Roskam jazz concerts

De Haas- Machtel - Defoort Trio
4 January 2026 E 20:00
Jan De Haas - drums
Jos Machtel - double bass
Bart Defoort - tenor saxophone
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FreeTree
11 January 2026 E 20:00
Jessica Icket - piano, objects
Rob Swennen - drums, objects
Karen van Schaik - baritone and alto saxophone, objects
FreeTree is a Brussels based music collective that searches to plant trees in the cracks of the concrete jungle of Belgian ribbon development and other depressing places. FreeTree blends their original compositions with BPA-free improvisation and ecological sponges. This bassless trio creates surprising biodegradable textures with their uncommon instrumentation, consisting of piano, drums/ percussion and baritone, sopranino and alto saxophone. FreeTree likes to put contrast in their music that always moves somewhere without leaving a large carbon footprint.

Gratitude Trio
18 January 2026 E 20:00
Louis Favre - drums, vocals
Alfred Vilayleck - bass
Jeroen Van Herzeele - saxes, electronics
Après 11 ans d’existence, Gratitude Trio sort le 2 septembre 2022 son 4eme album « BIRTH » sous le célèbre label belge W.E.R.F. RECORDS en partenariat avec Mercury et Collectif Koa de Montpellier, France. Jeroen, Alfred et Louis ont travaillé pendant plus d’un an sur ce nouvel album, en continuant de développer la trame musicale du disque précédent : un mélange de sensibilité et de groove, de chant contemplatif et de solos rageurs.

RVB Quartet
25 January 2026 E 20:00
Rebekka Van Bockstal - guitar
Otto Kint - bass
Elias Storme - tenor and soprano saxophone & synths
Jesse Dockx - drums
With Hamabiwa, RVB Quartet delivers a playful and powerful third album. The band fully embraces a bolder sound, featuring a prominent electric bass, gritty synthesizers, and a generous dose of distortion. The result is a vibrant jazz-rock record where improvisation and composition continuously challenge and reinforce one another.

Pure Elastic Quartet
1 February 2026 E 20:00
Pieter Claus - vibraphone, compositions
Jan Ghesquière - electric guitar
Federico Stocchi - double bass
Pierre Hurty - drums
With this new quartet, vibraphone player Pieter Claus brings some of the finest jazz musicians on the Belgian scene together.
They perform the leader’s new compositions, covering a wide range in sound and atmosphere that takes the listener from
dynamic excitement to intense mystery. Contemporary jazz under the influence of Bartok and Stravinsky.

NAWĀ (FR/TU/IT/PT/BE)
8 February 2026 E 20:00
Adèle Viret - cello
Sarra Douik - vocals and oud
Zé Almeida - double bass
Pierre Hurty - drums
Nawā was born of the encounter between cellist Adèle Viret (FR/BE) and singer and oudist Sarra Douik (TU/IT). Joined by Zé Almeida (PT/BE) on double bass and Pierre Hurty (FR/BE) on drums, they form a quartet whose soundscape blends poetic storytelling, jazz, ontemporary languages and Arab, North African traditions. In Arabic, Nawā means both “seed” and “intention”, sharing the spirit of the music; a core where diverse influences meet together and a shared desire to tell stories through it.

ABC Trio
15 February 2026 E 20:00
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Lúcia Pires invites
22 February 2026 E 20:00
Lúcia Pires - flute, electronics
Chaeyon Lee - keys, synths
Sasha Sykes - voice, modular synth
+ Guests
Lúcia Pires (flute, electronics) invites singer and modular synth artist Sasha Sykes, along with pianist and synth player Chaeyeon Lee, to explore the crossroads of electronic and acoustic sound through improvisation and song.

Le Grand Partir
1 March 2026 E 20:00
Sam Comerford - saxophone, clarinette
Théo Lanau - drums, keys
Léo Rathier - guitar
Benjamin Sauzereau - guitar
Le Grand Partir is led by drummer Théo Lanau, a prolific and eclectic musician, influenced by the work of Jim O'Rourke, Robert Wyatt, Carla Bley and Fred Frith. Together with guitarists Benjamin Sauzereau, Léo Rathier and clarinetist, saxophonist Sam Comerford, the quartet delivers a sensitive and striking music.
For those who like : Gastr del Sol, The Lounge Lizards, Marisa Anderson, Horse Lords, Dirty Three

March 8 Instant Composers
8 March 2026 E 20:00
Hanne De Backer - baritone saxophone
Audrey Lauro - alto saxophone
Karen van Schaik - sopranino saxophone
Jessica Icket - piano
Zoïa Tescher - drums
This year March 8 is a Sunday! Therefore 5 remarkable improvisers from the Belgian scene meet to celebrate International Women's Day. Come listen to this unique concert and surprising encounter!

Another Part Of
The World (CH/DE)
15 March 2026 E 20:00
Marc Jufer - saxes, composition
Josephine Nagorsnik - trombone
Christian Weber - doublebass
Clément Grin - drums
Entre lignes finement sculptées et élans sauvages, Another Part Of The World explore une géographie sonore mouvante, où quatre improvisateur·rices d’exception dessinent, à chaque détour, un monde libre et singulier.

A.M.E.
22 March 2026 E 20:00
Een piano, een cello, klarinetten, duizend manieren om klanken samen te voegen, rollen om te draaien, sferen en beelden te creëren. We verkennen het diepe, het magma en even later vliegen we weg naar het gezang van vinken, naar het etherische, het hemelse. Drie muzikantes, drie parcours, instrumenten van verschillende houtsoorten, riet, strijkinstrumenten,
tokkelinstrumenten, slaginstrumenten, blaasinstrumenten... potentieel een heel symfonieorkest. De essentie van het luisteren, de kunst van het moment, van het hier en nu, van het nooit meer.

Halibut On The Moon
29 March 2026 E 20:00
Halibut On The Moon proudly presents its first album "the ebb and flow". The band wishes to take the audience on a trip along its own world, sometimes dark and melancholic, sometimes happy and humorous, through its own repertoire and improvisations,varied in sonorities and emotions.

Rajazz meets Messiaen
5 April 2026 E 20:00
Manuel Hermia - alto saxophone
Laurence Cousseau - alto flute
Clément Cerovecki - keyboard
Gionata Giardina - drums
Emanuel Van Mieghem - double bass
As part of his FRArt research grant, Manuel Hermia launched a call for scores in 2024, inviting composers to write new works based on his theory of rajazz. In response, Clément Cerovecki wrote a series of pieces which combine the rajazz system with Messiaen’s modes. The symbolic motivation behind rajazz’s theory arises from a desire to merge contrasting approaches from Eastern music (modal) versus Western music (tonal). In parallel, Messiaen’s modes of limited transposition are another source of fascinating ambiguity through the opposition between their idealistic rigidity (exact divisions of the octave) and strong poetical potential (tonal evocations and coloristic imagination). In parallel, Messiaen’s modes contain other kinds of contrasts, between their idealistic rigidity (exact divisions of the octave) versus strong poetical potential (tonal evocations and coloristic imagination). From the meeting of these two systems emerges a music with gently weird and unfamiliar colors, open to multiple readings and allowing each musician to freely follow distinct approaches simultaneously. The quintet will play compositions by Clément and Manuel
Matte Finish ft.
Vanessa Diaz Gil (BE/TW)
12 April 2026 E 20:00
Wen-Hui Tsai - voice
Machiel Heremans - guitar
Gabriele Di Franco - guitar
Fil Caporali - double bass
Vanesa Diaz Gil - guest on voice
Taiwanese vocalist Wen-Hui Tsai presents “Matte Finish,” a new project featuring original works apart from her 6tet, Vestige. The music explores inner landscapes, relationships, and temporality through layered sound and space, creating a subtle, evolving sonic narrative.
Neptune
19 April 2026 E 20:00
Furmi Gomez - saxophone
Lenny Steigerwald - synthesizers
Martin Salemi - synthesizers
Gionata Giardina - drums
A new project for saxophone, two Prophet synthesizers, Moog, Oberheim and drums. Storytelling compositions inspired by science, mythology and pure fantasy, like a sci-fi soundtrack brought to life on stage. Blending rich electronic textures, improvisations and deep jazz roots. This concert marks the premiere of the band and its all new music.


