make-up and lives as a woman. One evening, she is abruptly removed from her father's home. At first revolted and in total incomprehension, she meets Jayden, an educator, and Samia, a teenager with a strong character. A new life seems to be offered to Dalva, that of a young girl of her age. Cineflagey by Cinematek & Kinograph € 8,5 > € 7

Flagey

Ixelles

Cinema

Dalva

Stratigraphies

Stratigraphies" looks at the concept of "ghost places " and how they remain etched in our memories long after they have disappeared. The use of salt and water from Transylvania as basic materials for printing photographs reconnects with erased territories . Salt prints from the Turda mine - Transylvania.

The vernacular photos of Romania presented as a counter-shot to the work of Cristina Epure at the Tiny Gallery come from the old collections of the Astra Museum in Sibiu. The ASTRA Museum is one of the most dynamic public museums in Romania in terms of the preservation and active promotion of tangible and intangible cultural heritage of ethnographic value. Photographic testimonies of a rural civilization, the images are the mirror of the relationship of man , often alone in front of his often immense space. The contemporary prints produced by the ancient technique of salted paper inscribe the photographs in a permanence of the material . Salt prints from the Turda mine - Transylvania. Photographs Cristina Epure Old photographic processes Olivier Guyaux Archives Astra Sibiu Museum

TinyGallery Brussels

Ixelles

Exhibition

Stratigraphies

André Cadere - 'Expanding Art' with an intervention of Eric Hattan

Fondation CAB

Ixelles

Exhibition

André Cadere - 'Expanding Art' with an intervention of Eric Hattan

Austral

At the end of the world, three fishermen challenge the southern sea on long missions where they put their lives at risk.

At the end of the world, three fishermen challenge the southern sea on long missions where they put their lives at risk. Could they resist the call of the sea? Sublimated by a classy black and white, this is a striking existential journey. Cineflagey by Cinematek & Kinograph € 8,5 > € 7

Flagey

Ixelles

Cinema

Austral

Reading Group and discussion - Chasing Colonial Ghosts

Time for one more Decolonial Assembly. On the occasion of the end of the exhibition 'Entity of Decolonization' by DAAR, we would like to invite you once again, to sit together, between the cracks of the facade of Entity of Decolonization Borgo R̶i̶z̶z̶a̶, and to think and discuss on the matter of decolonization of institutions. The session will be organized as a reading group and time for discussion. Please register at info@la-loge.be to participate and receive the text we'll read together to have a common ground to begin our discussion. Language : English Free participation upon registration : info@la-loge.be Visit our website for more information www.la-loge.be

An event organized in partnership with the Curatorial Studies Postgraduate programme (KASK school of arts - Ghent) in the framework of the exhibition ‘Entity of Decolonization’ by DAAR - Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti, curated by Matteo Lucchetti

La Loge

Ixelles

Conferences and conventions

Reading Group and discussion - Chasing Colonial Ghosts

Lea Ypi: On Freedom

A talk with political thinker Lea Ypi on the meaning of freedom

Lea Ypi’s memoir of growing up in communist Albania, Free, is an unforgettable coming-of-age story exploring the meaning of freedom in all its forms. The collapse of communism was a turning point in history that she remembers vividly and recounts with outstanding literary talent. Communism had failed to deliver the promised utopia, putting strict boundaries around one’s individual future. And when the early ’90s saw Albania and other Balkan countries exuberantly begin a transition to the “free market,” Western ideals of freedom delivered chaos: a dystopia of pyramid schemes, organised crime, and sex trafficking. Now one of the world’s most dynamic young political thinkers and a prominent leftist voice, Lea offers a fresh and invigorating perspective on the relation between the personal and the political, between values and identity, posing urgent questions about the cost of freedom. __________________________________________________________ ABOUT Lea Ypi is an Albanian author and academic. She is Professor in Political Theory at the London School of Economics, and Adjunct Associate Professor in Philosophy at the Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. Before joining the LSE, she was a Post-doctoral Prize Research Fellow at Nuffield College (Oxford) and a researcher at the European University Institute where she obtained her PhD. Lea's research interests are in normative political theory (democratic theory, theories of justice, issues of migration and territorial rights), Enlightenment political thought, Marxism and critical theory, as well as the intellectual history of the Balkans and her native Albania. Her latest book Free: Coming of Age at the End of History won the Ondaatje Prize, the Slightly Foxed First Biography Prize and was shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction, and the Costa Prize for Biography. It was The Sunday Times' memoir of the year and a book of the year for The Guardian, The New Yorker, The Financial Times, The Spectator, New Statesman, and others. GOOD READS Free: Coming of Age at the End of History (2021), The Architectonic of Reason (2021).

Full Circle

Ixelles

Conferences and conventions

Lea Ypi: On Freedom

Turkey-Syria Earthquake Fundraiser: Kinan Azmeh & Florian Weber in concert

Turkey-Syria earthquake fundraiser

This concert, as part of the Ahliyeh initiative, is held in support of the communities affected by the earthquakes that hit northern Syria and southern Turkey in February 2023. 100% of the proceeds will benefit the Ahliyeh initiative*, which will provide direct support to those affected via the different partner entities. Internationally renowned Syrian clarinet player Kinan Azmeh blurs the lines between East and West in a mesmerising concert together with critically acclaimed German modern jazz pianist Florian Weber. The duo presents their original compositions in this live soulful concert merging the languages of classical, world music and jazz, while not being limited by any of them. MUSICIANS: FLORIAN WEBER (piano) has firmly established himself as a global star through a remarkable career. He's been praised as 'an exceptional pianist', 'a marvel of balance', 'a truly forward thinking pianist'. A German, modern jazz pianist, he's also been praised as best jazz national pianist and has been representing Germany as no other pianist does on stage worldwide at renowned festivals - the New York Winterjazz, the Angel City Jazz Festival in L.A. and the Tokyo Jazz Festival. In addition to being a jazz pianist he’s found time for classic tours with Philharmonic Orchestras where he’s played piano concertos by Mozart, Ravel and Gershwin as a soloist. This enterprising artist lives alternately in New York and Germany giving master classes and teaches as a professor at universities in Germany and abroad in the USA and the UK. KINAN AZMEH (clarinet) is hailed by critics and audiences alike. Intensely soulful and spellbinding, his rhapsodic clarinet is able to seduce with a rare intimacy and explode in ecstasy. Originally from Damascus, Syria, he brings his music to all corners of the world as a soloist, composer and improviser, and has gained international recognition for his distinctive voice across diverse musical genres. He made notable appearances in Paris, Moscow, New York, Washington D.C., Buenos Aires, Germany and his native Syria, including as a soloist with the New York Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, Bavarian Radio Orchestra, Dusseldorf Symphony, the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, The Azerbaijan State Symphony, Toronto Symphony among others. Kinan’s compositions include several works for solo, chamber, and orchestral music, as well as music for film, live illustration, and electronics. Winner of Opus Klassik award in 2019, he has recently been appointed to the National Council for the Arts on a nomination by President Joe Biden. * "Ahliyeh" (civil) initiative, by 'Ettijahat - Independent Culture' and 'Action for Hope', provides direct support to those affected by the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. The initiative runs in cooperation with a number of international and local civil society organisations working on the ground, civil groups engaged in different fields, and institutions in the arts and culture sector.

Full Circle

Ixelles

Concert

Turkey-Syria Earthquake Fundraiser: Kinan Azmeh & Florian Weber in concert

TÀR

A searing examination of the mechanisms of power, their impact and their persistence in our society.

Lydia Tár, the avant-garde conductor of a major German symphony orchestra, is at the height of her art and career. Her book launch is approaching and she is preparing a highly anticipated concerto of Gustav Mahler's famous Symphony No. 5. But in the space of a few weeks, her life falls apart in a singularly timely way. What emerges is a searing examination of the mechanisms of power, their impact and their persistence in our society. Cineflagey by Cinematek & Kinograph

Flagey

Ixelles

Cinema

TÀR

'Entity of Decolonization' by DAAR - Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti

Entity of Decolonization by DAAR – Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti explores the possibilities of critical reappropriation, reuse, and subversion of fascist colonial architecture and its modernist legacy.

The new installation at the core of the exhibition intends to profane the building that is home to the Entity of Colonization of the Sicilian Latifundia (1940) in Borgo Rizza (Syracuse, Sicily), taking its facade and reusing it as seating, around which collective rethinking of modernist and fascist legacies can take place. Decolonial assemblies via public, open discourse will be held over the course of the activation. A project curated by Matteo Lucchetti. Project supported by the Italian Council (10th Edition 2022) programme to promote Italian contemporary art in the world by the Directorate-General. Co-commissioned and co-produced by La Loge - Brussels and Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, Madre Museum - Naples, Comune di Albissola Marina. The public activations are organized in collaboration with CIVA

La Loge

Ixelles

Exhibition

'Entity of Decolonization' by DAAR - Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti

Guided tours - Style Congo. Heritage & Heresy

CIVA offers a series of unique guided tours of the exhibition “Style Congo, Heritage & Heresy” by the artists and curators of the project. These guided tours are an opportunity for the experts to share their personal vision of the exhibition.

Sammy Baloji, Johnny Leya, Silvia Franschini, Nikolaus Hirsch, Johan Lagae, Estelle Lecaille

CIVA

Ixelles

Guided tours

Guided tours - Style Congo. Heritage & Heresy

Toine Thys 'Orlando'

ORLANDO, awarded with the 'Octave de la Musique du Jazz' in 2021, is the Franco-Belgian project of saxophonist Toine Thys. Like Orlando, the hero of Virgina Woolf's novel who swore to remain immortal, the four musicians of this new quartet experiment with their evolution over time. The result is an acoustic music, sometimes joyful, sometimes melancholic, that travels through wide open spaces. Flagey, Les Lundis d’Hortense – JazzTour

Flagey

Ixelles

Concert

Toine Thys 'Orlando'

Toine Thys - ORLANDO

If you like Joshua Redman, Ben Wendell, Paul Motian

Belgian saxophonist Toine Thys introduces the french-Belgian group ORLANDO, featuring his recent collaborations with the French scene. This group bears the enigmatic name of the hero of the eponymous and mysterious novel by Virginia Woolf. Like Orlando who swears to remain immortal and who will cross many eras, these four musicians experience together the many aspects of their reality and their evolution through time. A variety of styles and tones, subtle rhythms, music where joy and melancholy mingle at every moment. Played with ease, this music invites you to travel in a poetic universe, and opens the door to the great outdoors. The drumming is airy, and the central double bass breathes like the old tree under which Orlando throws himself. The sound and silences are skillfully shared with the melodies of the bass clarinet, and the ever-changing chords of the virtuoso piano: Musical adventure is at the center of this quartet. To encourage listening and interaction between the musicians, they chose to record the entire album in a single open space (without cabins or headsets). The concentration is palpable, and the musicians are guided by their instinct and trust in each other.

Toine Thys, saxophones, bass clarinet / Maxime Sanchez, piano / Florent Nisse, double bass / Teun Verbruggen, drums

Flagey

Ixelles

Concert

Toine Thys - ORLANDO

Sturm und Klang, Thomas Van Haeperen

"Poetry is tantalising and dizzying. It expands horizons and embraces the very idea of musical flow and the atmospheres it evokes." In his first album dedicated to music for ensemble, the composer Adrien Tsilogiannis places the friendship that binds him to the ensemble Sturm und Klang and its conductor at the centre of his work. Flagey

Flagey

Ixelles

Concert

Sturm und Klang, Thomas Van Haeperen

Jazz Café: Arthur Possing & Béatrice Picard

Jazz Café at Full Circle

A•2•B is a brand new group emerged from the encounter of two Luxembourgish musicians from perceived opposite musical horizons: Béatrice Picard, classical percussionist and Arthur Possing, jazz pianist and vibraphonist. The duo first met in 2021 in Germany while creating an eclectic and international ensemble. They both quickly discovered their common sense of timing and rhythmic perception, regardless of genre, which motivated them to elaborate a unique sound universe. With their passion for composition and arrangement they venture beyond the borders between written and improvised music. On the menu: originals, minimalistic pieces and renditions of pop/rock music. Join us for an evening filled with great live music and fabulous atmosphere!

Full Circle

Ixelles

Concert

Jazz Café: Arthur Possing & Béatrice Picard

Bullhead

A hard-hitting rural drama which examines the mafia’s role in the trade of hormones.

Matthias Schoenaerts spent three years in intensive physical training in preparation for his lead role in this hard-hitting rural drama which examines the mafia’s role in the trade of hormones. Bullhead was nominated for numerous awards, including the Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars. Cineflagey by Cinematek & Kinograph € 8,5 > € 7

Flagey

Ixelles

Cinema

Bullhead

The Broken Circle Breakdown

This intense drama is Flemish cinema’s number one prize-winner (notably including a Cesar) and also a milestone in new Belgian cinema.

A vibrant blend of characters who suffer, bleed, and love, set to a foot-stomping soundtrack of Bluegrass which even saw success on the other side of the Atlantic. This intense drama is Flemish cinema’s number one prize-winner (notably including a Cesar) and also a milestone in new Belgian cinema. Cineflagey by Cinematek & Kinograph € 8,5 > € 7

Flagey

Ixelles

Cinema

The Broken Circle Breakdown

La montagne

Pierre, a Parisian engineer, goes up in the Alps for his work.

Pierre, a Parisian engineer, goes up in the Alps for his work. Irresistibly attracted by what surrounds him, he camps out alone high in the mountains and leaves behind his everyday life. Up there he meets Léa, a chef of an alpine restaurant, while mysterious glows glitter in the deep mountain. Cineflagey by Cinematek & Kinograph € 8,5 > € 7

Flagey

Ixelles

Cinema

La montagne

Interdit aux chiens et aux Italiens

Legend has it that Luigi Ughetto crossed the Alps starting a new life in France, thus changing the destiny of his beloved family forever.

In the beginning of the 20th century - Ughettera, Northern Italy, The Ughetto family's village. Living in the region had become very difficult and the Ughettos dream of a better life abroad. Legend has it that Luigi Ughetto crossed the Alps starting a new life in France, thus changing the destiny of his beloved family forever. His grandson travels back in time revisiting their history. Cineflagey by Cinematek & Kinograph € 8,5 > € 7

Flagey

Ixelles

Cinema

Interdit aux chiens et aux Italiens

Aftersun

As a new world opens up to the young teenager, Calum struggles with the heaviness of life outside of Sophie's sight.

Young teenager Sophie and her thirty-something father Calum go on vacation in a Turkish seaside resort where they swim, play pool, sunbathe and lounge. As a new world opens up to the young teenager, Calum struggles with the heaviness of life outside of Sophie's sight. Twenty years later, Sophie's fond memories of these vacations form a powerful and heartbreaking portrait of their relationship as she tries to understand the dark side of her loving father. Cineflagey by Cinematek & Kinograph

Flagey

Ixelles

Cinema

Aftersun

Peace Over the Fields

The first ever Belgian feature to be nominated for the Oscar for best foreign film.

This first ever Belgian feature to be nominated for the Oscar for best foreign film explores the issues of prejudice and superstition in the Belgian countryside through the troubles of a middle-aged farmer whose mother has been accused of being a witch. € 8,5 > € 7

Flagey

Ixelles

Cinema

Peace Over the Fields

Glenn Wool - The Tardigrades picnic

Comedy star Glenn Wool is back in Brussels! Over the years, he has been a regular to our shows and has often said that Brussels is his favorite audience.

He has toured all over the world winning over audiences globally, and is a TV favourite on the Melbourne, Sydney & New Zealand International Comedy Galas. Glenn was nominated for Best International Act at the New Zealand Comedy Awards and was twice nominated as Best Headliner at the Chortle Awards. “.. An hour with Wool is worth about ten hours with many other comics.” ★★★★ The Scotsman His impressive array of TV credits include John Oliver’s 'New York Stand-Up Show' as well as appearances on: The Green Room with Paul Provenza, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Russell Howard’s Good News! Glenn was a highlight on The John Bishop Show (BBC1) and hosted a new NBC series Before the Morning After. You would have heard him alongside his co-host Frankie Boyle on their podcast Freestyle.. As a guest on The Richard Herring Podcast and seen him on Doug Stanhope’s The Comedians' Comedian's Comedians (SeeSo). “Seeing Glenn Wool perform should be made compulsory for the melancholy. There’s no way you won’t feel a bit better about the world afterwards. Lethally funny” ★★★★ Metro _________________ special guest : Jeroen Leenders

Glenn Wool + support Jeroen Leenders

The Black Sheep

Ixelles

Show

Glenn Wool - The Tardigrades picnic

Le cri des coquelicots

Their names are Fatima, Melissa, Joanna, Valérie, Sarah, Carole, Sandrine, Lisa, Christel and Renata: Brussels citizens with a precarious life. Women, (ex-)drug users, sometimes mothers, sex workers and/or (ex-)prisoners. Their living conditions confront them with the violence of the street and multiple discriminations. This discrimination is the result of a patriarchal, capitalist, classist and racist system, repressive and punitive drug legislation and the lack of political courage in the face of increasing insecurity. When it is not reduced to stereotypes, their voice is most often invisibilised. However, these women have a lot to say and to demonstrate. We need to get away from clichés and misery to highlight their strength, resilience and solidarity. Cineflagey by Cinematek & Kinograph € 7,5 > € 6

Flagey

Ixelles

Cinema

Le cri des coquelicots

Collegium Vocale Gent

The St John Passion is Bach's first Passion oratorio, written soon after his appointment as Thomas cantor in Leipzig.

The St John Passion is Bach's first Passion oratorio, written soon after his appointment as Thomas cantor in Leipzig. He was thirty-eight when the music resounded during the vespers of Good Friday in 1724. The passion gives voice to Christ's suffering and death, and Bach's version is unprecedented. In terms of intensity, the more intimate St John Passion is in no way inferior to its 'big brother', the St Matthew Passion that he would write three years later. Flagey € 48 > € 33

Flagey

Ixelles

Concert

Collegium Vocale Gent

Sound of Metal

A heavy-metal drummer's life is thrown into freefall when he begins to lose his hearing.

A heavy-metal drummer's life is thrown into freefall when he begins to lose his hearing. Produced by the american branch of the Belgian production company Caviar, winner of the Oscar for Best Sound and Best Achievement in Film Editing. Cineflagey by Cinematek & Kinograph € 8,5 > € 7

Flagey

Ixelles

Cinema

Sound of Metal

Bike Experience Afterwork

We invite you to the Marni Theatre, a stone's throw from Place Flagey. We will start with a refresher on the rules of the road as a cyclist, which we will put into practice during a bike ride (bike loan available on request). On this ride you will learn how to use the bike and you will increase your confidence through better knowledge of the road. Finally, we will share a drink with cyclists, trainers and coaches in a fun and entertaining after work session. The perfect time to meet new cyclists like yourself...

Théâtre Marni

Ixelles

Courses and workshops

Bike Experience Afterwork

Children of Las Brisas

A feature-length documentary which follows the intertwining lives of a group of children from the poor barrios, as they struggle to become professional musicians in Venezuela, a country on the verge of collapse.

Filmed over nine years, Children of Las Brisas is a feature-length documentary which follows the intertwining lives of a group of children from the poor barrios, as they struggle to become professional musicians in Venezuela, a country on the verge of collapse. Millenium Documentary Festival € 15 > € 12

Flagey

Ixelles

Cinema

Children of Las Brisas

Millenium Festival Awards Gala

Towards the invisible realities.

The award ceremony will reward the best films of the festival. It is an opportunity to celebrate together the inspiring stories that influence the way we think and see the world, and the innovative filmmakers who captivate us and make a change in the world. After the ceremony, there will be a viewing of the film Children of Las Brisas. We invite you to congratulate the winners and close this festival with music, Latin American specialties, and a drink.

Zlatina Rousseva (festival director) Lubomir Gueorguiev (festival president) Berthe Tanwo Njole (presenter)

Place Sainte-Croix

Ixelles

Cinema

Millenium Festival Awards Gala

Raoni: The Fight for the Amazon

Nominated for the Oscar for Best Documentary.

This film, shot in Brazil, in the middle of the Amazon rainforest, deals with the Kayapo tribe and their famous Chief Raoni who are fighting to preserve the Amazon rainforest. Nominated for the Oscar for Best Documentary. Cineflagey by Cinematek & Kinograph € 8,5 > € 7

Flagey

Ixelles

Cinema

Raoni: The Fight for the Amazon

Tchaïkovski's wife (Zhena Chaikovskogo)

Tchaikovsky tried to get rid of his wife. Humiliated, dishonoured and consumed by her feelings, she gradually sinks into madness...

Antonina Miliukova, a young, beautiful and brilliant Russian aristocrat, has only one obsession: to marry Piotr Tchaikovsky. She fell in love with him when she heard his music. When rumours of his homosexuality spread, the composer agrees to marry her to put an end to them. Blaming her for his misfortunes and depression, Tchaikovsky tried to get rid of his wife. Humiliated, dishonoured and consumed by her feelings, she gradually sinks into madness... Cineflagey by Cinematek & Kinograph € 8,5 > € 7

Flagey

Ixelles

Cinema

Tchaïkovski's wife (Zhena Chaikovskogo)

Y'a d'la joie...Bordel !

Théâtre Marni

Ixelles

Show

Y'a d'la joie...Bordel !

Tess

The love and innocence of a young lady (the frail, seventeen-year-old Nastassia Kinski), crippled by social prejudices in the puritan Dorset of the 19th century.

The love and innocence of a young lady (the frail, seventeen-year-old Nastassia Kinski), crippled by social prejudices in the puritan Dorset of the 19th century. In this movie Polanski changes his usual claustrophobic terror for pastoral splendor in this hypnotic adaptation of Thomas Hardy's epic novel. Cineflagey by Cinematek & Kinograph € 8,5 > € 7

Flagey

Ixelles

Cinema

Tess

Suzume VOstFR

In a small, peaceful town in Kyushu, a 17-year-old girl, Suzume, meets a man who says he is travelling in search of a door.

In a small, peaceful town in Kyushu, a 17-year-old girl, Suzume, meets a man who says he is travelling in search of a door. Deciding to follow him into the mountains, she discovers a single dilapidated gate sitting in the middle of the ruins, the only vestige to have survived the passage of time. Giving in to an inexplicable impulse, Suzume turns the handle, and other doors open in the four corners of Japan, letting in all the disasters they contain. The man is adamant that any door opened must be closed. Where she has strayed are the stars, dusk and dawn, a celestial vault where all times merge. Guided by doors shrouded in mystery, Suzume sets out on a journey to close them all. Cineflagey by Cinematek & Kinograph € 8,5 > € 7

Flagey

Ixelles

Cinema

Suzume VOstFR

Les brouillons intimes

La Clarencière

Ixelles

Theatre

Les brouillons intimes

Les Quatre Saisons de Cinergie

Selection of 4 short films from the production company Roue Libre

Selection of 4 short films from the production company Roue Libre Small Steps, by Arthur Lecouturier, 2015, 12'. Aube by Valentine Lapière, 2019, 15'30 Novembre by Camille de Leu, 2020, 20'30 L'Homme ordinaire, by Julien Trousson, 2017, 20' € 8,5 > € 7

Flagey

Ixelles

Cinema

Les Quatre Saisons de Cinergie

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED tells an emotional and multifaceted story about internationally acclaimed photographer and activist Nan Goldin.

ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED tells an emotional and multifaceted story about internationally acclaimed photographer and activist Nan Goldin. The documentary shows Goldin's life, career and activism through unique footage, personal interviews and her groundbreaking photography. Goldin fled her traumatic childhood and found her own scene in which freedom and sexual independence played an important role. Showing that art can be a weapon, Goldin today takes on the Sackler family, whom she holds responsible for the US opiate crisis. While this crisis continues to claim victims daily, the Sackler family remains major sponsors of important museums worldwide. Goldin's struggle helps her find a place for her own grief. Oscar winner Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) created a highly personal portrait of one of the most important photographers of the late 20th century. Cineflagey by Cinematek & Kinograph € 8,5 > € 7

Flagey

Ixelles

Cinema

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

Wreck - List of extinct species

WRECK-List of extinct species is an interdisciplinary performance mixing movement, dance, sound and visual art. A huge black, plastic, inflatable pillow-like object moves across the stage, like a predator hunting its prey. Around it move the dancers, human figures that are swallowed and spat back out by the mysterious object. In this surreal world the abstract object has power. It provokes and amplifies our imagination, asking us to impose our own interpretations. Pietro Marullo seeks to approach choreography through different lenses using different disciplines to create a new language on stage. WRECK – List of extinct species has been performed across the world in indoor and outdoor spaces.

Théâtre Marni

Ixelles

Show

Wreck - List of extinct species

Guided tours Decolonization of the city

In the framework of the exhibition "Style Congo, Heritage & Heresy", the CIVA offers guided tours to explore the traces of colonization in the public space of Ixelles and Brussels-City. The meeting place will be indicated in a confirmation email the week before the guided tour.

François Makanga

CIVA

Ixelles

Guided tours

Guided tours Decolonization of the city

Suzume VF

In a small, peaceful town in Kyushu, a 17-year-old girl, Suzume, meets a man who says he is travelling in search of a door.

Flagey

Ixelles

Cinema

Suzume VF

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED tells an emotional and multifaceted story about internationally acclaimed photographer and activist Nan Goldin.

Flagey

Ixelles

Cinema

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

La Classe américaine

George Abitbol, "the classiest man in the world" dies while uttering the mysterious words "World of Shit". The journalists Dave, Peter and Steven investigate...

Excerpts from Warner Bros. films are edited and dubbed in their own way by French actors: George Abitbol, "the classiest man in the world" dies while uttering the mysterious words "World of Shit". The journalists Dave, Peter and Steven investigate... Cineflagey by Cinematek & Kinograph Free

Flagey

Ixelles

Cinema

La Classe américaine

Ik en den Theo / Moi et le Théo + Bal Moderne

Ik en den Theo/Moi et le Théo look at the world through children's eyes. Piet Maris and Theophane Raballand ( both of Jaune Toujours) do their thing on accordion and drums... and with the audience. Depending on its composition Ik en den Theo/Moi et le Théo sing in Dutch or French, or in the best of worlds in both languages.

Théâtre Marni

Ixelles

Concert

Ik en den Theo / Moi et le Théo + Bal Moderne

Bal moderne

Ik en den Theo/Moi et le Théo look at the world through children's eyes. Piet Maris and Theophane Raballand ( both of Jaune Toujours) do their thing on accordion and drums... and with the (...)

Théâtre Marni

Ixelles

Show

Bal moderne

carmen consoli european tour

Espace Lumen

Ixelles

Concert

carmen consoli european tour

Meet me in the bathrooom

An immersive journey through the New York music scene of the early 2000s.

An immersive journey through the New York music scene of the early 2000s. A new generation kick-started a musical rebirth for New York City that reverberated around the world. Cineflagey by Cinematek & Kinograph € 8,5 > € 7

Flagey

Ixelles

Cinema

Meet me in the bathrooom

Infinite Play by Marina Pinsky

This spring, La Loge hosts Infinite Play, a new solo exhibition by Marina Pinsky.

'Infinite Play' aims to level the social hierarchies built into the site’s historical architecture as a masonic temple. Eschewing the symbolic languages of the building’s past use, she overlays an entirely different complex of symbols, rituals and games. Marina Pinsky examines the way in which we can read images as material, spatial, and ideological models of the world. Using photography as a basis, she creates artworks in a range of media that expand lens-based ways of seeing into three dimensions, often using sculptural means. Her work has been shown in institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; WIELS, Brussels, Belgium; Vleeshal, Middelburg, Netherlands; SMAK, Ghent, Belgium; and Kunstverein Düsseldorf, Germany. Her work was included in the 13th Biennale de Lyon in 2015, the 1st edition of the Riga Biennial in 2018, and the 2nd edition of the Hammer Museum's biennial exhibition Made in LA in 2014. Dyed Channel, a solo presentation, opened at Kunsthalle Basel in 2016. In 2021, Pinsky presented a solo exhibition, Undertow at Simian, Copenhagen. Born in Moscow and raised in the US, Pinsky currently lives in Berlin and works in Brussels.

Marina Pinsky

La Loge

Ixelles

Exhibition

Infinite Play by Marina Pinsky

Hamilton de Holanda, Nduduzo Makhathini

What if famous mandolin player Hamilton de Holanda and pianist Nduduzo Makhathini, the first South African musician on the American jazz label Blue Note Africa, were to join forces?

What if famous mandolin player Hamilton de Holanda and pianist Nduduzo Makhathini, the first South African musician on the American jazz label Blue Note Africa, were to join forces? That is what Wynton Marsalis must have thought when he introduced these two virtuosos to each other. The result is Routes of Discovery, in which both top musicians dig into their Brazilian and African roots, influenced by classical music, jazz and hip-hop. Together, they explore the musical diaspora, from the time of the slave trade until today. Nduduzo Makhathini Each new generation has its own rising stars. For the young South African guard, this includes Nduduzo Makhathini: jazz pianist, composer and healer. Makhathini's music is virtuosic and projects a spiritual and ritualistic vision of the world. He has already shared the stage with greats such as Wynton Marsalis, Nasheet Waits and Logan Richardson. Yet 'less is more' applies to his performance in Flagey: all Makhathini needs is a piano to transport us into his wonderful world. Flagey € 23 > € 21

Flagey

Ixelles

Concert

Hamilton de Holanda, Nduduzo Makhathini

A 2 mètres

From 5 years old A touching and generous show that allows human beings to be human. Three elements. Two acrobats on a Chinese pole and oxygen, the invisible gas that is all around us and yet is (...)

From 5 years old A touching and generous show that allows human beings to be human. Three elements. Two acrobats on a Chinese pole and oxygen, the invisible gas that is all around us and yet is in short supply in Jesse's body. With Rocio's help, Jesse shows that you don't stay upright because of your fears, but because of your dreams. Jesse has cystic fibrosis and the pair evokes the fragility of our existence and the power of hope. Discovering yourself, learning to help yourself, to ask for help, learning to find the strength to find fulfilment, all tackled with great sincerity.

Théâtre Marni

Ixelles

Show

A 2 mètres

L'Amour, la mort, les fringues

La Clarencière

Ixelles

Theatre

L'Amour, la mort, les fringues

Mozart

Of Mozart's five violin concertos, the last one is by far the most demanding and impressive. Sylvia Huang, laureate of the 2019 Queen Elisabeth Competition, knows how to bring out the emotion of this outstandingly beautiful work like no other. The young Belgian violinist enchants the audience with her sensitive and moving playing. The Brussels Philharmonic closes this grandiose evening with Mozart's last symphony, Jupiter. Flagey, Brussels Philharmonic

Flagey

Ixelles

Concert

Mozart

Anima on Tour for Kids 2023

Discover the best of animated films from Anima 2023. The films come from all over the world and are without dialogue. Enjoy these wonderful films together with the whole family. From 4 years old. A short program for the little ones. They will enjoy films for them, with various techniques, with in order of appearance: affectionate teddy bears, a tyrannosaurus not good at basketball, two friends worms, a cautious bird, a little witch and an alien who prepares a delicious pink soup with a secret ingredient ... A program of 6 short films: Chut Chut Petit Ours, Māra Linina, LV, 2022, 4’40” T-Rex, Julia Ocker, DE, 2022, 3’37” Petits Vers de pluie : L'Écureuil, Jaromír Gál, CZ, 2022, 8’ Piropiro, Miyoung Baek, KR, 2021, 9’34” Spin et Ella, An Vrombaut, BE, 2022, 7’05” La Soupe de Franzy, Ana Chubinidze, FR/GE, 2021, 8’30” Flagey, Folioscope

Flagey

Ixelles

Cinema

Anima on Tour for Kids 2023

Singles' Apero

Series of monthly encounters with other singles

The Singles' Apero is a series of monthly encounters to meet other social singles in a safe space, have a good time and get to know someone new without matching pressure. Feel free to bring any single friends along or just come by yourself. We help break the ice by plotting a few games in advance and throw together our signature cocktails. Guaranteed to be fun. Booking required.

Full Circle

Ixelles

Clubbing

Singles' Apero

Paquebot et usine à sons… dans les coulisses de Flagey

More informations soon... Flagey, Muntpunt, Brussels Philharmonic, Korei Guided Tours

More informations soon... Flagey, Muntpunt, Brussels Philharmonic, Korei Guided Tours €10 (drink included)

Flagey

Ixelles

Guided tours

Paquebot et usine à sons… dans les coulisses de Flagey

Mozart : Jupiter

With his 41st symphony - nicknamed 'Jupiter' - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart put his last symphony on paper. Sick and penniless, Mozart nevertheless completed the work in record time, but died before he could hear it. The reference to the Olympic god was given later. And rightly so: because like Jupiter, the supreme god who rules the heavens, Mozart towers high above the symphonic world with this 41st. Flagey, Brussels Philharmonic

Flagey

Ixelles

Concert

Mozart : Jupiter

Pakketboot en geluidsfabriek… Flagey achter de schermen

More informations soon... Flagey, Muntpunt, Brussels Philharmonic, Korei Guided Tours

More informations soon... Flagey, Muntpunt, Brussels Philharmonic, Korei Guided Tours €10 (drink included)

Flagey

Ixelles

Guided tours

Pakketboot en geluidsfabriek… Flagey achter de schermen

Symfomania !

With Symfomania, the Brussels Philharmonic offers a unique formula for (grand)parents and (grand)children (+ 8 years) to experience a concert evening together.

With Symfomania, the Brussels Philharmonic offers a unique formula for (grand)parents and (grand)children (+ 8 years) to experience a concert evening together. While the parents enjoy the first part, the children get to know the music that they will listen to in the second half in the concert hall together with their (grand)parents and the rest of the audience. Flagey, Brussels Philharmonic € 5 (incl. concert)

Flagey

Ixelles

Concert

Symfomania !

Vocal Sampling (Cuba)

Flagey

Ixelles

Concert

Vocal Sampling (Cuba)

Close your eyes and you will hear the warm sounds of an entire Cuban orchestra. Open them and - surprise! Only six talented musicians are standing before you. Drums, guitars or horns, all instruments are imitated with stunning precision with their vocal chords. Vocal Sampling immerses you up to your ears in the musical world of Havana. Flagey, Jeunesses Musicales de Bruxelles

Flagey

Ixelles

Concert

Vocal Sampling (Cuba)

Connexions

Connexions is an outline of stories about individual and collective lives. Different tableaux that question various aspects of our relationship with the other. Connections that are made and (...)

Connexions is an outline of stories about individual and collective lives. Different tableaux that question various aspects of our relationship with the other. Connections that are made and unmade and that shape the direction our lives go in. Créahmbxl (Création et Handicap Mental – creation and mental disability) is a laboratory of artistic experimentation that offers art and performing art workshops to people with mental disabilities. In actual fact, Créahmbxl helps position outsider art in the field of contemporary art and promote the idea of creative difference.

Théâtre Marni

Ixelles

Show

Connexions

Brussels Short Film Festival: 26th edition!

Flagey

Ixelles

Cinema

Brussels Short Film Festival: 26th edition!

Elise Caluwaerts, Marianna Shirinyan

Driven by her fascination with Alma Mahler's enigmatic personality, soprano Elise Caluwaerts set about recording the composer's entire oeuvre, including a song that was discovered in 2018. With the talented Marianna Shirinyan at the piano, Alma is a tribute to the Viennese composer who long remained - unjustly - in the shadow of her husband, Gustav Mahler. Flagey

Flagey

Ixelles

Concert

Elise Caluwaerts, Marianna Shirinyan

Casimir Liberski ReTRio

Born 33 years ago in Brussels, Casimir Liberski is a pianist, composer and improviser who made his marks in NYC for about a decade after graduating from the Berklee College of Music. He decided to move back to Belgium in 2018. An insatiable jack-of-all-trades and bulimic heir to his "gods" Monk, Coltrane, Miles Davis, among the many deities of the colossal repertoire of baroque, classical, modern, jazz, and contemporary music, Casimir is also an obsessive tweaker of vintage analog synthesizers. "A lifetime will not be enough to quench my thirst for music," he says with a smile. The Zelda Suite Project The idea at the start of this project consists of taking historical (retro!) video game themes and giving them a jazz or even “free jazz" spin, following Ornette Coleman's "harmolodic" approach. Fascinated by the cleverness of these catchy electronic tunes that manage to stay in your head without getting old, Casimir is taking his ReTRio on an atypical journey of acoustic, constantly evolving, live jazz. His thoroughly contemporary interpretations of video game themes intertwine with his unique improvisational skills, flowing into a highly singular and versatile style of jazz. Flagey, Les Lundis d’Hortense

Flagey

Ixelles

Concert

Casimir Liberski ReTRio

Concert Flagey Academy YOUTH CHOIRS

The project aims to bring singers from across the city together though choral singing, and to foster in them a love of music and a sense of purpose.

The Flagey Academy YOUTH CHOIRS, founded in September 2021, are made up of Brussels youngsters aged between 10 and 20. The participants, both boys and girls, are selected on the basis of motivation and recruited from primary schools in Brussels that reflect the city's social, cultural and linguistic diversity. The project aims to bring singers from across the city together though choral singing, and to foster in them a love of music and a sense of purpose. More than just a choir, Flagey Academy is a long-term project, and consists of training programmes at preparatory and advanced levels. Throughout the learning process, the team of musicians and music pedagogues will focus on each young person’s artistic, emotional and intellectual development. The young singers will not only learn how to use their voice and to sing musically, singing together with others will also help build their self-confidence, and will teach them about commitment and respect for other cultures and individuals. Flagey, La Cambre Abbey € 12 > € 5

Church of the Abbey of La Cambre

Ixelles

Concert

Concert Flagey Academy YOUTH CHOIRS

Daniil Trifonov, Sergei Babayan

Teacher and pupil: Armenian-American pianist Sergei Babayan shares the Flagey stage with young Russian piano star Daniil Trifonov, who has become a true phenomenon in recent years.

Teacher and pupil: Armenian-American pianist Sergei Babayan shares the Flagey stage with young Russian piano star Daniil Trifonov, who has become a true phenomenon in recent years. Since 2009, Trifonov has been specialising his piano mastery with Babayan, who calls his pupil 'a rare diamond'. Together, they will celebrate Rachmaninov's 150th birthday with his two famous Piano Suites and his Symphonic Dances, works that exude the composer's typical virtuosity and poetry. Flagey € 48 > € 43

Flagey

Ixelles

Concert

Daniil Trifonov, Sergei Babayan

La Famille Handeldron

Théâtre Marni

Ixelles

Concert

La Famille Handeldron

Elvis Costello's The Juliet Letters

Vlaams Radiokoor gives voice to the two faces of love. The Juliet Letters, a series of songs between rock and classical written by Elvis Costello and the Brodsky Quartet, offer dramatic and sometimes cynical reflections. Hope in the beauty of love is restored through beautiful choral works by male and female composers. As an antidote to the sometimes sadly sarcastic songs, the bittersweet a cappella works warms your heart. Flagey, Vlaams Radiokoor

Flagey

Ixelles

Concert

Elvis Costello's The Juliet Letters

Chelsea Carmichael

London saxophonist Chelsea Carmichael (SEED Ensemble, Theon Cross, Neue Grafik Ensemble, Joe Armon-Jones...) was first noticed by Shabaka Hutchings (The Comet Is Coming, Sons of Kemet, Shabaka and the Ancestors) in 2019. He invited her to record her first album The River Doesn't Like Strangers for his label Native Rebel Recordings. On this album, she displays all of her talents, and the interplay and chemistry of these elite musicians evokes a brilliant image of the Rio Grande River: playful, unpredictable and masterful. Flagey € 18 > € 15

Flagey

Ixelles

Concert

Chelsea Carmichael

Quand le soleil est haut, la terre est sèche

Théâtre Marni

Ixelles

Exhibition

Quand le soleil est haut, la terre est sèche

Green Reset

The Opinion Public dance company presents a brand new project. What if you had forgotten the colour of grass, the feeling of rain, the simple fact of breathing? In Green Reset, Opinion Public (...)

The Opinion Public dance company presents a brand new project. What if you had forgotten the colour of grass, the feeling of rain, the simple fact of breathing? In Green Reset, Opinion Public takes you to a post-apocalyptic world where a mismanaged ecology has led to us forgetting that we have any authentic relationship with nature. How can we survive together in a world that is completely ruined and has limited resources? And more than anything, is there any hope of rediscovering a simple and direct relationship with nature? This show was previously advertised under the title Co-Lock.

Théâtre Marni

Ixelles

Show

Green Reset

Hélène Grimaud

Her playing is technically perfect, rich in color and nuances: under the hands of Hélène Grimaud each recital becomes a unique experience.

Her playing is technically perfect, rich in color and nuances: under the hands of Hélène Grimaud each recital becomes a unique experience. The famous French pianist and writer returns to Flagey with her own poetic interpretation of the works of Bach, Beethoven and Schumann. Flagey € 48 > € 43

Flagey

Ixelles

Concert

Hélène Grimaud

Brussels Young Philharmonic

The musicians of Brussels Young Philharmonic return to the stage! This year's Spring project features a symphonic blockbuster from the classical era: Mozart's Jupiter Symphony.

The musicians of Brussels Young Philharmonic return to the stage! This year's Spring project features a symphonic blockbuster from the classical era: Mozart's Jupiter Symphony. With its joyful melodies, exuberant tempos, and delightful humor, this grand and ultimate Symphony marks the pinnacle of Mozart's symphonic oeuvre. Brussels Young Philharmonic is a unique learning programme which allows young musicians aged 15 to 25 the chance to experience the thrill of playing in a symphonic orchestra without audition. Each project, the youth orchestra selects a standout piece from the season highlights of its big brother, the Brussels Philharmonic. Under the tutelage of its professional musicians, the Brussels Young Philharmonic shines with youthful energy and a deep love for music. Don't miss the chance to witness their exceptional enthusiasm firsthand. Flagey, Brussels Young Philharmonic € 12 > € 5

Flagey

Ixelles

Concert

Brussels Young Philharmonic

Queen Elisabeth Competition 2023: voice

In the first round, the candidates will perform two pieces of their own choosing with piano accompaniment (opera arias, oratorio arias, Lieder or art songs) in different languages and of different periods. The names of the 24 semi-finalists will be announced on Monday 22 May, after the last candidate's performance. Flagey, Queen Elisabeth Competition

Flagey

Ixelles

Concert

Queen Elisabeth Competition 2023: voice

Russell Hicks - Next Level

Here's another spectacular show with Canadian sensation Russell Hicks to perform in Brussels for the first time. Top Six Comics to Watch ~ Talk Magazine Los Angeles

Anarchic, unbridled and unfiltered. Russell Hicks is a risk-taking comic whirlwind, captivating audiences everywhere with his razor-sharp wit, astounding observations and slick audience take-downs. From the moment he steps on stage crowds are hooked by his infectiously rebellious personality and unapologetic style as he delivers entirely original comedy content right there in front of your eyes. Such is his unique skill, Russell has already created bespoke content with Facebook, Instagram and Yahoo. Branded partnerships and commercial work already include Google, PayPal and Zipcar. He’s also established himself as a major player on the comedy circuit, regularly hosting and headlining at clubs including Hot Water Comedy Club, Top Secret Comedy Club, The Stand, Glee Clubs and Up The Creek. Indisputably talented, there’s no comic quite like Russell Hicks. _______________________ Doors open at 6pm Show starts at 8pm table bookings : theblacksheep.brussels@gmail.com

Russell Hicks + guest

The Black Sheep

Ixelles

Show

Russell Hicks - Next Level

Queen Elisabeth Competition 2023: voice

Candidates prepare two coherent recital programmes, each lasting about 20 minutes.

Candidates prepare two coherent recital programmes, each lasting about 20 minutes. Each semi-finalist will perform the recital programme chosen by the jury from the two recital programmes proposed. The performances will be accompanied on the piano. The names of the twelve finalists will be announced on Thursday 25 May, after the last semi-finalist's performance. Flagey, Queen Elisabeth Competition

Flagey

Ixelles

Concert

Queen Elisabeth Competition 2023: voice

ANK

Théâtre Marni

Ixelles

Concert

ANK

Nicolas Fiszman

For this project, Nicolas Fiszman returns to his first love, the guitar.

The highly awaited first solo album by Nicolas Fizsman is finally here! This talented Belgian bassist and guitarist has worked with many prestigious artists throughout his career. Nicolas was barely 11 when the legendary Philip Catherine took him under his wing. In 2019, with hundreds of recordings on his tracklist, he toured the US and Europe as Sting's bassist. For this project, however, Nicolas returns to his first love, the guitar. Flagey € 21 > € 18

Flagey

Ixelles

Concert

Nicolas Fiszman

Attention Musique Fraîche

Michel Fourgon, creation Jean-Louis Libert, creation Fanny Libert, creation Daan Geysen, Two Characters Max Charue, From Nomads to Nomads Musiques Nouvelles gives us the chance to learn about contemporary music in a fresh, inventive and appealing way. During their annual event Musiques Fraîches, the ensemble presents new compositions by a number of contemporary composers. Bold creations by the new generation of artists based in Wallonia and Brussels are on the menu for this splashy edition Flagey, Musiques Nouvelles, MARS

Flagey

Ixelles

Concert

Attention Musique Fraîche

Mendelssohn – Strauss

During a cultural journey, Mendelssohn falls completely under the spell of La Bella Italia. The rich art treasures, the beautiful landscape, the many traditions – they all earn a place in his Fourth Symphony. Iconic stories with strong characters in the leading role – Tijl Uilenspiegel, Don Juan, Zarathustra: Richard Strauss was irresistibly drawn to it. In his masterful version of Don Quixote, Richard Strauss drags his listeners sometimes delicately, sometimes ironically and flamboyantly, into the fight against injustice. Flagey, Brussels Philharmonic

Flagey

Ixelles

Concert

Mendelssohn – Strauss

Recital by Laureates Queen Elisabeth Competition 2023: voice

The six unranked laureates of the 2023 Queen Elisabeth Voice Competition will return one last time to Studio 4 to give a joint recital.

The six unranked laureates of the 2023 Queen Elisabeth Voice Competition will return one last time to Studio 4 to give a joint recital. The programme of both recitals will be announced on Tuesday 6 June. Flagey, Queen Elisabeth Competition € 18 > 15

Flagey

Ixelles

Concert

Recital by Laureates Queen Elisabeth Competition 2023: voice

Arcadi Volodos

Celebrated for his incredible virtuosity, boundless imagination, and passion Arcadi Volodos is one the world's top international performers.

Celebrated for his passion and incredible virtuosity, Arcadi Volodos is one of the world's top international performers. His boundless imagination, combined with a unique sense of rhythm, colour and poetry, makes Volodos the narrator of intense and uninhibited stories. The Russian pianist returns to Flagey presenting a programme in honour of the famous Spanish pianist Alicia de Larrocha. Flagey, World Master Pianists € 48 > € 43

Flagey

Ixelles

Concert

Arcadi Volodos

Rendez-vous de la matière + Fair(e)

Fondation CAB

Ixelles

Meeting

Rendez-vous de la matière + Fair(e)

Evgeny Kissin

Piano legend Evgeny Kissin has been performing in the world's biggest halls for more than 30 years. His remarkable technique and unique musical interpretations make him one of the greatest contemporary pianists. Kissin returns to Flagey to share his passion and virtuosity in a programme featuring the leading composers of their time: Bach, Mozart, Chopin and Rachmaninov. Evgeni Kissin chose to include Chopin’s Polonaise in his program for a particular motive: “For me this Polonaise is clearly about the tragedy of the Polish people who were victims of the Russian imperialism in Chopin’s time. I think the parallels with the current situation are very obvious". Flagey, World Master Pianists

Flagey

Ixelles

Concert

Evgeny Kissin

Sabar

La Clarencière

Ixelles

Theatre

Sabar

El Sistema Belgium and Brussels Philharmonic

More information soon... Flagey, Brussels Philharmonic

More information soon... Flagey, Brussels Philharmonic Free

Flagey

Ixelles

Concert

El Sistema Belgium and Brussels Philharmonic

Art Nouveau Summer School

Heritage and innovation : Art Nouveau, a laboratory for past, present and future challenges

The programme offers a unique opportunity to dive into the heritage of Art Nouveau in Brussels and beyond and explore how Art Nouveau can act as a laboratory for current and future challenges. Participants will undertake a journey through European culture and history as well as reflect on the links between Art Nouveau and today’s challenges related to architecture, urban renovation and heritage management. How did Art Nouveau blossom and later expanded throughout Europe and beyond? What are the links between Art Nouveau and cultural and heritage management policies? How is this revolution in art and architecture still relevant today? How is Art Nouveau valorized today? How can public and private stakeholders make Art Nouveau it accessible to a wide audience ? The programme is built around two focus points: the first part will shed lights on the full scope of the Art Nouveau transdisciplinary and transnational movement. Lectures will focus on how Art Nouveau blossomed in Brussels and later around Europe and beyond, all the way to Asia for instance. It will also address how Art Nouveau infused society well beyond architecture, expanding its influence to arts, ornamentation, furniture, etc. The second part will invite participants to reflect on the relationship between heritage and innovation through the lens of Art Nouveau. Lectures and discussions will focus on current issues related to urban renovation and preservation policies. They will also explore the links between cultural heritage and tourism as well as the valorization of heritage, including as as an economic resource, in Brussels and other European cities. With a view to foster transdisciplinarity participants will also be invited to broaden their perspectives by reflecting on hidden scientific aspects in Art Nouveau and bio-inspired and bio-mimetics structures. Bringing together a transnational and inter-disciplinary team of academic lecturers as well as students from different CIVIS universities, the programme aims to foster cooperation in education and research within the CIVIS alliance. It also offers opportunities for dialogue and exchanges of views with practitioners and experts from the non-academic world such as museums curators, architects and other actors involved in heritage and urban policies. Implementation: The programme is designed in collaboration between the three partner universities. All partners will be involved in selecting, teaching and assessing students. For the implementation of activities, both virtual and in Brussels, the organisers will be assisted by the summer school office at ULB who will carry out administrative and logistics tasks (processing applications and registrations; booking on-campus or off-campus accommodation; providing student support, organizing visits, etc).

Faculté d'architecture ULB

Ixelles

Conferences and conventions

Art Nouveau Summer School

Festival Musiq3

The classical music festival with the highest rock ‘n roll content – that’s how Festival Musiq3 describes itself!

The classical music festival with the highest rock ‘n roll content – that’s how Festival Musiq3 describes itself! Flagey, Festival Musiq3

Flagey

Ixelles

Festival

Festival Musiq3

Visite guidée graffiti et street art

Ixelles

Guided tours

Visite guidée graffiti et street art