Wibert Aerts & Katrien Baerts

The Hungarian composer György Kurtág is a man of few notes, as well as a master of restrained tension.

Kafka-Fragmente is one of his most incredible compositions in both respects: spare in every way, even the text, but ever so expressive in its almost-painful fragility. There is an invisible abyss gaping behind the music and words throughout the entire work. This abyss is also the basis of Lise Bruyneel’s setting, in which Kafka’s sparely executed drawings play a remarkable part alongside his detached words.