BL!NDMAN
Category: | ensemble (instrumentaal), kwartet |
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Genre(s): | 20ste eeuw, 21ste eeuw / hedendaags |
Contact of: | Eric Sleichim |
Actual/previous members: | Raf Minten, Eric Sleichim, Koen Maas, Piet Rebel, Ine Kuypers, Tom De Cock, Yves Goemaere, Hannes Nieuwlaet, Griet De Geyter, Gunther Vandeven, Roeland Vanhoorne, Chris Saris, Diamanda Dramm, Mariana Hutchinson, Hélène Koerver, Suzanne Vermeyen |
Biography
In 1988 Eric Sleichim founded BL!NDMAN, a saxophone quartet with a traditional line-up, which develops new performance techniques and substantially expands the repertoire for the instrument by continually exploring the boundaries with other disciplines. In 2008 BL!NDMAN became a collective in which the 20 years of stage experience accumulated by the original quartet – BL!NDMAN [sax] – is shared with three young quartets: BL!NDMAN [drums], BL!NDMAN [vox] and BL!NDMAN [strings]. A collective composed entirely of quartets: unique in the music world.
Four quartets, two generations, countless possibilities for ‘unheard of’ cross-fertilisation. A highly individual repertoire of old and new.
As always, BL!NDMAN embraces other artistic disciplines, delights the eye, questions the ear and considers experiment of paramount importance.
BL!NDMAN [sax] is Koen Maas (soprano saxophone), Roeland Vanhoorne (alto saxophone), Piet Rebel (tenor saxophone), Raf Minten (baritone saxophone)
BL!NDMAN [vox] is Griet de Geyter (soprano), Gunther Vandeven (counter tenor),
Kevin Skelton (tenor), Tiemo Wang (bass)
BL!NDMAN [drums]:Tom De Cock, Yves Goemaere, Hannes Nieuwlaet, Ruben Cooman
BL!NDMAN [strings]: Floris Uytterhoeven en Femke Verstappen (violin), Ine Kuypers (viola) en Joyce Kuipers (cello).
Selective discography
![]() | Water & Fire (Händel revisited) (2017) classical BL!NDMAN, Georg Friedrich Händel, Jean-Féry Rebel, Olivier Messiaen |
![]() | Bl!ndman collected (2013) 21st century / contemporary, 20th century, classicism, Baroque, early music Eric Sleichim, BL!NDMAN, Roy Nathanson, Steve Lacy, Ned Rothenberg, Johann Sebastian Bach, Leoninus, Perotinus (...) |
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![]() | 32 foot - The Organ of Bach (2013) Baroque BL!NDMAN, Johann Sebastian Bach |
![]() | Klarafestival 2013 (2013) Eric Sleichim, Johann Sebastian Bach, BL!NDMAN, Eric Sleichim |
![]() | Novecento - Maximal Bl!ndman (2012) 21st century / contemporary BL!NDMAN, Thierry De Mey, Peter Vermeersch, Fabian Coomans |
![]() | Mozart Machine (2006) 20th century BL!NDMAN |
![]() | Kamermuziek in Vlaanderen 2005 (2005) 20th century Ictus, Duo XXI, Zefiro Torna, BL!NDMAN, SimoensTrio, Triatu, Frans Geysen, Josquin Desprez (...) |
![]() | Max!mal - Live in Frankfurt - Bl!ndman (2004) 20th century BL!NDMAN, Thierry De Mey, Walter Hus, Eric Sleichim, Peter Vermeersch |
![]() | November Music 2004 (2004) 20th century BL!NDMAN, Filip Rathé |
![]() | Multiple Voice (2002) early music, 20th century BL!NDMAN, Koen Maas, Eric Sleichim, Piet Rebel, Raf Minten, Leoninus, Perotinus, Johannes Ockeghem (...) |
Related Items
News: | BL!NDMAN zoekt vrijwillig administratief en productioneel assistent(e) (19.10.2011) Opera-performance van Eric Sleichim op MA-festival (09.08.2011) Bl!ndman call 4 young composers (18.10.2010) Canvas portretteert Eric Sleichim (06.10.2008) Tandemtournee Gouden Vleugels (02.10.2008) |
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