Koi Collective & Goggles

Frederik Neyrinck worked with various orchestras and ensembles such as Asko|Schönberg, Nadar Ensemble, Klangforum Wien and Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen. From 2020 to 2024, he will be Artist in Residence at I SOLISTI. He is also very active in the field of (children's) musical theatre and opera. This manifests itself, among other things, in a residency at LOD muziektheater.

Website Frederik Neyrinck

Karel Stulens is a composer of new art and music. His work ranges from orchestral and chamber works, mainly with performative and multi-media components, to interactive videos. Research and questions about stereotypes, traditionalism and institutional mechanisms form his basis for creating new work. 

Website Karel Stulens

Ward De Jonghe studied piano with Daan Vandewalle and composition with Daan Janssens at the royal conservatory of Ghent. He was selected a winner of the SOV Composers’ Academy 2020 and his first string quartet was selected for the 2021 ISCM World Music Days in Shanghai. As a pianist he is active in Nemø ensemble and was a guest performer in HERMESensemble, Nadar Ensemble and Graindelavoix, among others. 

Tim Mulleman is a composer, arranger and pianist. As a composer, he currently writes for the Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen, Het Collectief, Kugoni Trio and the brand-new Koi Collective. Mulleman's arrangements are played and requested by Philippe Graffin, Het Collectief and the chamber music ensemble of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, among others. 

Website Tim Mulleman

Lior Navok's music is played worldwide in venues such as Carnegie Hall and Berliner Philharmoniker, and opera houses such as Sydney Opera House, Oper Frankfurt and Deutsche Oper Berlin. Navok has a passion for the stage and love for the world of children. He is pianist and founding member of the Butterfly Effect Ensemble, which is specialised in creating live film music for silent films. 

Website Lior Navok

François Sarhan is a French composer, director and visual artist. Sarhan is known for his musical theatre and multimedia works in which he often performs himself. He wrote the book Introduction à l'Histoire de la Musique (2002) and is the initiator of the artistic collective CRWTH, which has been creating and performing multimedia projects since 2000. 

Website François Sarhan

Thomas Smetryns’ quest in creating an experimental music practice results in projects involving a wide range of instruments, performers and different ways of notation. Smetryns has written works for SPECTRA, pianist Daan Vandewalle, trumpeter Jason Price, M&M ensemble and HERMESensemble, among others. He is also active as a lutenist. He improvises mainly with his extensive collection of tuning forks and his collection of ethnic music. Since 2008, Smetryns has been associated with LOD muziektheater. 

Website Thomas Smetryns