Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen

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Category:symfonisch orkest, repertoire, hedendaagse muziek, orkest
1960
Genre(s):21ste eeuw / hedendaags, 20ste eeuw, romantiek, classicisme
Conductor of:Martijn Dendievel
Actual/previous members:Anouk Sturtewagen, Fien Van den Fonteyne

Short description

With its sixty musicians, the Symphony Orchestra Flanders is the smallest of Belgium's major orchestras. Its repertoire ranges from classicism to contemporary music. The programmes of the Symphony Orchestra Flanders are notable for their great diversity and originality. Apart from the great symphonic repertoire, the orchestra also brings little-known works to the attention of the audience, particularly of the nineteenth and twentieth century. The orchestra also pursues an active commission policy, contributing to the accomplishment and the development of a contemporary repertoire. Every year one Flemish composer is commissioned to write a composition. The Symphony Orchestra Flanders has a number of operating bases throughout Flanders, where it gives a series of concerts every season: Brussels, Antwerp, Bruges and Ghent. Chief conductor of the orchestra is Seikyo Kim. David Angus is its honorary conductor.

Biography

The Flanders Symphony Orchestra (FSO) has been a fixed value in the Flemish cultural landscape for sixty years. Composed of sixty highly committed and passionate musicians, and led by renowned conductors, The Flanders Symphony Orchestra both commissions and performs new compositions of contemporary music as well as electrifying renditions of the main symphonic repertoire from the classical period onwards.

The Flanders Symphony Orchestra fulfills an exemplary role in creating opportunities for young and talented musicians, composers, soloists and conductors. In addition, the Orchestra makes music from both past and present accessible to as wide and diverse an audience as possible in Flanders and beyond.

The orchestra was founded in 1960 by Dirk Varendonck, also the orchestra’s first conductor. From 1986 onwards the orchestra was conducted by Patrick Peire, Robert Groslot and Fabrice Bollon. The orchestra went through a thorough reformation in the mid-1990s. Principal conductors have included David Angus, Etienne Siebens, Seikyo Kim and Jan Latham-Koenig. As from the concert season 2019-20, the Estionan Kristiina Poska is the new chief conductor of the Flanders Symphony Orchestra.

In addition to the concert series in Antwerp, Bruges and Ghent, the Flanders Symphony Orchestra is a welcome guest at both national and international venues.

Selective discography

Coryn Roland - Winds of Dawn (CD 1 &2)Coryn Roland - Winds of Dawn (CD 1 &2) (2001)
20th century
Catherine Vandevelde, Roland Coryn, Johan Duijck, Andrew Wicks, Stuart Maclntyre, Gents Madrigaalkoor, Vlaams Radiokoor (VRK), Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen (...)
Albert RousselAlbert Roussel (2000)
20th century
Jan Michiels, Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen, Tom Devaere, Albert Roussel, Fabrice Bollon
Ryelandt Joseph - Symfonische werkenRyelandt Joseph - Symfonische werken (1999)
romanticism, 20th century
Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen, Mireille Capelle, Joseph Ryelandt, Fabrice Bollon
Cinema EmotionCinema Emotion (1997)
classical, soundtrack
Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen, Diverse componisten, Fabrice Bollon
August de Boeck - Edgar TinelAugust de Boeck - Edgar Tinel (1995)
romanticism, 20th century
Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen, August de Boeck, Edgar Tinel, Fabrice Bollon
Belgian Romantic Flute ConcertosBelgian Romantic Flute Concertos (1994)
romanticism
Gaby Van Riet, Nieuw Vlaams orkest, Peter Benoit, Hendrik Waelput, François-Joseph Fétis, Silveer Van den Broeck
Belgian Composers from West FlandersBelgian Composers from West Flanders (1994)
20th century
Henry Raudales, Het Nieuw Vlaams Symfonie Orkest, Roland Coryn, Willy Carron, Frédéric Devreese, Dirk Brossé
Belgian works for SaxophoneBelgian works for Saxophone (1994)
20th century
Norbert Nozy, Nieuw Vlaams orkest, Willy Carron, Peter Cabus, André Waignein, Paul Gilson, Marcel Poot, Jean Absil (...)
Ottorino Respighi - Benjamin BrittenOttorino Respighi - Benjamin Britten (1992)
20th century
Nieuw Vlaams orkest, Ottorino Respighi, Benjamin Britten, Patrick Peire
Lodewijk De Vocht - Prosper Van Eechaute - Roland CorynLodewijk De Vocht - Prosper Van Eechaute - Roland Coryn (1992)
20th century
Henry Raudales, Het Nieuw Vlaams Symfonie Orkest, Prosper Van Eechaute, Lodewijk De Vocht, Roland Coryn, Patrick Peire

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Persons/artist(s):Etienne Siebens (conductor, contemporary music)
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