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!

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.

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 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.

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

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.

Mingus Minga Mingum est un collectif de musicien·ne·s exclusivement dédié à la musique du compositeur et contrebassiste Charles Mingus. L’idée est de maintenir vivace ce répertoire époustouflant qui oscille entre swing, bebop, blues, gospel, free jazz et musique classique, sans négliger d’y apporter une touche personnelle. Pour essayer de capter au mieux l'esprit de cette musique, les musicien·ne·s explorent ensemble de multiples approches : arrangements à choix multiples, apprentissage d'oreille, interactions avec du texte, impros collectives etc.