Homage to Annie Ernaux
Three writers and a film take you to the heart of the Nobel Prize winner's work
Bozar pays tribute to Annie Ernaux, winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature ‘for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory.’ Journalist Pascal Claude will talk with Belgian writers Myriam Leroy, Nathalie Skowronek and Caroline Lamarche about the importance of her work and how it has influenced them. Rokus Hofstede will also present his Dutch translation of Ernaux’s latest book, Le Jeune Homme. The evening will end with a screening of J’ai aimé vivre là directed by Régis Sauder with the participation and the writings of Annie Ernaux.
Pascal Claude is a journalist and presenter at La Première/RTBF.
Myriam Leroy is a journalist and writer. Her first novel Ariane was a great success. Her latest book is Le Mystère de la femme sans tête.
Nathalie Skowronek is the author of a family trilogy and an essay on the memory of the Shoah. Her book La carte des regrets won the European Union Prize for Literature 2020.
Caroline Lamarche is the winner of the Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle 2019 and of the Prix quinquennal de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles for the whole of her work.
Rokus Hofstede, translator of Ernaux, Bourdieu and Proust, was awarded the prestigious Martinus Nijhoff Prize.
Leroy, Lamarche, Hofstede, Skowronek, Claude
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Conferences and conventions
Homage to Annie Ernaux
The tour of the BELvue!
Due to the current health crisis, this activity cannot take place until further notice.
An interactive tour of the BELvue museum, including first a search for information in small groups and then a lively game of questions about Belgium.
In small groups, the participants first discover a theme room in the museum and present the results of their visit to the rest of the group in the manner of a guide. Then the "BELvue Tour" begins! Divided into several teams, the participants play an original quiz and become real experts on Belgium and its history.
The BELvue tour is a very interactive visit where everyone discovers the museum's contents in their own way. The dynamics of the game provoke exchange and fun within the group.
TWO POSSIBILITIES FOR A VISIT:
1. Independently → The group leader must prepare the activity in advance and supervise it during the visit to the BELvue. An educational file is available on www.belvue.be - free of charge.
2. With an animator from the BELvue → dates on request - 50€.
Several versions of the Tour of the BELvue have been developed, including a version for French language learners (FLE).
BELvue museum
Brussels
Animations
The tour of the BELvue!
Guided tour BELvue
As of 9 June, group visits and guided tours in the BELvue museum are possible again with reservation. To book, please contact the guide association of your choice.
Discover the BELvue museum with a guide. The BELvue works with several guide associations who all know the museum very well.
The BELvue works with several guide associations who all know the museum very well. Each association has its own skills and specialties, and we recommend you pick the one that suits you best. You are also free to choose your own guide.
The guide associations are:
- AlterBrussels
- Arkadia
- Be.guided
- Bruxelles Bavard
- Cap Patrimoine pour tous
- Discover-B
- E-guides
- GBB
- Itinéraires
- Korei
Attention! Please book your guided tour directly by the organization of your choice. There is then no need to book also your visit by the museum.
BELvue museum
Brussels
Guided tours
Guided tour BELvue
Mimi & Momo: educational games (3-5 years old)
Mimi & Momo need you! Help Mimi to find the objects hidden in the museum. As for Momo, he only recognises black, yellow and red. Can you show him all of the colours? An adventure through Belgium and its history with plenty of things to see and touch!
Children never get bored at BELvue!
Visitors of all ages are able to enjoy the museum in their own way. No more long hours of trailing behind your parents without understanding a single word...
Mimi & Momo need you! Help Mimi to find the objects hidden in the museum. As for Momo, he only recognises black, yellow and red. Can you show him all of the colours? An adventure through Belgium and its history with plenty of things to see and touch!
Practical information:
• For children between 3 and 5 years old, accompanied by an adult.
• To reserve, please send an email to info@belvue.be or call 02 500 45 54!
• When you reserve a group visit, please provide following information:
- Name of the group
- Contact person
- Address
- Phone number & email
- Number of people
- Date of the visit
- Hour of the visit
- Which exhibition: permanent exhibition or temporary exhibitions
• Discover the safety measures for the BELvue museum on the website.
• Price : 1 €/child excl. entrance (free entrance for
BELvue museum
Brussels
Animations
Mimi & Momo: educational games (3-5 years old)
Iracema: Uma Transa Amazônica
CINEMATEK
Brussels
Cinema
Iracema: Uma Transa Amazônica
I'm the Minister! : educational game (6-8 years old)
Put on your suit and become a minister for the duration of your visit to the museum. So many things to see and think about! Learn about Belgium and its history by carrying out your duties. Will you be able to rise to the challenge?
Children never get bored at BELvue!
Visitors of all ages are able to enjoy the museum in their own way. No more long hours of trailing behind your parents without understanding a single word...
Put on your suit and become a minister for the duration of your visit to the museum. So many things to see and think about! Learn about Belgium and its history by carrying out your duties. Will you be able to rise to the challenge?
Practical information:
• For children between 6 and 8 years old, accompanied by an adult.
• To make a group reservation, please contact us at info@belvue.be or on 02 500 45 54.
• Price: 1 €/child excl. entrance (free entrance for
BELvue museum
Brussels
Animations
I'm the Minister! : educational game (6-8 years old)
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi
CINEMATEK
Brussels
Cinema
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi
Brussels Beer Bus
Brussels and its beers with the Brussels Beer Bus
Go back in time by boarding an ambulance 1940-45 completely transformed into a rolling museum of the unusual and old Brussels.
Let yourself be guided by a Brussels guide through the streets and monuments of our capital and have fun with his anecdotes.
While visiting, taste Brussels beers "on board" or at a local brewery.
An experience for those who want to discover unusual Brussels and off the beaten track. Bookings on our website www.brusselsbeerbus.com
Local guides
Brussels Beer Bus
Brussels
Guided tours
Brussels Beer Bus
Une vraie jeune fille
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Brussels
Cinema
Une vraie jeune fille
Ai no korîda
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Brussels
Cinema
Ai no korîda
LA NUIT DES ROIS
Théâtre Royal du Parc
Brussels
Theatre
LA NUIT DES ROIS
Miradas de Mujeres Isabelle de Borchgrave X Frida Kahlo
Miradas de Mujeres (Women’s Gaze), highlights the view of Belgian artist Isabelle de Borchgrave on Frida Kahlo, a woman’s perspective on the artist’s role in society, and their shared love of fabric, patterns and colours.
Isabelle de Borchgrave’s approach explores an often-ignored facet of Frida Kahlo's intimate personality, surprisingly more cheerful and radiant than her artistic work might suggest. By using more than 4 kilometers of paper and cardboard painted by hand, she created dresses, carpets, furniture, trees, recreating the unique universe of the Mexican artist and her iconic house, the Casa Azul (The Blue House).
The exhibition invites the public to dive into the joyful universe entirely made of paper of Isabelle de Borchgrave and to be inspired by the generosity of this contemporary artist whose creative practice remains resolutely incomparable.
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Brussels
Exhibition
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Miradas de Mujeres Isabelle de Borchgrave X Frida Kahlo
Jean-Pierre Ghysels
The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium dedicate an exhibition to Jean-Pierre Ghysels (Uccle, 1932), a Belgian sculptor who studied with Zadkine at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris. The exhibition will give the public the opportunity to discover a series of sculptures made of the artist's two favourite materials, beaten copper and bronze, works which, even when small in size, surprise us with their monumentality and sensuality.
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Brussels
Exhibition
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Jean-Pierre Ghysels
Picasso & Abstraction
For the first time, the major stages that marked the links between Picasso's work and the history of abstract art is brought to light.
From the first Cubist experiments of 1907, carried out on the fringes of Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, to his later work, which is sometimes situated on the borders of action painting, this surprising relationship is shown in a subtle chronological and thematic exhibition, where more than one hundred exceptional works reveal the artist's pendulum movement between abstraction and the figurative over the decades.
Another major theme of the exhibition is the artist's studio, a true formal laboratory, and shows Picasso's creative process through various series of drawings and prints, allowing the viewer to understand how he works and reflects on the representation of the chosen motifs.
The exhibition, with its sharp and innovative theme, invites the viewer to appreciate Pablo Picasso’s extraordinary creativity and his ability to constantly reinvent himself.
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Brussels
Exhibition
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Picasso & Abstraction
Marmaille&Co Fun Bag
Opening the doors to culture in an original way for young and not-so-young alike is the challenge that Marmaille&Co is taking up with its Fun Bag for children aged 6 to 12.
Opening the doors to culture in an original way for young and not-so-young alike is the challenge that Marmaille&Co is taking up with its Fun Bag for children aged 6 to 12. This bag, available free of charge, will transform your visit into a super fun adventure, thanks to a series of games accessible to all to discover, learn, laugh, play, marvel and live an extraordinary cultural experience together!
Designed to be used in a simple and 100% autonomous way by families, the bag consists of three universal game mechanisms that can be adapted to children and adults. The whole family can therefore play together!
Tell me dice stories: To invent crazy stories in the museum and develop creativity.
It’s up to you: a game of observation of the museum using different tools.
Guessing game: a fun way to get to grips with the collections and works discovered during the visit.
Practical information
Free (entrance tickets not included)
For families with children aged 6 to 12
Reservation mandatory (one bag per family)
BELvue museum
Brussels
Various
Marmaille&Co Fun Bag
Chocolate workshop, making chocolates
Discover the wonders of Belgian chocolate and learn how to make these tasty treats at the biggest chocolate store in Brussels. Enjoy a 1-hour workshop with the guidance of expert chocolatiers and have a go at making amazing handmade chocolates yourself.
Discover the wonders of Belgian chocolate and learn how to make these tasty treats at the biggest chocolate store in Brussels. Enjoy a 1-hour workshop with the guidance of expert chocolatiers and have a go at making amazing handmade chocolates yourself.
The experience begins with a warm welcome from your guides and a delicious hot chocolate. While you drink, listen to a short but fascinating introduction into the world of Belgian chocolate and learn an array of chocolate making secrets.
After the intro, the real fun begins with a demonstration of chocolate tempering on a marble table. It’s then time to have a go yourself and make your own chocolate treats with the help of expert chocolatiers. Spend the hour making your very own personalized and tasty mendiants, truffles, lollipops and more. You’ll also taste the ruby chocolate, a newly discovered cocoa bean that is 100% natural but which creates incredibly pink chocolate treats!
At the end of the experience, package up your chocolates and take them home with you to share with friends, or enjoy alone!
Of course you will not become a true chocolate maker in only one hour but I will share with you a little bit of the magic of my job!
Elisabetta Passafaro, Master chocolatier
Patricia Lafargue, Pastry chef
The Belgian Chocolate Makers (Sablon)
Brussels
Courses and workshops
Chocolate workshop, making chocolates
Ciao amici: stadswandeling door Brussel
BELvue museum
Brussels
Guided tours
Ciao amici: stadswandeling door Brussel
Free entry on Wednesday afternoons
Free entry on Wednesday afternoons!
Entry to the BELvue Museum is free every Wednesday from 2 p.m.
Why not use the opportunity to come and discover the activity tours for children (from 3 years of age - €1/child), book a guided tour or borrow an audio-guide for a self-guided tour!
Or just come and visit!
BELvue museum
Brussels
Guided tours
Free entry on Wednesday afternoons
België kennen als z'n broekzak
BELvue museum
Brussels
Guided tours
België kennen als z'n broekzak
BELvue sur roulettes
BELvue museum
Brussels
Courses and workshops
BELvue sur roulettes
KBR museum
Belgium has been hiding a treasure for 600 years: the manuscripts of the Dukes of Burgundy. Come discover these fabulous masterpieces rescued from time at the KBR museum.
Six centuries ago, Brussels belonged to the rich and powerful Dukes of Burgundy. Skilled politicians and cultured patrons, they established a stirring treasure, a unique and fascinating collection of manuscripts: the Library of the Dukes of Burgundy.
These masterpieces, which have survived the ravages of time and of history, have been looked after for you by KBR. It is now opening its vaults to share the highlights of this fantastic collection via its new museum. The sixteenth-century Chapel of Nassau and the various rooms that surround it will form the backdrop to the museum.
The museum offers you the opportunity to share in Europe’s medieval cultural past, and admire beautiful illuminated manuscripts.
These days, everyone knows about Jan Van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden, but the miniature artists, responsible for producing illuminated manuscripts, are every bit as impressive. So much so that some say that the finest Flemish Primitive paintings can perhaps be found in manuscripts.
It is these original manuscripts that are at the heart of the new museum.
We will tell you the history of these books and the era that produced them. You will find out why you shouldn’t trust rabbits, in what way the Middle Ages were hilarious, how mermaids were spotted in Brussels, and discover how history books sometimes lie…
More information: www.kbr.be/en/museum
Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10 am – 5 pm
Closed on Mondays and 1 January, Easter and Monday 15 August, 1 May, Ascension Day, Whit Monday, 21 July, 15 August, 1 November, 11 November, 25 December
KBR museum
Brussels
Exhibition
KBR museum
Nikolai Lugansky
The man whom Gramophone describes as "the most trailblazing and meteoric performer of all" is one of the best interpreters of Rachmaninov. Nikolai Lugansky enjoys exalting this music with a technicality always accompanied by sensitivity and depth. Winner of the second prize at the Rachmaninov Competition in 1990, he also produced a recording of the Études-Tableaux op. 33 and op. 39, which is a true benchmark. At Bozar, he will revisit Op. 33, a richly textured technical masterpiece, and combines it with the First Sonata, Op. 28, a programmatic work inspired by Goethe's Faust, as well as the famous and sublime Variations on a Theme by Chopin, Op. 22. Hurry and book your seat for this unmissable recital at the Rachmaninov Festival!
Nikolai Lugansky (piano)
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Concert
Nikolai Lugansky
Moussem Cities Teheran | La Minor - Dariush Mehrjui
Nadi loves playing music but her traditional father, a carpet salesman who would like his daughter to study business and help him with his shop bookkeeping, forces her to abandon it. While Nadi’s mother is torn between her husband and daughter, she condones her husband’s strict conduct with Nadi. With her grandfather’s support, hopefully, the young girl learns to play the guitar and compose.
Born in 1939 in Tehran, Dariush Mehrjui is an Iranian director, screenwriter and producer. His film Gav ("The Cow", 1969) has become one of the pillars of Iranian film history.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A (in English) with Dariush Mehrjui.
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Cinema
Moussem Cities Teheran | La Minor - Dariush Mehrjui
Table d'écoute Musiq3
Take part in the recording of the radio show
Pierre Solot invites three renowned pianists: Alexander Gurning, Florian Noack and Sergio Tiempo. The guests will listen to and compare three different versions of Serge Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto, before voting for their favourite version. You too can vote with your mobile phone !
Free event. Doors open at 3.30pm.
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Festival
Table d'écoute Musiq3
Concert de Midi par l'accordéoniste Sara Salverius
MIM - Musical Instruments Museum (MRAH)
Brussels
Concert
Concert de Midi par l'accordéoniste Sara Salverius
Johnny Guitar
CINEMATEK
Brussels
Cinema
Johnny Guitar
Katharina Knie
CINEMATEK
Brussels
Cinema
Katharina Knie
Örökbefogadás
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Brussels
Cinema
Örökbefogadás
Dèmoni
CINEMATEK
Brussels
Cinema
Dèmoni
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
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Brussels
Cinema
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Belgian National Orchestra & Macelaru
Rachmaninov festival - Complete Piano concertos
The Belgian National Orchestra will perform all of Rachmaninov’s piano concertos in two titanic concerts. Two world-class pianists will be engaged for this mammoth undertaking: Uzbek Behzod Abduraimov and Russian Denis Kozhukhin.
Belgian National Orchestra (orchestra), Macelaru (conductor), Bezhod Abduraimov (piano), Denis Kozhukhin (piano)
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Concert
Belgian National Orchestra & Macelaru
Moussem Cities Teheran | Tehran, Tehran - Dariush Mehrjui
Preceded by the film Tehran is the Capital of Iran by Kamran Shirdel
19:00 - Tehran is the Capital of Iran by Kamran Shirdel
With this commissioned film, Shirdel explores the underbelly of Tehran. He highlights the contrast between the official discourse of the Shah’s Iran, presenting a rich and powerful capital, and the images of everyday life for its most marginalised residents.
Kamran Shirdel is an Iranian documentarist. He is the founder and director of the Kish International Documentary Film Festival and managing director of Filmgrafic Co
19:45 - Tehran, Tehran by Dariush Mehrjui
An ordinary family joins a group of wealthy people on a tour of Tehran. Visiting historical buildings and tourist attractions is just the beginning of their journey, and they will discover much more than just landmarks…
Born in 1939 in Tehran, Dariush Mehrjui is an Iranian director, screenwriter and producer. His film Gav ("The Cow", 1969) has become one of the pillars of Iranian film history.
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Cinema
Moussem Cities Teheran | Tehran, Tehran - Dariush Mehrjui
Talk by Francis Maes
Why do we know Rachmaninov primarily as a composer of piano concertos?
In this (Dutch-spoken) lecture, Francis Maes explores why we know Rachmaninov mainly as the composer of the Second and Third Piano Concerto. Critics still disagree about the rest of his oeuvre: The Isle of Death or his choral symphony The Bells rather rarely make it to the stage. With his operas The Miserly Knight and Francesca da Rimini, it is easy to overcome a sense of loss, of great promise that is never fully realised.
Rachmaninov might have had it in him to become a successor to Tchaikovsky. Due to circumstances, his oeuvre fell more limited than that of his illustrious predecessor. Whereas Tchaikovsky practised all genres and left a versatile oeuvre, the harvest of Rachmaninov's talent remained rather limited in number and genres. In this respect, the two famous piano concertos form the indisputable part of his legacy.
Francis Maes is Professor of Musicology at Ghent University. As author of the book A history of Russian Music: From Kamarinskaya to Babi Yar, which has since become a standard work, he is considered a specialist on Russian music. His most recent book, Een verhaal van het niet (A Story of the Not), is about Tchaikovsky's opera Yevgeny Onegin.
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Conferences and conventions
Talk by Francis Maes
Okraïna
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Brussels
Cinema
Okraïna
Memento
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Brussels
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Memento
You Only Live Twice
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Brussels
Cinema
You Only Live Twice
Viva la muerte
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Brussels
Cinema
Viva la muerte
Moussem Cities Teheran | Golrokh Nafisi
Continuous City - Golrokh Nafisi
In her socially engaged work, visual artist Golrokh Nafisi mixes the personal, the day-to-day and the political. For Moussem Cities Tehran, Nafisi revisits the installation Continuous City. It consists of different elements such as textile, hand-embroidered curtains, in-situ murals and more. They reflect the cities Nafisi visited between 2017 and 2021: Tehran, Cairo, Lahore and Beirut. Brussels also gains a place in this new installation, as well as current events in Iran. As a whole, the installation offers a highly personal reflection on the cultural metropolis in different continents and the complexity of life there.
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Exhibition
Moussem Cities Teheran | Golrokh Nafisi
La Parade de Taos + Nar
CINEMATEK
Brussels
Cinema
La Parade de Taos + Nar
Moussem Cities Teheran | Marjan Farsad
After Pouya Ehsaei's concert, the Moussem Cities Teheran musical evening at Bozar continues with Marjan Farsad. Under the ingenuous and colourful contours of her illustrations and melodies, the Iranian artist delivers a profound art of dark and penetrating beauty. Born in Tehran, the singer-songwriter, illustrator, animator and social activist writes, composes and draws far away from home. She surrounds herself with her close friends, singer-guitarist Shervin Najafian and percussionist Yahya Alkhansa, who share with her nostalgia for their homeland. In her lyrics, she expresses the hope of a regained freedom: the hope of being able to be with her family in real life and not only in memories. At Bozar, Marjan Farsad and her musicians will perform tracks from her new EP, Be Yadam, and from her two self-produced albums, White Tree and Blue Flowers.
???? Want to double your pleasure for a very small price?
A combined ticket allowing you to attend the two concerts of the evening is on sale for 30 euros, i.e. a saving of 12 euros!
Make the most of the evening to discover Shekki Club: a free installation open to everyone that allows you to compose your own music using samples of traditional and electronic Iranian music. Pure musical pleasure on the horizon!
Farsad (guitar,vocals), Najafian (guitar,back vocals), Alkhansa (drums), Mula (clarinet,flute)
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Concert
Moussem Cities Teheran | Marjan Farsad
Rachmaninov All-Night Vigil - Latvian Radio Choir
When Rachmaninov finds himself on a Bozar poster, you can expect to hear the breakneck piano chops from one of his piano concertos. Through his Vespers, one of the most impressive a cappella choral works of the 20th century, you will discover the Russian composer's more contemplative side. Drawing inspiration from old Russian Orthodox melodies, Rachmaninov assembles a colourful kaleidoscope in which the low male voices particularly appeal to the ear. The Latvian Radio Choir, one of Europe's best choirs, will be supplementing this with works by Eriks Ešenvalds and Peteris Vasks. With their exceptionally pure, warm and harmonious sound, they will transform our large hall into a place of peace and serenity.
Latvian Radio Choir (vocal ensemble), Klava (conductor)
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Concert
Rachmaninov All-Night Vigil - Latvian Radio Choir
Moussem Cities Teheran | Pouya Ehsaei
In just one evening, Moussem Cities Teheran is staging two concerts featuring artists from the new Iranian alternative scene. In the first part of the evening, producer Pouya Ehsaei will be serving up experimental, hypnotic electronic music, rich in polyrhythms, grainy textures and diverse influences (jazz, breakbeat, techno, traditional Iranian music, etc.). Well-received on the illustrious stages of the Barbican Centre and the Royal Albert Hall, Pouya Ehsaei is coming to Bozar to share a moment of sonic exploration with the talented clarinettist and improviser Mona Matbou Riahi and the deeply moving pianist and singer Golnar Shahyar.
Make the experience last even longer by discovering the second group in the evening: Marjan Farsad.
???? Want to double your pleasure for a very small price?
A combined ticket allowing you to attend the two concerts of the evening is on sale for 30 euros, i.e. a saving of 12 euros!
Make the most of the evening to discover Shekki Club: a free installation open to everyone that allows you to compose your own music using samples of traditional and electronic Iranian music. Pure musical pleasure on the horizon!
Eshaei (electronics), Matbou (clarinet), Shahyar (piano,vocals)
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Concert
Moussem Cities Teheran | Pouya Ehsaei
Moussem Cities Teheran | Shekki Club
Compose your own music mix at Shekki Club! This playful and interactive sequencer blends musical excerpts from the traditional musical culture of Bushehr - an Iranian port city on the Persian Gulf - with electronic dance music. Shekki is one of the 5 dance rhythms in Bushehr and one of the best preserved from outside cultural influences caused by the Nomad tribe or mass migrations. Shekki Club's interface allows you to select pre-recorded samples (rhythmic patterns, melodic lines and others) and arrange them in a loop to create your own "composition"! Discover Shekki Club free of charge at Bozar as part of Moussem Cities Teheran.
Rouzbeh Esfandarmaz music producer, composer, musician
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Concert
Moussem Cities Teheran | Shekki Club
Music at the museum - Quatuor Danel
MIM - Musical Instruments Museum (MRAH)
Brussels
Concert
Music at the museum - Quatuor Danel
Cluny Brown
CINEMATEK
Brussels
Cinema
Cluny Brown
A Connecticut Yankee
CINEMATEK
Brussels
Cinema
A Connecticut Yankee
Being John Malkovich
CINEMATEK
Brussels
Cinema
Being John Malkovich
Crazy Love
CINEMATEK
Brussels
Cinema
Crazy Love
Throwback
Plein Publiek BXL
Brussels
Clubbing
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Throwback
Chocolate Workshop
Laurent Gerbaud Chocolatier
Brussels
Courses and workshops
Chocolate Workshop
Un chapeau de paille d'Italie
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Brussels
Cinema
Un chapeau de paille d'Italie
Duo²
Piano duos are rather rare, and therefore this concert is an exclusive opportunity to hear a special repertoire. Kanako Ninomiya and Sara Vujadinovic have Japanese and Serbian roots and they first met in Brussels. They enjoy playing together, either side by side on one piano or each on their own instrument. For their concert during the Rachmaninov festival they have naturally chosen a Russian programme: sparkling duets by Skriabin, and Stravinsky’s piano arrangement of his ballet music Petrushka, devised on this occasion for two pianos. From Rachmaninov himself, they are performing Suite No. 1, dedicated to Tchaikovsky and his Russian Rhapsody, which the piano virtuoso wrote when he was only 18.
Duo² (ensemble), Kanako Ninomiya (piano), Sara Vujadinovic (piano)
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Concert
Duo²
Belgian National Orchestra & Macelaru
Rachmaninov festival - Complete Piano concertos
The Belgian National Orchestra will perform all of Rachmaninov’s piano concertos in two titanic concerts. Two world-class pianists will be engaged for this mammoth undertaking: Uzbek Behzod Abduraimov and Russian Denis Kozhukhin.
Belgian National Orchestra (orchestra), Macelaru (conductor), Bezhod Abduraimov (piano), Denis Kozhukhin (piano)
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Concert
Belgian National Orchestra & Macelaru
Talk by Ruben Goriely
Rachmaninov and the 20th century: modern pianist or traditionalist composer?
Of all the composers of the 20th century, few are as accessible as Rachmaninov. But what explains this success? What is it about the theme of the second movement of his Second Piano Concerto that still makes hearts skip a beat when it is covered by Celine Dion in her song All by Myself? Using specific examples, we will zoom in on specific features of his music.
Ruben Goriely is a researcher at CERMUS (Centre de recherches en Musicologie de l'UCLouvain) and a musicology assistant at the Faculté de Philosophie, Arts et Lettres (FIAL/UCLouvain). His research mainly focuses on the use of voices and orchestration in music of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Conferences and conventions
Talk by Ruben Goriely
Cidade de Deus
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Brussels
Cinema
Cidade de Deus
eXistenZ
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Brussels
Cinema
eXistenZ
Idiocracy
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Brussels
Cinema
Idiocracy
Stagecoach
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Brussels
Cinema
Stagecoach
All Quiet on The Western Front
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Brussels
Cinema
All Quiet on The Western Front
Silencieuses
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Brussels
Cinema
Silencieuses
Picasso & Abstraction: Au rendez-vous des poètes
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Brussels
Conferences and conventions
Picasso & Abstraction: Au rendez-vous des poètes
Federica Mogherini
l'Europe dans un monde polarisé
Currently the Rector of the College of Europe, for five years, from November 2014 to October 2019, Federica Mogherini served as the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission.
Prior to joining the European Union, she was Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and a member of the Italian Parliament for several years.
At a time when the war in Ukraine is marking the collapse of the order born after the Second World War and the Cold War, and shaking the world economy, which was only just beginning to recover from the shock of the pandemic, the former head of European diplomacy has agreed to take the floor to share her thoughts on Europe and its future in a world in turmoil.
Federica Mogherini has chosen l'Europe dans un monde polarisé as the title of her conference at our forum.
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Conferences and conventions
Federica Mogherini
Trust
CINEMATEK
Brussels
Cinema
Trust
Papicha
CINEMATEK
Brussels
Cinema
Papicha
Lecture by Lina Ghotmeh
Lina Ghotmeh works at the intersection of art, architecture and design. Her designs are orchestrated as an 'Archaeology of the Future', with each project emerging in full symbiosis with nature after thorough historical and material research.
Today, she heads the Paris-based firm Lina Ghotmeh Architecture. Her visionary projects include the Estonian National Museum, the El Khoury Foundation's Stone Garden (Beirut) and the upcoming Serpentine Pavilion 2023 in London. Lina Ghotmeh lectures in institutions around the world. She currently teaches at the Yale School of Architecture and at the University of Toronto. She is co-chair of the Scientific Network for Architecture in Extreme Climates and a member of the jury of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
Ghotmeh (artist)
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Exhibition
Lecture by Lina Ghotmeh
L' Affiche
CINEMATEK
Brussels
Cinema
L' Affiche
Scream
CINEMATEK
Brussels
Cinema
Scream
Dhafer Youssef - Street of Minarets
Combination of the Eastern sound with the Western? Oud master, vocalist and composer Dhafer Youssef is at the vanguard of a movement in contemporary music that brings East and West together. He is building bridges between different music. As one of the most inventive oud players, he has freed the instrument from its traditional role and brought it into jazz.
Dhafer Youssef has played with musicians around the globe, including Herbie Hancock, Husnu Senlendirici and Zakir Hussain. He won the prestigious Dutch Edison Award and BBC Music Awards twice. His high-pitched muezzin voice and voluptuous oud earned him notice at the Echo Jazz. As a figure in the contemporary jazz fusion scene, his music's strange and fascinating beauty is a journey through East and West dialogue.
In Bozar, he will perform his new album `Street of Minarets` as part of his European Tour.
On his forthcoming album, Street of Minarets, Dhafer offers a gift for the dreamers, the lovers, the fighters, and the obscure. What was once an unfinished project that he felt was missing the soul his music usually has, overcoming obstacles of anxiety and vocal surgery during the pandemic would go on to rekindle his eternal love of music and provide him with the motivation he needed to rewrite and rearrange the record. The result is a relatable journey of sufferings and successes, ultimately spotlighting Dhafer’s inspiring resilience.
Line up for the concert
Dhafer Youssef Oud, Vocal
Mario Rum Trumpet
Daniel Garcia Piano
Swaeli Mbappe Electric bass
Shayan Fathi Drums
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Concert
Dhafer Youssef - Street of Minarets
Dhafer Youssef - Street of Minarets
Dhafer Youssef is coming to Brussels for his new album.
Combination of the Eastern sound with the Western? Oud master, vocalist and composer Dhafer Youssef is at the vanguard of a movement in contemporary music that brings East and West together. He is building bridges between different music. As one of the most inventive oud players, he has freed the instrument from its traditional role and brought it into jazz.
Dhafer Youssef has played with musicians around the globe, including Herbie Hancock, Husnu Senlendirici and Zakir Hussain. He won the prestigious Dutch Edison Award and BBC Music Awards twice. His high-pitched muezzin voice and voluptuous oud earned him notice at the Echo Jazz. As a figure in the contemporary jazz fusion scene, his music's strange and fascinating beauty is a journey through East and West dialogue.
In BOZAR, he will perform his new album `Street of Minarets` as part of his European Tour.
Dhafer Youssef Oud, Vocal
Mario Rum Trumpet
Daniel Garcia Piano
Swaeli Mbappe Electric bass
Shayan Fathi Drums
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Concert
Dhafer Youssef - Street of Minarets
The Happiest Man in the World - Teona Strugar Mitevska
In the presence of the crew, followed by a q&a with the director Teona Mitevska and the producer Labina Mitevska.
Asja, a 40-year-old single woman, lives in Sarajevo. In order to meet new people, she ends up spending her Saturday in a speed dating event. She’s matched with Zoran, a 43-year-old banker. However, Zoran is not looking for love but forgiveness.
Macedonian born Teona Strugar Mitevska started as a child actor, trained as a painter and graphic designer and studied film at NYU-Tisch School of Arts. She directed her first short, Veta, in 2001, and has been making films ever since. Her previous film God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya premiered in competition in Berlin Film Festival 2019, where it won the Ecumenical Prize, and the German Guild Film Prize, followed by many other prizes at other festivals. Teona Strugar Mitevska lives between Skopje and Brussels.
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Cinema
The Happiest Man in the World - Teona Strugar Mitevska
Malu Tianshi
CINEMATEK
Brussels
Cinema
Malu Tianshi
Gods and Monsters
CINEMATEK
Brussels
Cinema
Gods and Monsters
Quartier lointain
CINEMATEK
Brussels
Cinema
Quartier lointain
Henry van de Velde Awards 2023
The Henry Van de Velde Awards are the most important design awards in Belgium. On 7 February 2023, they will be awarded in the Henry Le Boeuf Hall. From 8 February, you can visit the exhibition free of charge. The work of the winners in the categories Lifetime Achievement, Young Talent, Company, Ecodesign by OVAM, Public, Business Innovation, Consumer, Crafts, Design Research, Digital Product, Environment, Graphics, Habitat and Spaces will be shown. More info at henryvandevelde.be.
The Henry van de Velde Awards are organised by Flanders DC in cooperation with VLAIO, Bozar, Z33, OVAM, VMM and Bokrijk.
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Exhibition
Henry van de Velde Awards 2023
How is Katia? - Christina Tynkevych
Followed by a zoom q&a with the director Christina Tynkevych.
Anya’s life appears to be on the up, she has just taken out a mortgage for the dream apartment where she will live with her 10-year-old daughter, Katia. By a sudden turn of events Anya finds herself facing a dilemma that makes her question society’s lack of morals, and upends her own.
Christina Tynkevych’s first feature is a confident, intense work of cinema, helped by the magnetic performance from Anastasia Karpenko as Anya.
Christina Tynkevych grew up in Kyiv, Ukraine. She holds a film degree from the University of the Arts and the University of Westminster (London, UK) and is a MIDPOINT Institute alumna. Christina has directed two short films and a feature documentary. Yak Tam Katia? (How is Katia ?) is her feature debut and won two prizes at the Locarno Film Festival: Special Jury Prize and Best Actress.
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Cinema
How is Katia? - Christina Tynkevych
J.S. Bach: das Kapital
In 1729, Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata Was frag ich nach der Welt (What should I ask of the world?). Zamus, the centre for early music in Cologne, is now giving the work a contemporary twist. A creative team under the direction of composer Leonhard Bartussek and choreographer Alexandra Waierstall creates a wild mix of music, dance and visual elements, interweaving past and present, while not shying away from social criticism. Belgian Griet de Geyter, an established name in the international music scene and a specialist in vocal baroque, also dazzles as soprano.
Bartussek (director,composition,concept,visual creation), Waierstall (choreography), Haunsperg (video), Dieckwisch (set design,video), Froehly (costumes), Boul (costumes), Griet De Geyter (soprano), Clint van der Linde (countertenor), Feyfar (tenor), François (bass), Jennings (dance), Chen (dance), Szymura (dance), zamus kollektiv (ensemble), Suhr (light design)
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Concert
J.S. Bach: das Kapital
La pianiste Stéphanie Proot joue Franz Schubert et Franz Liszt aux Concerts de Midi.
MIM - Musical Instruments Museum (MRAH)
Brussels
Concert
La pianiste Stéphanie Proot joue Franz Schubert et Franz Liszt aux Concerts de Midi.
I Love A Man In Uniform
CINEMATEK
Brussels
Cinema
I Love A Man In Uniform
Hadaka no Shima
CINEMATEK
Brussels
Cinema
Hadaka no Shima
The Docks of New York
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Brussels
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The Docks of New York
Goodfellas
CINEMATEK
Brussels
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Goodfellas
Butterfly Vision - Maksym Nakonechnyi
Followed by a zoom q&a with the director Maksym Nakonechnyi.
After spending months as a prisoner in Donbas, Ukrainian aerial reconnaissance expert Lilia returns home to her family. But the trauma of captivity continues to torment her and surface in dreamlike ways. Something growing deep within Lilia will not allow her to forget, yet she refuses to identify as a victim and will fight to liberate herself.
Maksym Nakonechnyi is a Ukrainian director and producer. He received his degree in directing from Karpenko-Kary Kyiv National University of Theatre, Cinema and Television (2012). Maksym has directed the fiction shorts Invisible and New Year with Family. His debut feature, Butterfly Vision, premiered at Cannes 2022, in Un Certain Regard.
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Cinema
Butterfly Vision - Maksym Nakonechnyi
Tord Gustavsen & Trygve Seim - Inner Chorals
Norwegian jazz pianist Tord Gustavsen claims to be 'on a constant search for a fresh and radically stripped-down honest beauty in music'. And he does this with verve: after Gustavsen's previous success in interweaving his melancholic jazz with gospel, Scandinavian folk and Caribbean music, this time he takes several Bach chorales as his starting point. Duetting with saxophonist Trygve Seim, authentic lyrical beauty is blended with contemporary improvisation in which every note is approached with the greatest caution. The music radiates shimmering calm: silence rarely sounded so present. A pure, intriguing voice in today's music scene.
Gustavsen (electronics,piano), Seim (saxophone), Lavoll (sound design)
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Concert
Tord Gustavsen & Trygve Seim - Inner Chorals
107 Mothers - Peter Kerekes
Followed by a zoom q&a with the director Peter Kerekes.
Lesya has committed a crime of passion which brings her a seven-year sentence in one of Odessa’s women’s correctional facilities. When her son Kolya is born there, he is allowed to stay with the other small children in the prison until his third birthday. Until that day they lead a quiet and peaceful life. But as Kolya's third birthday approaches, Lesya's worries start to mount.
Peter Kerekes was born in Košice, Slovakia, and graduated from the Film and Television Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, earning a degree in film directing. In 2003, he directed and produced his debut feature documentary, 66 Seasons, which became a festival hit and won several awards. In 2013 his documentary Velvet Terrorists won the FEDEORA Award at the Karlovy Vary IFF and the Tagesspiegel Readers’ Award at the Berlinale FORUM.
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Cinema
107 Mothers - Peter Kerekes
Belgian National Orchestra & Trinks
Silver & Garburg Brahms / Elgar Enigma Variations
The world-famous Silver-Garburg Piano Duo commissioned Austrian composer Richard Dünser to write a new arrangement of Johannes Brahms' First Piano Quartet. This can now be heard in a version for piano four hands and string orchestra.
The well-known Enigma Variations by the British composer Edward Elgar are also part of the programme. Once, Elgar came home one evening and sat down at the piano for some improvisation. His wife noticed a melody that she liked, and Elgar decided to work on it. What started as a bit of fun resulted in a monumental composition that has become one of the most played pieces of music of the 19th century.
Belgian National Orchestra (orchestra), Trinks (conductor), Silver (piano), Garburg (piano)
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Concert
Belgian National Orchestra & Trinks
Masterclass Amarant > Art nouveau & de collectie Gillion Crowet
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Brussels
Conferences and conventions
Masterclass Amarant > Art nouveau & de collectie Gillion Crowet
Concert: Trio Ernest
Programme
Maeier – Rachmaninov
Stanislas Gosset, violin
Natasha Roque Alsina, piano
Clément Dami, cello
Concert in collaboration with the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel.
KBR museum
Brussels
Concert
Concert: Trio Ernest
Punch-Drunk Love
CINEMATEK
Brussels
Cinema
Punch-Drunk Love
Musashino-Fujin
CINEMATEK
Brussels
Cinema
Musashino-Fujin
Submarino
CINEMATEK
Brussels
Cinema
Submarino
Nicolas Bourthoumieux - 'Conséquences pratiques de la finitude'
JAP / Vitrine "Entre deux portes"
Brussels
Exhibition
Nicolas Bourthoumieux - 'Conséquences pratiques de la finitude'
PROJECTIE / PROJECTION ANIMALIA
CINEMATEK
Brussels
Cinema
PROJECTIE / PROJECTION ANIMALIA
SCHADUWTHEATER / THÉÂTRE D'OMBRES ANIMALIA
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Brussels
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SCHADUWTHEATER / THÉÂTRE D'OMBRES ANIMALIA
Safe Place - Juraj Lerotic
Followed by a q&a with the director Juraj Lerotic in presence.
Strong directorial debut by Juraj Lerotic, who also doubles as the lead in a very personal story about a family dealing with the aftermath of a suicide attempt. Traumatic as it is, the incident causes a rift in the family's daily life. The plot is limited to the most acute, a short period and a situation that boils down to the most important thing - saving a loved one.
The film won the Best Emerging Director award at the Locarno Film Festival 2022 and is the Croatia’s Oscar entry.
Juraj Lerotic (1978) was born in Kiel, Germany. In 2001 he graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy in Zadar with a major in preschool education. Currently, he is a senior undergraduate of film and tv directing at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. His last film, Then I See Tanja (2010), premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival.
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Cinema
Safe Place - Juraj Lerotic
Benjamin Appl & Ensemble Masques
Intimate Bach
Benjamin Appl probably needs no introduction: the baritone's awards cabinet is gradually filling up, and the Financial Times recently hailed him as 'the most promising of today's up-and-coming song recitalists'. Appl usually creates a furore for his classical-romantic work, but here he returns to an old love: the song repertoire of Johann Sebastian Bach. Together with Ensemble Masques, under the musical direction of Olivier Fortin, he will perform a varied selection of Bach's more intimate works: from excerpts from the iconic St Matthew Passion to some of his lesser-known but beautiful cantatas.
Appl (baritone), Ensemble Masques (ensemble), Olivier Fortin (harpsichord,artistic direction)
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Concert
Benjamin Appl & Ensemble Masques
Taggara n Lejnun / La Fin des Djinns + À Mansourah tu nous as séparés
CINEMATEK
Brussels
Cinema
Taggara n Lejnun / La Fin des Djinns + À Mansourah tu nous as séparés
Men of Deeds - Paul Negoescu
Followed by a q&a with the director Paul Negoescu in presence.
Small-town police chief Ilie tries to build a comfortable life for himself, but his passivity during a series of violent events makes him an accomplice to a crime. Tension accumulates in the village, pressuring Ilie to make a drastic decision.
Born in Bucharest in 1984, Paul Negoescu graduated in film directing from the Romanian National Film School (UNATC). He has since directed several shorts, two of which have been shown at the Berlinale: Tarziu (2008) and Renovare (2009), the latter title was nominated for the European Film Award. He is also Artistic Director of the Timishort Film Festival.
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Cinema
Men of Deeds - Paul Negoescu
« Ciné, Vin et Tango »
Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles
Brussels
Concert
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« Ciné, Vin et Tango »
Elephant
CINEMATEK
Brussels
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Elephant
Private Feels presents Madeinparis Live
Plein Publiek BXL
Brussels
Clubbing
Private Feels presents Madeinparis Live
