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A concert evening that gets under your skin

Music as Encounter

The Many Faces of the Baritone

Portraits of Antonio Vivaldi discovered

A discovery of historical significance for the music world: four portraits of Antonio Vivaldi were unveiled on Saturday, 3 October 2026 at the Museo de' Medici in Firenze.

Bruckner's Ninth from the Inside

Hadewijch's Great Love: 13th Century and So Contemporary

Hadewijch, of whom no one knows whether she truly existed, and where mysticism begins, is said to have left behind many texts, poems and songs. She may have been a beguine or a nun, and anyone who reads her texts and listens to her songs may wonder just how chaste she really was...

An English View on the French Soul of Dupré

A warmly recommended recording that may not be definitive, but radiates considerable musical intelligence, conviction and love for Dupré.

Amateur musicians dive into the baroque world of Il Gardellino

Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, opening gala of the 2026-27 season, with star soprano Fatma Said.

On Saturday evening, 26 September, the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra celebrated its annual gala marking the start of the new season at the Elisabethzaal. The central guest was star soprano Fatma Said. The program featured many well-known and lesser-known arias and orchestral works. The orchestra was conducted by guest conductor Marcus Merkel.

Servus and Haydn Festival celebrate anniversaries

On a sunny October day in 1986, the Belgian-Austrian Society was founded with great fanfare on the Sint-Romboutstoren. Ten years later, the Haydn Festival came into being. Throughout that entire time, the Haydn Trio Eisenstadt was practically a fixture in Mechelen. And now violinist Verena Stourzh was there once again

Between Silence and Sound: Lucas Van Vlierberghe and the Creation of His Requiem

Behind a smile lies the pain