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Didier François
Didier François (born in Brussels on 2 April 1969) is a Belgian musician specialized in nyckelharpa and a sculptor living in Mechelen in Belgium. Studies From 1992 to 1999 François studied violin with Myriam Quersin (successor to Arthur Grumiaux at the Brussels Conservatory) and composition with Daan Manneke at the Amsterdam Conservatory. He also participated in several jazz workshops with Philip Catherine, Hein Van De Geyn and Maarten Weiler. Teaching Didier François has taught nyckelharpa at the Scuola di Musica Popolare di Forlimpopoli, Italy and Burg Fürsteneck, Akademie Burg Fürsteneck, (Germany) as a member of the European Nyckelharpa Training. He conducts seminars and workshops on relaxation technique based on the Belgian violin school of Arthur Grumiaux: relaxed and fluid movements for beauty of sound, freedom of expression and avoidance of tendinitis. He is also a member of the Cadence project supported by the European Commission. Performances * Guest of St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyckelharpa
''Nyckelharpa'' (, roughly "keyed fiddle" in Swedish language, Swedish, , plural: ) is a "keyed" Bowed string instrument, bowed chordophone, primarily originating from Sweden in its modern form, but with its historical roots scattered across medieval Europe. It is similar in appearance to a fiddle or Violin family, violin but larger (in its earlier forms essentially a modified vielle), which employs key-actuated tangents along the neck to change the pitch during play, much like a hurdy-gurdy. The keys slide under the strings, with the tangents set perpendicularly to the keys, reaching above the strings. Upon key-actuation, the tangent is pressed to meet the corresponding string, much like a fret, shortening its vibrating length to that point, changing the pitch of the string. It is primarily played underarm, suspended from the shoulder using a Sling (firearms), sling, with the bow in the overhanging arm. The origin of the instrument is unknown, but its historical foothold and mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yann Arthus Bertrand
Yann Arthus-Bertrand (; born 13 March 1946) is a French environmentalist, activist, journalist and photographer. He has also directed films about the impact of humans on the planet. He is especially well known for his book ''Earth from Above'' (1999) and his films ''Home'' (2009) and ''Human'' (2015). It is because of this commitment that Yann Arthus-Bertrand was designated Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme on Earth Day (22 April 2009). Early life Yann Arthus-Bertrand was born in Paris on 13 March 1946 in a renowned jewellers' family founded in 1803 by Claude Arthus-Bertrand and Michel-Ange Marion. His sister Catherine is one of his closest collaborators. He has been interested in nature and wildlife from an early age. First jobs In 1963 when he was 17, he became an assistant director, then an actor in movies. He played alongside famous actors such as Michèle Morgan in ''Dis-moi qui tuer'' (1965) by Etienne Perier and in '' OSS 117 prend de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Ambrosini
Marco Ambrosini (born 1964 in Forlì, Italy) is an Italian musician, composer and arranger living in Germany. In 1982, he founded the international ensemble, Oni Wytars, together with Peter Rabanser. Studies From 1971 to 1981, Ambrosini studied violin and viola (with Adrio Casagrande) and composition with Mario Perrucci at the "Instituto Musicale G.B.Pergolesi" in Ancona and at the conservatory "G.Rossini" in Pesaro. Musician Ambrosini debuted as a soloist and nyckelharpa player in the theatre "Alla Scala" in Milan, in concerts for the Royal Swedish Concert Agency, in the Alte Oper Frankfurt, in the Philharmony in Cologne, Berlin, Moscow, in the Carnegie Hall of New York and also perform with different ensembles for early music, baroque music and contemporary music. Worldwide concert activity includes over 150 CDs, broadcast and television shots as a composer, soloist, or as member of the Katharco Early Music Consort and the ensemble Oni Wytars (Germany), Els Trobadors ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Béla Bartók
Béla Viktor János Bartók (; ; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as Hungary's greatest composers. Among his notable works are the opera ''Bluebeard's Castle'', the ballet ''The Miraculous Mandarin'', ''Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta'', the Concerto for Orchestra (Bartók), Concerto for Orchestra and List of string quartets by Béla Bartók, six string quartets. Through his collection and analytical study of folk music, he was one of the founders of comparative musicology, which later became known as ethnomusicology. Per Anthony Tommasini, Bartók "has empowered generations of subsequent composers to incorporate folk music and classical traditions from whatever culture into their works and was "a formidable modernist who in the face of Schoenberg’s breathtaking formulations showed another way, forgi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Bisceglia
Michel Bisceglia (born ''Michelino Bisceglia''; 4 January 1970) is a Belgian musician. He descends from a family of Italian origin. Although he began playing the keyboard at the age of 6, his formal training on classical piano only started when he was already 12 years old. A few years later he switched to modern piano, and by his second year in high school he knew he wanted to dedicate his life to music. Jazz musician As a jazz musician he worked with jazz icons such as Randy Brecker, Bob Mintzer, Toots Thielemans and Dewey Redman. Bisceglia also got nominated twice as Best Belgian Musician of the year, 1999 and 2002. In 1997 Bisceglia formed his own jazz trio, and to this date they still perform in their original lineup. During this period they have recorded six studio albums and played on famous jazz festivals all over the world. Their debut album 'about stories' features guest musicians Randy Brecker and Bob Mintzer. Bisceglia is well known for working with artists from outsid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SABAM
SABAM is one of the Belgian associations of authors, composers and publishers. The bilingual acronym stands for "Société d'Auteurs Belge – Belgische Auteurs Maatschappij". Their headquarters is located at 41-43 rue des Deux Eglises in Brussels. As of 2023, SABAM had over 48,000 members. In 2023, SABAM distributed €130 million to rightsholders. History SABAM was founded in 1922 at the instigation of the composer under the name NAVEA. In 1945 it changed to its current name. The SABAM is a Civil Co-operative Society (CVBA) with Belgian authors, composers and publishers as members. They represent the interests of its members in the field of intellectual property rights and collect all the royalties due to its members in Belgium, and sister organizations in other countries (such as Buma/Stemra in the Netherlands), and then distributes these royalties to the copyright holders. Unlike Buma/Stemra, which is limited to music copyright, SABAM is active in all disciplines where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolf Lislevand
Rolf Lislevand (30 December 1961), is a Norwegian performer of Early music specialising on lute, vihuela, baroque guitar and theorbo. Biography Lislevand was born in Oslo. From 1980 to 1984, he studied classical guitar at the Norwegian Academy of Music. In 1984 he entered the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Switzerland, under the tutelage of lutenists Hopkinson Smith and Eugen Dombois up to 1987 when he moved to Italy. From 1990 he was a teacher at the conservatory in Toulouse, France, from 1993 professor at the Music Academy in the German town of Trossingen. Since his first album as main artist with works from the "Libro Quarto d'intavolatura di Chitarrone" by composer Hieronymus Kapsberger, he had gained various awards: ''Diapason d’Or'', '' Choc du Monde de la Musique'', ''10 de Répertoire'', etc. In 1991 he played as part of the sound-track to the French film ''Tous les Matins du Monde'' together with the viol player Jordi Savall, with whom he has had an extensive collabo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ensemble Leporello
Ensemble Leporello is one of the oldest independent theatre ensembles in Flanders, Belgium. Brussels based, and subsidized by the Flemish Ministry of Culture, the award winning group tours its multi-lingual, highly stylized and musical adaptions of classic texts in many European countries. History The company was founded by Dirk Opstaele and Judith Vindevogel in 1985, the year of the creation of Leporello’s first piece, “Herz und Schmerz” (Ancienne Belgique, Brussels). This was the start for a ‘never ending’ tour and permanent creation of more than 40 works and circa a thousand venues. From 1990 on, the company acquired a reputation for its ‘unplugged’ way of staging classics. Helmsman Dirk Opstaele, trained at the L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq, Lecoq School in Paris, forged a unique style of ‘essential theatre’ where physicality, vocal orchestration and mise-en-scène are equally valid syntactical elements. Opstaele’s work in the field of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
