highlights
In these strange times, Klarafestival has put together a digital festival featuring twelve different audiovisual productions.
From March 13 until 22, we, in partnership with BOZAR, Flagey and Passa Porta will present forgotten gems, great Romantic classics, plenty of new creations and also new, young talent. The common theme throughout all these performances? A warm message of hope and comfort: ‘es ist noch nicht alles verloren’, or ‘all is not lost’.
premiere songs of nature
Klarafestival opens on March 13 with Songs of Nature, a musical theatre production that should have premiered last year in Amsterdam, with further dates in Bruges, Shanghai, and Rouen and at Operadagen Rotterdam. All of these shows were cancelled, but Klarafestival and BOZAR can now at last bring this new production by B’Rock and Muziektheater Transparant to the stage.
undisputed masterpieces
Exquisite renditions of the great Romantic repertoire have long been the mainstay of Klarafestival. It’s taken some effort, but we are able to present you with some unforgettable classics in this edition too. Undoubtedly, one highlight is the concert by the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra conducted by the former chief conductor Edo de Waart with Strauss’s Metamorphosen and Wagner‘s Siegfried-Idyll. Next, Het Collectief also presents Mahlers Das Lied von der Erde in a majestic arrangement by the conductor, pianist and composer Reinbert de Leeuw who passed away last year.
creations
Now more than ever, Klarafestival wants to help artists to create new work. Sound & Vision is a digital production in which seven duos - each comprising a composer and a visual artist - present new work. Klarafestival has invited an international guest of stature in the STEGREIF.orchester. This hip improvisation orchestra from Berlin has been going from strength to strength in German-speaking countries, but they’ve never been heard in Belgium. And as icing on the cake, together with Passa Porta we asked the famous Dutch author Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer to write a new ‘Idyll’.
new talent
As well as some major names, Klarafestival has also gathered rather a lot of new talent. To keep an eye on is the brand new project MUSIKAA, a collaboration with the Municipality of Molenbeek and a few of the many cultural organisations in the area. Working with local talent, they present an artistic programme that can be discovered both online and by scanning QR codes along a walking route through Molenbeek.
Register now
From March 13 until 22, we will present forgotten gems, great Romantic classics, plenty of new creations and also new, young talent. You’re welcome on our website to explore this digital experience. If you want to enjoy the free digital concerts, please don't forget to register in advance. Register via www.Klarafestival.be/live and watch the entire festival in optimal audio and video quality for free.
Image (C) Bernd Schölzchen
