Brecht Valckenaers
On a Devil's Staircase
On a Devil’s Staircase is the third of four parts of Brecht Valckenaers’ Ligeti cycle in Brecht Valckenaers Festival 20·21. Our Festival artist in residence & Maarten Beirens has previously played programmes featuring György Ligeti’s Musica Ricercata (and recorded a CD of it, released in February). Last year, Brecht played his music for two pianos with Jan Michiels.
Now it’s high time to spotlight Ligeti’s most famous and most demanding pieces for solo piano, the miraculous Etudes. Brecht Valckenaers has made a personal selection from the Etudes, juxtaposing Ligeti’s abundance and Morton Feldman’s static grandeur. Also, he’ll once again strike up a conversation with Ligeti, composer to composer.
Programme
INTRO
Pieter Bergé
Ligeti: Etudes (selection)
Feldman: Palais de Mari (fragments)
Valckenaers: Creations
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Brecht Valckenaers & Maarten Beirens
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Brecht Valckenaers
Brecht Valckenaers (b. 2000, Leuven) is a versatile pianist and composer who combines his love for classical and contemporary repertoire with his own compositions and improvisations. He studied for at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp and is continuing his studies at the Hochschule für Musik Basel and the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole. Driven by a desire to keep exploring and pushing his musical boundaries, Valckenaers approaches music as a language to be experienced in all its forms. In 2026 his Festival 20·21-project Ex Nihilo was released as an album on Antarctica Records.
20:30-21:30 Brecht Valckenaers & Maarten Beirens
Brecht Valckenaers en Maarten Beirens reiken luistertips aan bij het minimalistische meesterwerk Palais de Mari van Morton Feldman.
(muziek 30' / intro 30', Dutch only)
Hollands College
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€ 25