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Filip Rathé

Rathé‘s composing and conducting activities have a special emphasis on contemporary vocal-instrumental chamber (-ensemble) music. For his inspiration he often taps into silence: he weaves his refined time constructs with sparsely placed tones.

"Morning light at 4 a.m. in Helsinki harbour. A Brazilian poem. Rothko’s paintings. The sound of waves on the pebbles of the beaches in Normandy.
Can the strength of wisdom explain the mysteries of beauty?
Subconscious associations generate continuously changing motions in body and mind.
Memory, future of our past. The present: never complete and always fading.
Music emerging from basic emotional gestures, an incomprehensible narrative translated into sound and seemingly irreversible time.
Association as a constructive plan, gestures for bricks, motion in/is time.
Every answer a question, every challenge one more opportunity." (Filip Rathé)

Filip Rathé graduated at the Conservatoire of Ghent for piano and conducting. Afterwards he specialized in conductorship with Laszlo Heltay and Pierre Cao and studied composition with Lucien Goethals. At the University of Ghent he acquired a Master Degree of musicology with professor Herman Sabbe. Today he is a lecturer at the Music Schools of Higher Education in Ghent and Antwerp, teaching musical analysis, contemporary chamber music and doing research on the music of Nicolaus A. Huber. Between 1992 en 2001 he directed the contemporary music choir “De Tweede Adem”. Since 1993 he is artistic leader of the SPECTRA Ensemble with which he conducted concerts in Europe and South-America premiering over 60 new compositions. He appeared as guest conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of Flanders, the Flemish Radio Choir, the Jeune Philharmonie and several contemporary music ensembles (Aquarius-ensemble, Hermes-ensemble, I Solisti del Vento).
His compositions include a.o.: Canção do Caminho (SSAATTBB; 1998), O ultimo poema (ensemble; 2001), Das Utopias (17 string players; 2003), Canção de vidro (16 voices; 2004); La velocidad de las Tinieblas (amplified voice and ensemble; 2005). At present he is composing for the Dutch ensemble ‘De Volharding’. His works were performed a.o. by the Flemish Radio Choir, ASKO (N), the SPECTRA Ensemble and the Collegium Instrumentale Brugense.

Selective discography

	Posman Lucien 21st century / contemporary, 20th century Lucien Posman, Arco Baleno, Filip Rathé, Spectra Ensemble, Inge Haenebalcke, Serenata Forlana, Kaliope, Ann De Renais (...)		Lucien Goethals 20th century Spectra Ensemble, Dina Grossberger, Harry Sparnaay, Polo de Haes, Lucien Goethals, Filip Rathé

Selectieve discografie als componist

	SPECTRA - 20 years for the record (2014) 21st century / contemporary Spectra Ensemble, Frederik Neyrinck, Annelies Van Parys, Charlotte Riedijk, Jean-Luc Fafchamps, Alex Van Aeken, Filip Rathé, Roel Smedts (...)		En hij schiep... 7 culturen (2005) 20th century De Tweede Adem, Maarten Van Ingelgem, Lucien Posman, Peter Swinnen, Filip Rathé, Petra Vermote, Natalie Goossens, Nicolas De Cock (...)
	November Music 2004 (2004) 20th century BL!NDMAN, Filip Rathé

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