Björn Schmelzer

Category:dirigent
Antwerpen, 1975
Genre(s):oude muziek
Instrument(s):zang
Actual/previous member of:Graindelavoix

Biography

Björn Schmelzer is an ethnomusicologist and anthropologist who combines these studies in his research and in his work as an artist. it helps him to unravel the complex web of musical practices and create new ones.

Living in Antwerp (Belgium), he spent some time in Naples and Palermo and worked intensively on the musical traditions and performance practices in sardinia , sicily and the south-italian peninsula. He specialized in the styles and function of ornamentation in mediterranean music and in written classical music as well. Although he was inspired by some ancient and traditional music performers in belgium and in the mediterranean area, life brought him to strike intuitive into other, unknown roads. Beside different (necessary or not) activities and trades, he was also a street-performer and for some time ‘brocanteur'. With graindelavoix his approach to ancient music is that of anachronism and geographical margin with a view to reverse and reinvent images of the (auditive) past. at this moment björn schmelzer is writing a study about dynamics and intensity in late-gothic art.

Selective discography

Muntagna NeraMuntagna Nera (2012)
early music
Graindelavoix, Björn Schmelzer
Cesena. Songs for popes, princes and mercenaries (c.1400)Cesena. Songs for popes, princes and mercenaries (c.1400) (2011)
early music
Graindelavoix, anoniem 14de eeuw, Björn Schmelzer, Solage, Philipoctus de Caserta, Matheus De Sancto Johanne, Johannes Galiot, Johannes Ciconia (...)
Cecus colours, blindness and memorialCecus colours, blindness and memorial (2010)
early music
Graindelavoix, Björn Schmelzer
La MagdaleneLa Magdalene (2009)
early music
Graindelavoix, anoniem, Nicolas Champion, Claudin De Sermisy, Pierre Blondeau, Alexander Agricola, Björn Schmelzer
Poissance d'amoursPoissance d'amours (2008)
early music
Graindelavoix, Björn Schmelzer
JoyeJoye (2007)
early music
Silvie Moors, Graindelavoix, Johannes Ockeghem, Gilles Binchois, Björn Schmelzer
Residentieconcerten Den Haag 2005-2006Residentieconcerten Den Haag 2005-2006 (2006)
early music, 20th century, World / Ethnic, Jazz
Frederik Croene, Sexteto Tanguedia, Zefiro Torna, Jef Neve Trio, Graindelavoix, Björn Schmelzer
Missa Caput by Johannes OckeghemMissa Caput by Johannes Ockeghem (2006)
early music
Graindelavoix, Johannes Ockeghem, Björn Schmelzer

Author of

Time Regained: A Warburg Atlas for Early MusicTime Regained: A Warburg Atlas for Early Music (2018)
oude muziek
Björn Schmelzer, Margarida Garcia
Musica Antiqua RevisitedMusica Antiqua Revisited (2010)
oude muziek
Björn Schmelzer, Sigiswald Kuijken

Selectieve discografie als medewerker

Poissance d'amoursPoissance d'amours (2008)
early music
Graindelavoix, Björn Schmelzer
Margarete. Maximilian I.Margarete. Maximilian I. (2001)
early music
Capilla Flamenca, Dirk Snellings, La Caccia, Michaël Ghijs, Schola Cantorum Cantate Domino, Frans Mariman, Schola Gregoriana Lovaniensis, Joris Verdin (...)

Related Items

News:CESENA Symposium rond dans, muziek en filosofie (29.11.2011)
Wereldpremière 'Cesena' met Graindelavoix op het Festival te Avignon (12.07.2011)
Documents:Musica Antiqua Revisited (brochure)
Releases:Cesena. Songs for popes, princes and mercenaries (c.1400)