Severin von Eckardstein, Lise Bruyneel

What is truth, and what is dreaming? This concert wanders along often-overgrown paths, making its way past suspicions and desires, premonitions and pain. 

House visual artist Lise Bruyneel basked in the enigmatic glory of Moravia’s nature for weeks, listening to the rustlings in the woods, the humming over the grain fields, the water rippling down to the valley. From dawn to deep in the night, she surrendered to the slow shifts of the light, gradually coming to understand the soft soul of Leoš Janáček’s and Josef Suk’s piano music.

In this performance, her quest is depicted by a fragile set made of feather-light projection screens on which the tiniest sigh can be seen. 

Pianist Severin von Eckardstein, winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2003 and an undisputed grand master of subtlety, caresses the keys of his instrument with the same finesse. The whole is an intimate performance, full of emotion and vulnerable beauty.

Concert of the City of Leuven / In association with Czech Center Brussels, South Moravian Region, Visit Czechia