On the 9, 10 and 11 of June 2023 at 8pm: Reflets Sonores, concerts and sound installations at the Chapelle de Verre de Fauquez
The "Reflets Sonores" festival, organised by the Belgian Electroacoustic Music Federation, offers three evenings of exceptional sound creation in an unusual heritage site.
The Chapelle de Verre de Fauquez, entirely decorated in marble, lends itself perfectly to listening and contemplation. The acousmonium, an orchestra of 30 loudspeakers installed for the occasion, will plunge you into an immersive and varied sound experience: electroacoustic and acousmatic music, live electronics, Tibetan bowls, butō dance and interactive sound installations.
On Friday 9, we'll be celebrating both the 20th anniversary of City Sonic and the 20th anniversary of the first electroacoustic music concert at the Chapelle de Fauquez, with two works from 2003. And we'll be playing four pieces from the Sonic Spheres project, launched by Transcultures to mark the centenary of the birth of Belgian sculptor Pol Bury: two acousmatic works by FeBeME composers and two live electronics proposed by Transcultures, the first of which will open the evening, with the vibrations of Tibetan bowls gently exciting the resonances of the Chapel. All this will be complemented by works by composers accustomed to its acoustics.
On Saturday 10, alongside some fine acousmatic works by composers of different generations, we'll be rediscovering the Tempocaïne 200 duo, who performed at the Chapelle four years ago and are back with some new sound experiments.
Sunday 11 will open with 3 creations accompanied by butō dancer Yuri Matsumaru, a first collaboration that we will have the pleasure of discovering. The concert will continue with several established composers and will be an opportunity to listen to a work in an unusual format.
Finally, sound installations will be on the programme every day, before and after the concerts and during the interval.
In partnership with Transcultures as part of City Sonic 20 years, with the support of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Administration générale de la Culture, Service de la Musique.
Acousmonium: ARTeM asbl, Roald Baudoux, Stéphanie Laforce and Dirk Veulemans.