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Given the current circumstances related to Covid-19, the Centre Henri Pousseur, in consultation with all partners, has taken the decision to cancel the Images Sonores 2020 festival, which was originally scheduled to begin on April 30.

We regret to have to take this decision today, but given the current situation, it is no longer possible to guarantee the organisation of the festival, as well as the intended artistic level. We deeply regret to disappoint the public and the artists in this way, and we thank everyone for the expressions of support and understanding already received.

Together with the various partners, the Centre Henri Pousseur is currently studying the possibility of presenting the various programmes at a later date or integrating them into new initiatives. Several creations of the festival will be to be discovered during the concert within the framework of the 50th anniversary of the Centre in Brussels (the Senghor), on October 24th, 2020. As soon as the new dates of the different projects are decided, they will be communicated through the usual communication channels of the Centre Henri Pousseur.

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In the context of the current situation around Covid-19, the following concerts are cancelled:
– The concert of the composition & mixed composition classes of the Royal Conservatory of Liège (L’An Vert, 19 March)
– the festival Électrocution in Brest, from 26 till 28 March
– A Page of Madness, in Flagey (April 2), NTGent (April 3) and Amsterdam (April 25).

We will inform you as soon as new dates for these concerts are set.

Centre Henri Pousseur celebrates its 50th anniversary this year ! A milestone that we obviously do not want to pass unnoticed, and underline with a number of special productions and collaborations. On the programme in February wille be Buñuels L’Âge d’Or with music for 6 percussionists, piano and electronics by Martin Matalon; in the Concertgebouw Bruges we will create new work for cello and electronics by Daan Janssens, with Arne Deforce (cello).

And before we release a new edition of the festival Images Sonores, we’ll present in April, together with the outstanding musicians of the ensemble Revue Blanche another new and ambitious score by composer Daan Janssens as part of the film project A Page of Madness (the silent japanese cult film of 1926), to be seen and heard in Flagey, in NTGent, and in the Muziekgebouw aan het Ij (Amsterdam).

Have a look at our agenda and be welcome !

Every two years, a special prize awards a young composer, sedent of a
Conservatory of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles in Belgium.

Award Terms:

1.     Enrolled as composer (student or graduated) at one of the three Conservatories of the French community (Brussels, Liège, Mons) or at the IMEP.

2.     The age limit for the competition is 35 years old at the last day of the application deadline.

3.     Providing a detailed biography and a proof of enrollment from the Chair of the institute (enrollment or graduation).

4.     Sending the score and recording (CD or other support) of a mixed music work, together with the score of a piece of your own choice.

Application deadline is 8 January 2020 (date of the post mark).