Brussels

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Sally Matthews plagued by ghosts

Having been acclaimed by the press, from 2 to 14 May 2024 La Monnaie in Brussels returns to the sensational staging of Britten‘s The Turn of the Screw by Andrea Breth, regarded as one of the greatest ambassadors of German theatre. The intrigues at House Bly with strange ghosts and a few apparitions will torment […]

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La Monnaie all in gold in Brussels

A major event of the season, a new production of Der Ring des Nibelungen is on the cards, with the first episode of Wagner’s tetralogy on show from 24 October to 9 November 2023. La Monnaie de Bruxelles is decked out in gold with Das Rheingold, conducted as it should be by its musical director […]

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Russian Tri-Jubilee in Brussels

As 2023 is a Rachmaninoff year (150 years since his birth), Bozar in Brussels is opening the ball with a Rachmaninoff Festival to be held from 2 to 5 February 2023. The four piano concertos of the virtuoso composer, his chamber music and his moving Vespers will be performed by the Belgian National Orchestra, the […]

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Brussels, capital of the Baroque

Until the end of 2022, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels will become the temple of the Baroque with the announcement of a dozen concerts of early music where we will be able to meet some big names such as Marc Minkowski and his Musiciens du Louvre who are imagining a new symphony by Rameau […]

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Brussels focuses on the Czechs

As the Czech Republic takes over the presidency of the European Union for six months in July 2022, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels is taking advantage of this to highlight Czech artists and composers in its 2022-2023 season. Nine musical events will be held during which Jan Kučera and the Prague Philharmonia, the Pavel […]

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Nathalie Stutzmann plays cards

From 11th to 29th of September 2022, La Monnaie in Brussels is back in the game with Tchaikovsky’s Queen of Spades, directed by David Marton, who had been waiting for its premiere for two years. In addition to the engaging cast (Dmitry Golovnin, Anna Nechaeva, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Jacques Imbrailo, Laurent Naouri…), the trump […]

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Les Beaux-Arts celebrated in Brussels

Brussels is a little paradise for music lovers with two emblematic places, La Monnaie-De Munt and the Palais des Beaux-Arts, which is celebrating its centenary this year. On 4 April 1922, the construction of a brand new building bringing together all the arts under one roof was officially recorded. The house has been inaugurated on […]

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Intense Igor Levit

Having just made a name for himself on the recording front with the release of a remarkable CD, the German-Russian pianist Igor Levit is performing in Brussels (at Bozar) and then in Berlin, in particular to defend a score that is too often neglected. Shostakovich’s Preludes and Fugues are 24 miniatures full of contrasts between […]

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Jean Rondeau performs the silence

While his recording of the Goldberg Variations is due to be released on 11 February 2022, Jean Rondeau will be performing Bach’s masterpiece in the prestigious Salle Henry Le Boeuf at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels on 12 February 2022. In the press kit he says: « I think I will work on the […]

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Three times more operas without Carmen

While La Monnaie has been forced to cancel the performances of Bizet’s Carmen, the famous Brussels institution will reopen its doors in March 2022 with the new production of Puccini’s Il trittico. Il tabarro, Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi, the three operas that make up this triptych will be conducted by Alain Altinoglu and directed […]