Belgian National Orchestra

Category:symfonisch orkest, hedendaagse muziek, orkest, repertoire
1936
Genre(s):21ste eeuw / hedendaags, 20ste eeuw, romantiek, classicisme
Actual/previous members:Bram Nolf, Ivo Hadermann, Luc Loubry, Katelijne Onsia

Short description

The Belgian National Orchestra performs an extensive repertoire of music without constraining itself to any particular period or place. Thus we find classical and romantic pieces on the programme together with modern works from the 20th century.

Biography

Since its creation in 1936, the Belgian National Orchestra can boast a productive career that has known numerous encounters with renowned conductors and celebrated soloists. Through the passage of the years the identity of the orchestra has been thoroughly modernized and time has carved for it a definite profile. It performs an extensive repertoire of music. Thus we find classical and romantic pieces on the programme together with modern works from the 20th century and each year some contemporary Belgian works. The orchestra also invests time in specific projects such as film scores, various recordings in collaboration with the Cyprès label, participation in the Queen Elisabeth competition and concert tours abroad.

Selective discography

Kuifje - De zonnetempelKuifje - De zonnetempel (2001)
musical
Belgian National Orchestra, Tom Van Landuyt, Henk Poort, Jacqueline Van Quaille, Chris Van den Durpel, Guido Naessens, Frans Van Der Aa, Chris De Moor (...)
The art of performanceThe art of performance (2001)
Singersongwriter, Dutch folk & chanson, Rock / Alternative, 20th century
Belgian National Orchestra, Dirk Brossé, Marc Matthys, Dirk Brossé
Koningin Elisabethwestrijd voor piano 1999Koningin Elisabethwestrijd voor piano 1999 (1999)
21st century / contemporary, 20th century, romanticism
Vitaly Samoshko, Belgian National Orchestra, Boudewijn Cox, Belgian National Orchestra, Vitaly Samoshko, Sergei Rachmaninov, Franz Liszt, Piotr Iljitsj Tsjaikovski (...)
Jeanne D'Arc au BucherJeanne D'Arc au Bucher (1998)
opera
Koninklijke Chorale Caecilia, Lodewijk De Vocht, Paul Claudel, Belgian National Orchestra, Arthur Honegger
Jean AbsilJean Absil (1997)
20th century
André Dumortier, Belgian National Orchestra, Jean Absil, Fernand Quinet, Daniel Sternefeld, René Defossez
Joseph JongenJoseph Jongen (1997)
20th century
Eduardo del Pueyo, Mireille Flour, Belgian National Orchestra, Orchestre de Liège, Joseph Jongen
Sjostakovich Dmitri - Symphonie nr. 4Sjostakovich Dmitri - Symphonie nr. 4 (1996)
20th century
Belgian National Orchestra, Dmitri Sjostakovich, Yuri Simonov
Frederik Van Rossum - Miniatures for Piano and OrchestraFrederik Van Rossum - Miniatures for Piano and Orchestra (1995)
20th century, 21st century / contemporary
Belgian National Orchestra, Frederik Van Rossum, André Vandernoot
Ernest van der Eyken - Jef van HoofErnest van der Eyken - Jef van Hoof (1994)
20th century
Belgian National Orchestra, Ernest van der Eyken, Jef Van Hoof, Ernest van der Eyken, Silveer Van den Broeck
Koningin Elisabethwedstrijd voor viool - 1989Koningin Elisabethwedstrijd voor viool - 1989 (1989)
20th century
Ulrike-anima Mathe, Catherine Cho, Eugène Bouchkov, Belgian National Orchestra, André Laporte, Jean Sibelius, William Walton, Georges-Elie Octors (...)

Selectieve discografie als componist

Koningin Elisabethwestrijd voor piano 1999Koningin Elisabethwestrijd voor piano 1999 (1999)
21st century / contemporary, 20th century, romanticism
Vitaly Samoshko, Belgian National Orchestra, Boudewijn Cox, Belgian National Orchestra, Vitaly Samoshko, Sergei Rachmaninov, Franz Liszt, Piotr Iljitsj Tsjaikovski (...)

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