https://classicalconcertguide.com/Global guide to classical music concerts: 100 upcoming performances in concert halls, churches and festivals around the world.enSun, 26 Jul 2026 15:08:43 GMThttps://www.bozar.be/en/calendar/festival-midis-minimes-2026festival-midis-minimes-2026@bozar.beMon, 17 Aug 2026 10:15:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://www.bozar.be/en/calendar/festival-midis-minimes-2026">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>Bozar Brussel (Hall M)</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49018flagey:dwx9:49018Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:15:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49018">€5 – €61</a></p><p>Flagey</p><p>Brussels Philharmonic brengt Star Wars: Return of the Jedi in Concert – beleef de epische film op groot scherm, met de meeslepende en met een Oscar® bekroonde filmmuziek van componist John Williams live uitgevoerd. “I am a Jedi, like my father before me…” De Star Wars-saga fascineert intussen al decennialang jong en oud: wereldwijd zijn de mythische verhalen, iconische personages, baanbrekende visuele effecten en natuurlijk de legendarische muziek van John Williams een vast begrip geworden. Ervaar tijdens dit filmconcert de volle kracht en grandeur van deze legendarische episode, dankzij de live muziek gebracht onder leiding van Dirk Brossé – die in 2010 door John Williams zelf werd gekozen als dirigent voor de wereldtournee Star Wars in Concert. In deze spectaculaire, allesbeslissende episode van de Star Wars-saga legt Darth Vader de laatste hand aan de tweede Death Star om de Rebellenalliantie definitief te vernietigen. Samen met zijn trouwe droids, R2-D2 en C-3PO, en prinses Leia zet Luke Skywalker alles op alles om Han Solo te bevrijden uit de klauwen van de beruchte misdaadkoning Jabba de Hutt. Eenmaal herenigd wagen de rebellen zich aan een wanhopige aanval op de keizerlijke vloot bij de maan Endor. Maar de ultieme strijd vindt plaats tussen vader en zoon: Luke staat nog één keer tegenover Darth Vader, terwijl het lot van het hele sterrenstelsel aan een zijden draadje hangt. © &amp; TM LUCASFILM LTD. Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts in association with Warner/Chappell Music. © All rights reserved. regie: Richard Marquand – producer: Howard Kazanjian – scenario: Lawrence Kasdan en George Lucas – verhaal: George Lucas – executive producer: George Lucas – muziek: John Williams</p>https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&id=10229760753940belgian-national-orchestra-halls-vinnitskaya@bozar.beFri, 11 Sep 2026 18:00:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&amp;id=10229760753940">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>Bozar Brussel (Henry Le Boeuf Hall)</p><p>The season begins in pure imagination with Aeriality by Anna Thorvaldsdottir, our new composer-in-residence. Music that hovers, drifts and opens up spaces for stillness and reflection. In Schumann’s Piano Concerto, the soloist does not confront the orchestra but joins it at the heart of the conversation. Anna Vinnitskaya, winner of the 2007 Queen Elisabeth Competition, brings this intimate dialogue to life with clarity and a natural, compelling strength. After this captivating prelude, Gustav Mahler unfolds his First Symphony, “Titan” — a work in which nature awakens, irony cuts through the surface, and visionary energy gradually rises. Conductor Matthew Halls leads an untameable season opening: sweeping, monumental and rich with promise. Meet Anna Vinnitskaya at Bozar! During the interval or after the concert, she will be present for a signing session. As part of the Piano Legends subscription series, and subject to the artist&#39;s availability. Thanks to the players of the National Lottery. Created with the support of the Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government through Casa Kafka Pictures.</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49019flagey:dwx9:49019Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:15:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49019">€5 – €61</a></p><p>Flagey</p><p>Brussels Philharmonic brengt Star Wars: Return of the Jedi in Concert – beleef de epische film op groot scherm, met de meeslepende en met een Oscar® bekroonde filmmuziek van componist John Williams live uitgevoerd. “I am a Jedi, like my father before me…” De Star Wars-saga fascineert intussen al decennialang jong en oud: wereldwijd zijn de mythische verhalen, iconische personages, baanbrekende visuele effecten en natuurlijk de legendarische muziek van John Williams een vast begrip geworden. Ervaar tijdens dit filmconcert de volle kracht en grandeur van deze legendarische episode, dankzij de live muziek gebracht onder leiding van Dirk Brossé – die in 2010 door John Williams zelf werd gekozen als dirigent voor de wereldtournee Star Wars in Concert. In deze spectaculaire, allesbeslissende episode van de Star Wars-saga legt Darth Vader de laatste hand aan de tweede Death Star om de Rebellenalliantie definitief te vernietigen. Samen met zijn trouwe droids, R2-D2 en C-3PO, en prinses Leia zet Luke Skywalker alles op alles om Han Solo te bevrijden uit de klauwen van de beruchte misdaadkoning Jabba de Hutt. Eenmaal herenigd wagen de rebellen zich aan een wanhopige aanval op de keizerlijke vloot bij de maan Endor. Maar de ultieme strijd vindt plaats tussen vader en zoon: Luke staat nog één keer tegenover Darth Vader, terwijl het lot van het hele sterrenstelsel aan een zijden draadje hangt. © &amp; TM LUCASFILM LTD. Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts in association with Warner/Chappell Music. © All rights reserved. regie: Richard Marquand – producer: Howard Kazanjian – scenario: Lawrence Kasdan en George Lucas – verhaal: George Lucas – executive producer: George Lucas – muziek: John Williams</p>https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/37747/70871/lamonnaie:3948:70871Sat, 12 Sep 2026 18:00:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/37747/70871/">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>La Monnaie / De Munt (Fioccozaal (Ateliers van de Munt))</p><p>Recital In public and private spaces where their voices are silenced, composers and librettists find ways to persist and resist. Soprano Jeanine De Bique, who opens La Monnaie&#39;s opera season in the female title role of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, captures and decodes their journeys in a recital that celebrates the power of expression. Evoking the painful history of slavery as well as her contemporary perspective on Black identity, the Trinidadian soprano moves between Caribbean traditionals, African American spirituals, gospel songs by H.T. Burleigh and the poetry of Toni Morrison set to music by André Previn. With a Songs season ticket, invite someone for free to your three favourite Song nights at La Monnaie this season.</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49020flagey:dwx9:49020Sat, 12 Sep 2026 18:15:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49020">€5 – €61</a></p><p>Flagey</p><p>Brussels Philharmonic brengt Star Wars: Return of the Jedi in Concert – beleef de epische film op groot scherm, met de meeslepende en met een Oscar® bekroonde filmmuziek van componist John Williams live uitgevoerd. “I am a Jedi, like my father before me…” De Star Wars-saga fascineert intussen al decennialang jong en oud: wereldwijd zijn de mythische verhalen, iconische personages, baanbrekende visuele effecten en natuurlijk de legendarische muziek van John Williams een vast begrip geworden. Ervaar tijdens dit filmconcert de volle kracht en grandeur van deze legendarische episode, dankzij de live muziek gebracht onder leiding van Dirk Brossé – die in 2010 door John Williams zelf werd gekozen als dirigent voor de wereldtournee Star Wars in Concert. In deze spectaculaire, allesbeslissende episode van de Star Wars-saga legt Darth Vader de laatste hand aan de tweede Death Star om de Rebellenalliantie definitief te vernietigen. Samen met zijn trouwe droids, R2-D2 en C-3PO, en prinses Leia zet Luke Skywalker alles op alles om Han Solo te bevrijden uit de klauwen van de beruchte misdaadkoning Jabba de Hutt. Eenmaal herenigd wagen de rebellen zich aan een wanhopige aanval op de keizerlijke vloot bij de maan Endor. Maar de ultieme strijd vindt plaats tussen vader en zoon: Luke staat nog één keer tegenover Darth Vader, terwijl het lot van het hele sterrenstelsel aan een zijden draadje hangt. © &amp; TM LUCASFILM LTD. Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts in association with Warner/Chappell Music. © All rights reserved. regie: Richard Marquand – producer: Howard Kazanjian – scenario: Lawrence Kasdan en George Lucas – verhaal: George Lucas – executive producer: George Lucas – muziek: John Williams</p>https://www.bozar.be/en/calendar/la-monnaie-symphony-orchestra-altinoglu-chola-monnaie-symphony-orchestra-altinoglu-cho@bozar.beSun, 13 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://www.bozar.be/en/calendar/la-monnaie-symphony-orchestra-altinoglu-cho">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>Bozar Brussel (Henry Le Boeuf Hall)</p><p>G G G, E flat … This short motif, among the most memorable in the history of music, opens Ludwig van Beethoven ’s Symphony No. 5. Often associated, apocryphally, with the image of ‘fate knocking at the door’, these four notes became, for the composer, the driving force behind countless dramatic effects, by turns tempestuous, lyrical, playful or triumphant. Written around the same time, the Piano Concerto No. 4 is often described as one of Beethoven’s most poetic works. Besides several ingenious touches that lend the instrument a refreshing spontaneity, and the evocation of Orpheus taming the Erinyes at the gates to the Underworld in the second movement, the concerto is distinguished by an exhilarating combination of grandeur and intimacy. Accompanied by the La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra and virtuoso pianist Seong-Jin Cho – named Musician of the Year 2025 by Opus Klassik – Alain Altinoglu kicks off, a little ahead of time, the commemorations of the bicentenary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s death with a programme exploring two of his most cherished themes: the power of fate and the aspiration for freedom.</p>https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/34520/65980/lamonnaie:3939:65980Sun, 13 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/34520/65980/">€12 – €50</a></p><p>La Monnaie / De Munt (Bozar)</p><p>Concert Ludwig van Beethoven reigns supreme over the first concert of the season G G G, E flat … This short motif, among the most memorable in the history of music, opens Ludwig van Beethoven ’s Symphony No. 5. Often associated, apocryphally, with the image of ‘fate knocking at the door’, these four notes became, for the composer, the driving force behind countless dramatic effects, by turns tempestuous, lyrical, playful or triumphant. Written around the same time, the Piano Concerto No. 4 is often described as one of Beethoven’s most poetic works. Besides several ingenious touches that lend the instrument a refreshing spontaneity, and the evocation of Orpheus taming the Erinyes at the gates to the Underworld in the second movement, the concerto is distinguished by an exhilarating combination of grandeur and intimacy. Contrasts abound in the Coriolan Overture too, which illustrates with no less acuity both Coriolanus’s determination to invade Rome and his mother’s tenderness as she pleads with him to abstain … Accompanied by the La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra and virtuoso pianist Seong-Jin Cho – named Musician of the Year 2025 by Opus Klassik – Alain Altinoglu kicks off, a little ahead of time, the commemorations of the bicentenary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s death with a programme exploring two of his most cherished themes: the power of fate and the aspiration for freedom. Create your own flexible concert subscription with your four favourite symphonic productions (or more) and you enjoy a 25% discount as well as a wide range of benefits.</p>https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&id=10229815719554belgian-national-orchestra-aadland-gatto-william-kentridge@bozar.beFri, 18 Sep 2026 18:00:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&amp;id=10229815719554">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>Bozar Brussel (Henry Le Boeuf Hall)</p><p>In Distant Light, Pēteris Vasks writes music as an act of fragile faith. For solo violin and strings, a slowly unfolding space emerges, one in which hope becomes tangible without offering certainty. Lorenzo Gatto sustains this stillness with a tone that captures shimmering light while holding onto tension. In stark contrast stands Dmitri Shostakovich ’s Tenth Symphony: an uncompromising confrontation with power, fear and inner rage. Under the baton of Eivind Aadland, the evening becomes an intense journey between fragility and resistance. Music as a moral compass: sharp, searching and profoundly human. After creating opera productions as original as they are bold — such as The Nose by Shostakovich — William Kentridge returns to the world of this composer with a 50-minute film conceived as a dynamic visual counterpart to the Symphony No. 10. Through a mix of collage, performance, and a highly distinctive visual style, the film looks back at the decades from the 1920s to the 1950s, seen from the perspective of 1953, the year of Stalin’s death and the symphony’s premiere. William Kentridge is Bozar&#39;s Grand Invité this season. Enhance your experience beyond the concert with an introduction! The introduction starts at 7 pm and is free upon presentation of your concert ticket.</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49013flagey:hqfzSat, 19 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49013">€20</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 1)</p><p>As evening falls on a warm late summer day, the soft veils of twilight set the stage for an intimate concert where poetry and music intertwine. Medieval texts by Charles d’Orléans inspired Claude Debussy, while Maurice Ravel penned his own lyrics for Trois Chansons — his only a cappella work. He himself described the second movement, Trois beaux oiseaux du Paradis, as ‘an exquisite ballad full of tenderness.’ By choosing the poetry of Paul Verlaine for his song cycle Chansons grises, Reynaldo Hahn crowned himself the undisputed master of the French mélodie — and the Parisian salons of the Belle Époque. Fauré closes the evening and ushers in the night with the dramatic power of Les Djinns, based on a poem by Victor Hugo.</p>https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&id=10229815725311camila-mandillo-echo-rising-star@bozar.beSun, 20 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&amp;id=10229815725311">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>Bozar Brussel (Henry Le Boeuf Hall)</p><p>“… And now for something slightly different.” This Monty Python phrase is emblazoned across ECHO Rising Star Camila Mandillo ’s programme. The Portuguese soprano takes to the stage with a smile. Over four centuries of music, composers have turned to humour, irony and wit. Not to distract from seriousness, but as a way of confronting life’s complexities. From sly parody to theatrical exaggeration, from playful mischief to biting absurdity: laughter has always had a place on the concert stage. Surprises, transformations and contrasts guide the listener through a kaleidoscope of styles, from Monteverdi and Rossini to Berio, Satie, Ligeti and more. Bushra El-Turk has written a new work, especially for Mandillo, based on poetry by the Palestinian poet Asmaa Azaizeh (on 4 November at Bozar). Camila Mandillo has been named a ‘Rising Star’ for the 2026–2027 season by the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, Casa da Música in Porto and Bozar as part of the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO) network. During her European tour, the artist has been invited to perform at Bozar and to give a private concert for the residents of the Petit-Château (Refugee Reception Centre), in collaboration with the organisations Fedasil and Orfeo.</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48978flagey:zt64Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:15:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48978">€28</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 4)</p><p>Flagey opens its classical season with two absolute gems of the chamber music repertoire: the piano quintets of Antonín Dvořák and Johannes Brahms. With extraordinary melodic vitality inspired by Slavic dance forms such as the dumka and the furiant, Dvořák dispelled all doubts in his Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major after an earlier fruitless attempt in the genre. Brahms’s Piano Quintet in F minor also emerged from a long search: only after unsatisfactory versions for string quintet and for two pianos did Brahms find in the piano quintet the ideal sonority for his music. For these masterpieces, an exceptional ensemble gathers around pianist Valère Burnon, who was one of last year’s revelations at the Queen Elisabeth Competition, winning Third Prize as well as the audience prizes of VRT Canvas-Klara and Musiq3. Joined by Adam Suska and Amia Janicki (violins), Héloïse Houzé (viola), and Jorge Giménez (cello), all like Burnon himself trained at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, he is surrounded by the ideal musical partners.</p>https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&id=10229759401954belgian-national-orchestra-yoon@bozar.beThu, 24 Sep 2026 17:00:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&amp;id=10229759401954">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>Bozar Brussel (Henry Le Boeuf Hall)</p><p>With Sheherazade, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov crafts an orchestral tale brimming with colour, tension and fantasy. Each motif becomes a story, each turn reveals a new perspective. Under the baton of Hankyeol Yoon, the BNO makes these One Thousand and One Nights shimmer in sound and colour beneath the immaculate ceiling of the Henry Le Bœuf Hall. As a passionate music lover, Thomas Vanderveken guides you through the score with clarity, curiosity and humour. A Symphonic Date where listening becomes an invitation to explore and savour. Thanks to the players of the National Lottery. Created with the support of the Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government through Casa Kafka Pictures.</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48962flagey:5zsnFri, 25 Sep 2026 10:30:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48962">€16</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 1)</p><p>What could be more unexpected than the meeting of a cello and an accordion? A duo born in Namur that has gone on to conquer Venice, Luxembourg, Shanghai and Taipei. Through their creativity, modernity and virtuosity, Pierre Fontenelle and Frin Wolter have been surprising audiences for the past decade, exploring a borderless musical world where repertoires intersect, transform and reinvent themselves. Winners of First Prize at the Concours International Accordé’Opale and named Coup de Cœur at the Royal Juillet Musical de Saint-Hubert, Duo Kiasma stands out for the freedom and boldness of its arrangements that are neither faithful transcriptions nor simple adaptations. POLARIS marks a decisive milestone in this nomadic journey. Like the star from which it takes its name, the album serves as a guiding point within an ever-expanding aesthetic universe. The programme offers a captivating dialogue between the Baroque era and the modern music it inspired. Discover how a famous Bach cantata can be transformed into a Beatles hit, or how Villa-Lobos’s lyrical Cantilena can burst into more rock-inspired sonorities, alongside arrangements from Rameau’s operas.</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48967flagey:f3pqSat, 26 Sep 2026 16:30:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48967">€9</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 1)</p><p>Whether you’re already an aficionado or simply curious, everyone is welcome, and no prior knowledge is required! Everything in Florestan Bataillie&#39;s life orbits around music! He is not only a pianist and composer but also an inspired storyteller who eagerly imparts his deep-seated passion for classical music to the audience. From the piano, he delves into key works from the repertoire, dissects them to the bone, and gives the listeners a unique insight into the life and work of brilliant composers</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48968flagey:4cc3:48968Sat, 26 Sep 2026 18:15:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48968">€51 – €61</a></p><p>Flagey</p><p>Verdi’s Requiem stands alongside Mozart’s in a class of its own: written by a genius (as Johannes Brahms put it), overwhelmingly grand yet surprisingly intimate, traversing the entire spectrum of human emotion. &quot;The heart’s undying hope&quot; Throughout his life, Giuseppe Verdi remained an agnostic, neither mocking nor dismissing religion: “To have faith is good, but not to rely on faith is better.” Yet, it was this very man who created one of the most famous religious works in history—a tour de force sparked by the death of the great Italian poet Alessandro Manzoni. Verdi deeply admired the writer, who, like himself, upheld the ideals of humanity and justice. Such a man deserved a tribute. That tribute became the Requiem. The Requiem is the greatest opera Verdi never wrote; the most dramatic sacred music ever composed. From the ominous, thundering Dies Irae to the achingly beautiful Requiem Aeternam, its scale and scope are immense, its emotional expression breathtakingly wide. And despite its liturgical framework, Verdi succeeded in making the two core themes of every requiem—fear and hope—tangible and accessible to believers and non-believers alike.</p>https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&id=10229759933834salzburger-marionettentheater-ensemble-isabelle-faust@bozar.beSun, 27 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&amp;id=10229759933834">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>Bozar Brussel (Hall M)</p><p>A fairytale about a deserter, the devil, a violin and a princess. We know that things rarely end well when the devil gets involved – and the Russian musical story L’Histoire du Soldat is no exception to the rule. Igor Stravinsky wrote this work ‘to read, play and sing’ in the war-torn year 1918, intending it for performance by a small theatre company or even in the open air. The original stage setting, inspired both aesthetically and practically by travelling fairs and troupes of actors, evokes images of street musicians. The Salzburger Marionettentheater and director Matthias Bundschuh make the puppets – designed by the German artist Georg Baselitz (!) – dance to Stravinsky’s jazz-inspired score. The aptly named Isabelle Faust picks up her violin to unleash the devil.</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48969flagey:4cc3:48969Sun, 27 Sep 2026 18:15:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48969">€51 – €61</a></p><p>Flagey</p><p>Verdi’s Requiem stands alongside Mozart’s in a class of its own: written by a genius (as Johannes Brahms put it), overwhelmingly grand yet surprisingly intimate, traversing the entire spectrum of human emotion. &quot;The heart’s undying hope&quot; Throughout his life, Giuseppe Verdi remained an agnostic, neither mocking nor dismissing religion: “To have faith is good, but not to rely on faith is better.” Yet, it was this very man who created one of the most famous religious works in history—a tour de force sparked by the death of the great Italian poet Alessandro Manzoni. Verdi deeply admired the writer, who, like himself, upheld the ideals of humanity and justice. Such a man deserved a tribute. That tribute became the Requiem. The Requiem is the greatest opera Verdi never wrote; the most dramatic sacred music ever composed. From the ominous, thundering Dies Irae to the achingly beautiful Requiem Aeternam, its scale and scope are immense, its emotional expression breathtakingly wide. And despite its liturgical framework, Verdi succeeded in making the two core themes of every requiem—fear and hope—tangible and accessible to believers and non-believers alike.</p>https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&id=10229815725312antwerp-symphony-orchestra-albrecht-lehmkuhl@bozar.beThu, 01 Oct 2026 18:00:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&amp;id=10229815725312">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>Bozar Brussel (Henry Le Boeuf Hall)</p><p>During his first series of concerts as chief conductor of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra (ASO), Marc Albrecht makes a major statement. Together with Opera Ballet Flanders ’ adult and youth choirs, he performs Mahler ’s Symphony No. 3, a monumental masterpiece that begins with the tragic chaos of creation and ends with God’s eternal light. Along the way, Mahler explores the profound questions surrounding the destiny of humankind and the primal forces of nature – themes that are also close to Albrecht’s heart. With this performance, he invites the audience to fully immerse themselves in this monumental work.</p>https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&id=10229759933119la-tempete@bozar.beFri, 02 Oct 2026 18:00:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&amp;id=10229759933119">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>Bozar Brussel (Henry Le Boeuf Hall)</p><p>The last time the French ensemble La Tempête visited Bozar, our concert hall was bathed in a golden glow and Stravinsky sparkled alongside De Machaut. This time, Simon-Pierre Bestion has his singers and musicians tackle Claudio Monteverdi’s colossal Vespro della Beata Vergine. Subtle scenography transforms the Vespers into a unique concert experience. When he composed the piece in 1613, Monteverdi had his heart set on the job of maestro di cappella in Venice. This application letter for the post reads like the culmination of the church music of his time, written under the spell of the marble and mosaics of St Mark’s Basilica.</p>https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/37749/70883/lamonnaie:3949:70883Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:00:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/37749/70883/">€12 – €45</a></p><p>La Monnaie / De Munt</p><p>Recital In turn a symbol of freedom, imagination, escape and independence, the vagabond has haunted the imagination of artists and poets as well as philosophers. In the work of Robert Schumann, he takes the form of a lonely minstrel who asks his king for a simple cup of wine; in that of Gustav Mahler, that of a saint who speaks to animals. And while Richard Strauss takes you on nocturnal wanderings, Francis Poulenc gives you a taste of a painter’s Parisian ‘vie de bohème’. Each of their songs is an invitation to wander and dream. Who knows where the journey will take us, but in the company of Sir Simon Keenlyside and pianist Malcolm Martineau, we can trust that the music will naturally show us the way. With a Songs season ticket, invite someone for free to your three favourite Song evenings at La Monnaie this season.</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48925flagey:b3xdFri, 02 Oct 2026 18:15:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48925">€36</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 4)</p><p>Piano virtuoso Denis Kozhukhin returns to Flagey with sonatas by Haydn, miniatures by Brahms, and Modest Mussorgsky’s monumental Pictures at an Exhibition.</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49230flagey:dpm9Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:15:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49230">€31</a></p><p>Flagey (Terkamerenabdij)</p><p>With a duration of nearly an hour, The Sacred Veil is Eric Whitacre&#39;s most extensive and, above all, most intense choral cycle. As with many of his compositions, Whitacre turned to his longtime friend and regular poet, Charles Anthony Silvestri, for the text. In a painfully intimate poem, Silvestri chronicled the death of his wife Julie: the long struggle she endured, the rollercoaster of emotions that accompanied it, and the inevitable moment of her passing. “This is the most intensely personal poetry I have ever written,” Silvestri remarked. In the final text, he interweaves his own poetry with fragments and quotes from Julie and Eric Whitacre. And yet, the work manages to transcend the personal: the text, set to the heartbreaking music Whitacre composed for it, forms a universal reflection on life and its transience. The piece explores the boundary between life and death, between the untold sorrow of parting and gratitude for what once was. The long road to acceptance is captured in both the words and the music.</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48834flagey:t3dcSat, 03 Oct 2026 18:15:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48834">€31 – €41</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 4)</p><p>Dmitri Shostakovich and Sergei Prokofiev were forced to constantly navigate the strict dictates of the Soviet regime and their own artistic integrity. Both sought a delicate balance between political duty and creative expression—resulting in works that are profoundly personal. Dark, brooding, and painfully personal In his First Violin Concerto, Shostakovich’s inner struggle under the repression of the Soviet regime is felt like a throbbing wound. Written between 1947 and 1948, he withheld the work, well aware that it would not find favour with the conservative Soviet authorities. It was only in 1955, two years after Stalin’s death, that it could safely premiere. With its haunting nocturne, a desperately virtuoso cadenza, and a fiery finale, it is a formidable challenge for both orchestra and soloist. This role is taken on by the acclaimed violinist Alena Baeva, a perfect match for this work thanks to her powerful sound and dark tonality. Equally tragic, grim, and sombre, bearing the same heavy shadow of the Soviet regime, is Prokofiev’s Sixth Symphony. Its 1947 premiere was initially well-received, but only a month later, the political climate shifted. Prokofiev was branded a &quot;decadent formalist&quot; and never fully recovered from the blow. Pressed to explain the tragic nature of his work, he offered a cryptic reference to the Great Patriotic War: “Now we are rejoicing in our great victory, but each of us has wounds that cannot be healed… One has lost dear ones, another has lost his health. These must not be forgotten.”</p>https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&id=10229815739451emile-souvagie-alexander-declercq@bozar.beSun, 04 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&amp;id=10229815739451">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>Bozar Brussel (Henry Le Boeuf Hall)</p><p>Two young musical trailblazers cross swords in a programme that embraces all styles and periods. Emile Souvagie, principal clarinettist with the Brussels Philharmonic, and pianist Alexander Declercq, one half of Duo Altiler, rise early for the second Concert Croissant of the season. Sonatas for clarinet and piano are the obvious choice for their combination, but with Francis Poulenc and Leonard Bernstein they have nevertheless assembled an original programme. The shifting moods of Robert Schumann’s Fantasiestücke Op. 73 [Fantasy Pieces Op. 73] transport us straight into the heart of Romanticism. Finally, they seek out small moments of pure joy in the miniature works of Alban Berg (Four Pieces) and Claude Debussy (Petite Pièce).</p>https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&id=10229759911304beatrice-rana-0@bozar.beSun, 04 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&amp;id=10229759911304">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>Bozar Brussel (Henry Le Boeuf Hall)</p><p>Only a versatile artist like Beatrice Rana is unafraid to link Bach’s baroque clarity with Frédéric Chopin’s poetic character pieces. In his nocturnes, ballades and scherzos, Chopin evokes profound emotions through short forms. Bach, for his part, places greater emphasis on structure and brings together his favourite dances in one of his French Suites. Finally, the Italian pianist remains on French soil with a selection of Études by Claude Debussy, true ‘study pieces’ behind which no performer can hide. An authentic revelation of Beatrice Rana’s (many!) talents.</p>https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&id=10229759916252cleveland-orchestra-welser-most-schultz@bozar.beThu, 08 Oct 2026 18:00:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&amp;id=10229759916252">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>Bozar Brussel (Henry Le Boeuf Hall)</p><p>For more than a century, the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra has counted itself among the Big Five of American orchestras. The Austrian conductor Franz Welser-Möst is bringing the orchestra back to Bozar ten years after its last visit. This time, it will perform the symphonic poem Orpheus by Franz Liszt, a symbol of the immense power of music. In Brahms ’ view, you should not be misled by the pastoral feel of his Second Symphony, because it detracts from the melancholy undertone of this work from 1877. Weltschmerz seeps through to us in the trombones and timpani. The South African soprano Golda Schultz also feels the sombreness lurking in Richard Strauss ’ Vier Letzte Lieder, one of his last compositions. Death overshadows the piece: “Ist dies etwa der Tod?”.</p>https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/28919/88774/lamonnaie:2743:88774Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:30:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/28919/88774/">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>La Monnaie / De Munt (Fioccozaal (Ateliers van de Munt))</p><p>Chamber music The best chamber music has to offer, nearly every Friday at 12.30 pm 9.10.2026 - THE 2026–2027 SEASON AT A GLANCE - FioccO Room NIKOLAY RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) Procession of the Nobles (1889-1890) MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937) Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899) NINO ROTA (1911-1979) Concerto per archi (1964-1965) KURT WEILL (1900-1950) Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (1929) RICHARD BISSILL (°1962) Gershwin Selection (1990) La Monnaie Brass Ensemble Tickets 16.10.2026 - FOR THOSE DEPARTED In tribute to the victims of the Brussels attacks AVIYA KOPELMAN (°1978) Elegy – The Answer SOFIA GUBAIDULINA (1931-2025) Sonata for double bass and piano (1975) THOMAS ADES (°1971) Darknesse Visible (1992) KAIJA SAARIAHO (1952-2023) Terra memoria, “for those departed” (2007) Tickets 23.10.2026 - SCHÖNBERG ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG (1874-1951) Quintett für Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette, Horn und Fagott, op.26 Tickets --- DISCOVER ALL OUR 2026-27 CONCERTINI</p>https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&id=10229815732181logan-lopez-gonzalez@bozar.beSun, 11 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&amp;id=10229815732181">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>Bozar Brussel (Henry Le Boeuf Hall)</p><p>A close affinity exists between the English Baroque repertoire and twentieth-century British art songs. Dowland continues to haunt Britten. Purcell permeates the work of Ireland and Warlock like an ancient light filtered through the frosted glass of time. This is the starting point for Songs in the Mirror: not a chronological journey, but a dialogue between two eras. Countertenor Logan Lopez Gonzalez joins I Solisti at Bozar in January for an immersive concert, but for this Concert Croissant, he shares the stage with lutenist and guitarist Léa Masson for a more intimate gathering.</p>https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&id=10229759933120belgian-national-orchestra-petrenko-kobekina@bozar.beSun, 11 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&amp;id=10229759933120">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>Bozar Brussel (Henry Le Boeuf Hall)</p><p>“No instrument sounds as human as the cello,” wrote Dvořák. It is this warm, deeply human voice that leads his famous Cello Concerto, where joy, tension and lyricism intertwine. Star cellist Anastasia Kobekina lights up the stage with a tone that both whirls and settles, blending exuberance with serenity. Vasily Petrenko then unleashes Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony: a vast, monumental romantic breath in which melancholy and hope endlessly seek one another. Music that does not merely sound, but moves intensely and carries you along without letting go. Enhance your experience beyond the concert with an introduction! The introduction starts at 2 pm and is free upon presentation of your concert ticket. Thanks to the players of the National Lottery. Created with the support of the Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government through Casa Kafka Pictures.</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48979flagey:t6qcFri, 16 Oct 2026 10:30:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48979">€16</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 1)</p><p>Three hundred years after the birth of the first performer of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, the Belgian TrioFenix presents this masterpiece in a crystal-clear arrangement for string trio.</p>https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/28919/88789/lamonnaie:2743:88789Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:30:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/28919/88789/">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>La Monnaie / De Munt (Grote Foyer van de Munt)</p><p>Chamber music The best chamber music has to offer, nearly every Friday at 12.30 pm 9.10.2026 - THE 2026–2027 SEASON AT A GLANCE - FioccO Room NIKOLAY RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) Procession of the Nobles (1889-1890) MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937) Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899) NINO ROTA (1911-1979) Concerto per archi (1964-1965) KURT WEILL (1900-1950) Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (1929) RICHARD BISSILL (°1962) Gershwin Selection (1990) La Monnaie Brass Ensemble Tickets 16.10.2026 - FOR THOSE DEPARTED In tribute to the victims of the Brussels attacks AVIYA KOPELMAN (°1978) Elegy – The Answer SOFIA GUBAIDULINA (1931-2025) Sonata for double bass and piano (1975) THOMAS ADES (°1971) Darknesse Visible (1992) KAIJA SAARIAHO (1952-2023) Terra memoria, “for those departed” (2007) Tickets 23.10.2026 - SCHÖNBERG ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG (1874-1951) Quintett für Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette, Horn und Fagott, op.26 Tickets --- DISCOVER ALL OUR 2026-27 CONCERTINI</p>https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&id=10229815719556belgian-national-orchestra-stockhammer@bozar.beSat, 17 Oct 2026 18:00:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&amp;id=10229815719556">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>Bozar Brussel (Henry Le Boeuf Hall)</p><p>This is not a standard concert, but a total experience in which music and image merge to fully immerse the audience. Sound becomes space; time becomes tangible. And at the heart of this multisensory performance lies an essential question: what challenges does nuclear waste pose today, tomorrow and beyond? For this project, acclaimed young Belgian filmmaker Dimitri Sterkens creates a new film in which image and music do not illustrate one another, but intensify each other. In collaboration with NIRAS/ONDRAF (the National Agency for Radioactive Waste and Enriched Fissile Materials), this unique project addresses issues of temporality, vulnerability and legacy for future generations. From the pulsing drive of Jessie Montgomery ’s Starburst to the hushed tension of Philip Glass &#39; String Quartet, each composition opens a new dimension of listening. Penderecki ’s searing Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima cuts to the core, while Max Richter ’s November expose an almost unbearable vulnerability. Between motion and stillness, between threat and contemplation, a sonic landscape unfolds — one that resonates with our time, our world, and the one we will leave to the next generations.</p>https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&id=10229759916253goya-quartet@bozar.beSun, 18 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&amp;id=10229759916253">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>Bozar Brussel (Hall M)</p><p>The sixteen strings of the four instruments in the GoYa Quartet became perfectly attuned to each other in Amsterdam’s prestigious Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest. The first violinist Sylvia Huang, a laureate of the Queen Elisabeth Competition, has since moved on from her position in Amsterdam to become the leader of the orchestra at La Monnaie. Fortunately, the musicians still celebrate their shared pleasure in music as a quartet. They will open the evening with two colourful and elegant works by Imogen Holst (the daughter of Gustav) and Maurice Ravel. The refined world of sound in these works, without a single superfluous note, stands in sharp contrast to the dramatic emotions of Leoš Janáček’s String Quartet no. 2, known as Intimate Letters. This impressive quartet expresses Janáček’s unrequited feelings for his young muse Kamila Stösslová.</p>https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&id=10229759933832janine-jansen-denis-kozhukhin-3@bozar.beTue, 20 Oct 2026 18:00:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&amp;id=10229759933832">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>Bozar Brussel (Henry Le Boeuf Hall)</p><p>From his very earliest violin sonatas, Beethoven intentionally composed chamber music for the violin and piano. That is clear from his Piano and Violin Sonata No. 3, dedicated to his teacher Salieri in 1798, and confirmed by the Piano and Violin Sonata No. 10 fourteen years later. He doesn’t simply let the violin take over: the piano has an equal, sometimes even surprisingly prominent role. This equality between the two instruments is also clearly heard in Prokofiev’s Sonata No. 2, right from its first, mysterious opening movement. Established recital partners Janine Jansen and Denis Kozhukhin have paid many visits to Bozar, proving every time how closely attuned they are, and how well they support each other’s music. A widely acclaimed violinist and the winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition 2010? Sparks are sure to fly.</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48928flagey:cbc1Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:15:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48928">€28</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 4)</p><p>The Goldberg Variations as you have never heard them before: two exceptional guitarists present their own arrangement of Bach’s masterpiece.</p>https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/28919/88790/lamonnaie:2743:88790Fri, 23 Oct 2026 10:30:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/28919/88790/">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>La Monnaie / De Munt (Grote Foyer van de Munt)</p><p>Chamber music The best chamber music has to offer, nearly every Friday at 12.30 pm 9.10.2026 - THE 2026–2027 SEASON AT A GLANCE - FioccO Room NIKOLAY RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) Procession of the Nobles (1889-1890) MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937) Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899) NINO ROTA (1911-1979) Concerto per archi (1964-1965) KURT WEILL (1900-1950) Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (1929) RICHARD BISSILL (°1962) Gershwin Selection (1990) La Monnaie Brass Ensemble Tickets 16.10.2026 - FOR THOSE DEPARTED In tribute to the victims of the Brussels attacks AVIYA KOPELMAN (°1978) Elegy – The Answer SOFIA GUBAIDULINA (1931-2025) Sonata for double bass and piano (1975) THOMAS ADES (°1971) Darknesse Visible (1992) KAIJA SAARIAHO (1952-2023) Terra memoria, “for those departed” (2007) Tickets 23.10.2026 - SCHÖNBERG ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG (1874-1951) Quintett für Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette, Horn und Fagott, op.26 Tickets --- DISCOVER ALL OUR 2026-27 CONCERTINI</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49022flagey:5mznSat, 24 Oct 2026 16:30:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49022">€9</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 1)</p><p>Whether you’re already an aficionado or simply curious, everyone is welcome, and no prior knowledge is required! Everything in Florestan Bataillie&#39;s life orbits around music! He is not only a pianist and composer but also an inspired storyteller who eagerly imparts his deep-seated passion for classical music to the audience. From the piano, he delves into key works from the repertoire, dissects them to the bone, and gives the listeners a unique insight into the life and work of brilliant composers</p>https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/34521/65981/lamonnaie:3940:65981Sat, 24 Oct 2026 18:00:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/34521/65981/">€12 – €50</a></p><p>La Monnaie / De Munt (Bozar)</p><p>Concert Vienna, early twentieth century. Under pressure from industrialization, the rise of psychoanalysis and growing social tensions, familiar world views are losing their footing and the refined styles of the fin de siècle their lustre. In music, literature and the visual arts, the boundaries of expression are being radically pushed back. Composers such as Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern and Alexander von Zemlinsky each sought, in their own way, a new sound idiom, rooted in late Romanticism but unmistakably turned towards the future. During this concert, Alain Altinoglu will showcase three of their masterpieces, all written at this turning point in European cultural history. Desire, anticipation, fulfilment, liberation, departure – Alexander von Zemlinsky’s masterful and all too rarely performed Lyric Symphony takes you through all the stages of tragic love. Based on the poetry of Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore, this key work of twentieth-century music ultimately paved the way for spiritual acceptance: ‘Wir werden einander in die Augen schauen / Und jeder seines Weges ziehn’ (We will look each other in the eye / And each go our own way). In Verklärte Nacht, Arnold Schoenberg stages a poignant meeting in a moonlit forest. Full of despair, a young woman confesses to her lover that she is expecting another man’s child. He forgives her and promises to raise the child as his own. Through subtle motivic development and rich orchestration, Schoenberg closely follows all of the characters’ inner emotional conflicts, up until the final transfiguration. ‘To surrender completely to the listening experience. To experience sounds through the senses’: that is what Anton Webern demands of his listeners. This concert opens with his Opus 1, the Passacaglia, which he composed at the end of his studies. Intended to demonstrate his mastery of counterpoint, the work also heralds the bold artistic paths he would later take. Create your own flexible concert subscription with your four favourite symphonic productions (or more) and you enjoy a 25% discount as well as a wide range of benefits.</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49023flagey:z1d4Sat, 24 Oct 2026 18:15:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49023">€31 – €41</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 4)</p><p>In Don Juan, Richard Strauss portrays the ultimate seducer in all his glory and tragedy: restless, yearning, and ultimately — inevitably — confronted by his own limitations. A vibrant symphonic poem full of youthful energy and reckless seduction, ending in a pregnant silence. This stillness is broken by the massive soundworld of Iannis Xenakis: in Empreintes, he makes the orchestra sound like an overwhelming force of nature, creating a fascinating listening experience that pushes known musical boundaries. Then, Ludwig van Beethoven dots the i&#39;s, bringing the essence of the symphony back to the fore — albeit with a mischievous wink. His Eighth Symphony is an ode to vitality and is packed with musical wit. Although Beethoven was struggling with personal setbacks during this period, he delivered a compact, energetic, and upbeat symphony. A powerful shot of energy to close the evening.</p>https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/34521/65982/lamonnaie:3940:65982Sun, 25 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/34521/65982/">€12 – €50</a></p><p>La Monnaie / De Munt (Bozar)</p><p>Concert Vienna, early twentieth century. Under pressure from industrialization, the rise of psychoanalysis and growing social tensions, familiar world views are losing their footing and the refined styles of the fin de siècle their lustre. In music, literature and the visual arts, the boundaries of expression are being radically pushed back. Composers such as Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern and Alexander von Zemlinsky each sought, in their own way, a new sound idiom, rooted in late Romanticism but unmistakably turned towards the future. During this concert, Alain Altinoglu will showcase three of their masterpieces, all written at this turning point in European cultural history. Desire, anticipation, fulfilment, liberation, departure – Alexander von Zemlinsky’s masterful and all too rarely performed Lyric Symphony takes you through all the stages of tragic love. Based on the poetry of Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore, this key work of twentieth-century music ultimately paved the way for spiritual acceptance: ‘Wir werden einander in die Augen schauen / Und jeder seines Weges ziehn’ (We will look each other in the eye / And each go our own way). In Verklärte Nacht, Arnold Schoenberg stages a poignant meeting in a moonlit forest. Full of despair, a young woman confesses to her lover that she is expecting another man’s child. He forgives her and promises to raise the child as his own. Through subtle motivic development and rich orchestration, Schoenberg closely follows all of the characters’ inner emotional conflicts, up until the final transfiguration. ‘To surrender completely to the listening experience. To experience sounds through the senses’: that is what Anton Webern demands of his listeners. This concert opens with his Opus 1, the Passacaglia, which he composed at the end of his studies. Intended to demonstrate his mastery of counterpoint, the work also heralds the bold artistic paths he would later take. Create your own flexible concert subscription with your four favourite symphonic productions (or more) and you enjoy a 25% discount as well as a wide range of benefits.</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49014flagey:6ygbTue, 27 Oct 2026 18:15:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49014">€20</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 4)</p><p>“Ma musique est mon portrait.&quot; In 1943, an aircraft dropped thousands of copies of Paul Éluard&#39;s poem Liberté over occupied France. In secret, Francis Poulenc composed his cantata Figure Humaine, a powerful ode to liberation. In 1946, the choir of the public broadcaster NIR — the predecessor of the Vlaams Radiokoor — premiered this cantata during a special broadcast on ‘Sender Brüssel,’ which had just been liberated from Nazi control. Exactly 80 years later, the Vlaams Radiokoor performs the work once again in the very place it was created: the former broadcasting house, Flagey. The audience is invited to join the performers on the stage of the iconic Studio 4 for a unique and intimate musical portrait of Francis Poulenc — ‘Poupoule’ to his friends. Together with I SOLISTI, the Radiokoor introduces you to the man himself: his kaleidoscopic oeuvre, his colorful personality, and his many unexpected musical ties to Belgium. All of this topped off with his wonderfully surrealist Le Bal Masqué.</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49396flagey:tnscWed, 28 Oct 2026 18:00:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49396">€41 – €51</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 4)</p><p>For the first time in Belgium! The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic They are unique. Every symphony orchestra has its cello section, of course, but nowhere else in the world have these deep-toned, magnificent string instruments come together as an independent ensemble—an orchestra within the orchestra—and achieved one success after another. This has happened only once, and nowhere else but here. That is why every music lover knows exactly who the Twelve Cellists are, even when the name of their orchestra is not mentioned. They are an institution.</p>https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&id=10229815692992les-muffatti-anthony-romaniuk@bozar.beThu, 29 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&amp;id=10229815692992">€32</a></p><p>Bozar Brussel (Hall M)</p><p>The concert series Echoes of Brussels hops back and forth along the capital’s timeline, highlighting memorable creations and residents. The ensemble Les Muffatti, for example, takes us back to the eighteenth century. Pieter van Maldere ’s association Le Concert Bourgeois, inspired by the Parisian Concert Spirituel, played an important role in spreading music in Brussels, then the capital of the Austrian Netherlands. During its heyday, the association witnessed a veritable musical evolution, from the late Baroque of Henri-Jacques de Croes to Joseph Haydn ’s classicism, by way of the pre-classical composers Pieter van Maldere and Ignaz Vitzthumb and the tempestuous Sturm und Drang of Johann Stamitz.</p>https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/28919/88791/lamonnaie:2743:88791Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:30:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/28919/88791/">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>La Monnaie / De Munt (Grote Foyer van de Munt)</p><p>Chamber music The best chamber music has to offer, nearly every Friday at 12.30 pm 9.10.2026 - THE 2026–2027 SEASON AT A GLANCE - FioccO Room NIKOLAY RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) Procession of the Nobles (1889-1890) MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937) Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899) NINO ROTA (1911-1979) Concerto per archi (1964-1965) KURT WEILL (1900-1950) Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (1929) RICHARD BISSILL (°1962) Gershwin Selection (1990) La Monnaie Brass Ensemble Tickets 16.10.2026 - FOR THOSE DEPARTED In tribute to the victims of the Brussels attacks AVIYA KOPELMAN (°1978) Elegy – The Answer SOFIA GUBAIDULINA (1931-2025) Sonata for double bass and piano (1975) THOMAS ADES (°1971) Darknesse Visible (1992) KAIJA SAARIAHO (1952-2023) Terra memoria, “for those departed” (2007) Tickets 23.10.2026 - SCHÖNBERG ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG (1874-1951) Quintett für Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette, Horn und Fagott, op.26 Tickets --- DISCOVER ALL OUR 2026-27 CONCERTINI</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49024flagey:1xwrFri, 30 Oct 2026 18:15:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49024">€31 – €41</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 4)</p><p>Schumann wrote the first true cello concerto, though he never heard it performed during his lifetime. Its enduring popularity lies in its emotional depth, as Victor Julien-Laferrière notes: “I hope Schumann’s concerto offers the audience a deeply romantic moment, evoking someone alone with their thoughts, in an intimate dialogue with nature.” Richard Strauss, a master of musical storytelling, reached new heights with Don Quixote. ‘Fantastic variations on a theme of knightly character,’ he subtitled this symphonic poem, based on Cervantes’ book about the knight-errant. And fantastic it is: a masterfully composed tale that sweeps listeners along—at times delicately, at others with irony and flamboyance—into the battle against injustice.</p>https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&id=10229815693002amelio-trio-echo-rising-star@bozar.beSun, 01 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&amp;id=10229815693002">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>Bozar Brussel (Henry Le Boeuf Hall)</p><p>Johanna Schubert (violin), Merle Geißler (cello) and Philipp Kirchner (piano) were barely thirteen when they formed the Amelio Trio. The musical friendship between the three German musicians has since taken them to international stages, and their second album is due for release in autumn 2026. A glance at the programme has already whetted our appetite for the recording. From Haydn’s forty-five trios, Amelio chose the Piano Trio in F major from 1767, composed with meticulous attention to intimate musical enjoyment. Composer and violinist Helena Winkelman has written a new work, especially for the Amelio Trio as part of their inclusion in the ECHO Rising Stars programme. Robert Schumann’s Piano Trio No. 3 brings the morning to a close with expressive dialogues between piano, violin and cello. The Amelio Trio has been named a ‘Rising Star’ for the 2026–27 season by the Kölner Philharmonie, the Barbican Centre, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and the Philharmonie du Luxembourg as part of the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO) network. During its European tour, the ensemble has been invited to perform at Bozar and to give a private concert for the residents of the Petit-Château (Refugee Reception Centre), in collaboration with the organisations Fedasil and Orfeo.</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48980flagey:rmb7Thu, 05 Nov 2026 18:15:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48980">€26</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 4)</p><p>Jiaxin Min celebrates the release of her debut album with preludes by Debussy, sonatas by Beethoven and Brahms, and the energetic dances of Alberto Ginastera.</p>https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/28919/88775/lamonnaie:2743:88775Fri, 06 Nov 2026 10:30:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/28919/88775/">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>La Monnaie / De Munt (Fioccozaal (Ateliers van de Munt))</p><p>Chamber music The best chamber music has to offer, nearly every Friday at 12.30 pm 9.10.2026 - THE 2026–2027 SEASON AT A GLANCE - FioccO Room NIKOLAY RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) Procession of the Nobles (1889-1890) MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937) Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899) NINO ROTA (1911-1979) Concerto per archi (1964-1965) KURT WEILL (1900-1950) Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (1929) RICHARD BISSILL (°1962) Gershwin Selection (1990) La Monnaie Brass Ensemble Tickets 16.10.2026 - FOR THOSE DEPARTED In tribute to the victims of the Brussels attacks AVIYA KOPELMAN (°1978) Elegy – The Answer SOFIA GUBAIDULINA (1931-2025) Sonata for double bass and piano (1975) THOMAS ADES (°1971) Darknesse Visible (1992) KAIJA SAARIAHO (1952-2023) Terra memoria, “for those departed” (2007) Tickets 23.10.2026 - SCHÖNBERG ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG (1874-1951) Quintett für Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette, Horn und Fagott, op.26 Tickets --- DISCOVER ALL OUR 2026-27 CONCERTINI</p>https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&id=10229758366908pavel-kolesnikov@bozar.beSat, 07 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&amp;id=10229758366908">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>Bozar Brussel (Henry Le Boeuf Hall)</p><p>Frédéric Chopin’s most defining works might well be the 21 Nocturnes he composed between 1827 and 1846. Chopin took this genre, introduced by the Irish composer John Field, to unparallelled heights. In these contemplative piano pieces inspired by the nocturnal poetry of Novalis and Tieck, Chopin explores the night without words. Beneath a sweetly flowing melodic line in the right hand, the left hand unfurls a refined and technically challenging accompaniment. With his delicate touch and subtle musicality, our portrait artist Pavel Kolesnikov draws the night from a grand piano as no other pianist can.</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49143flagey:n7bfFri, 13 Nov 2026 10:30:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49143">€16</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 1)</p><p>One plus one makes three when it comes to Spanish cellist Jorge Giménez and Italian pianist Matteo Bevilacqua. Since meeting during their studies at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, their collaboration on stage has always unfolded as something special. Their chemistry and joy in playing form the guiding thread through a rich and varied programme: the romantic fervour of Mendelssohn, Beethoven, and Schumann is complemented by southern warmth in Mompou’s Canción y Danza, Debussy’s Soirée dans Grenade, and the Spanish colours of Nin and de Falla.</p>https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/28919/88792/lamonnaie:2743:88792Fri, 13 Nov 2026 10:30:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/28919/88792/">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>La Monnaie / De Munt (Grote Foyer van de Munt)</p><p>Chamber music The best chamber music has to offer, nearly every Friday at 12.30 pm 9.10.2026 - THE 2026–2027 SEASON AT A GLANCE - FioccO Room NIKOLAY RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) Procession of the Nobles (1889-1890) MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937) Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899) NINO ROTA (1911-1979) Concerto per archi (1964-1965) KURT WEILL (1900-1950) Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (1929) RICHARD BISSILL (°1962) Gershwin Selection (1990) La Monnaie Brass Ensemble Tickets 16.10.2026 - FOR THOSE DEPARTED In tribute to the victims of the Brussels attacks AVIYA KOPELMAN (°1978) Elegy – The Answer SOFIA GUBAIDULINA (1931-2025) Sonata for double bass and piano (1975) THOMAS ADES (°1971) Darknesse Visible (1992) KAIJA SAARIAHO (1952-2023) Terra memoria, “for those departed” (2007) Tickets 23.10.2026 - SCHÖNBERG ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG (1874-1951) Quintett für Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette, Horn und Fagott, op.26 Tickets --- DISCOVER ALL OUR 2026-27 CONCERTINI</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49157flagey:z754Sat, 14 Nov 2026 18:15:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49157">€25</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 4)</p><p>In the 16th century, the vast, echoing space of St Mark&#39;s Basilica forced composers like Gabrieli into radical experimentation. Five centuries later, this inspired Jockel’s paths in the sky, in which he deconstructs the orchestra, letting music emerge from every corner of the hall. Slowly, the musicians filter back toward the stage to unite for Miloslav Kabeláč’s The Mystery of Time:: a profound symphonic translation of his fascination with space and the unyielding order that governs the cosmos. LAB-SERIES 26-27 Stretching seconds, stripping Ears. Time is of the essence. With the LAB-SERIES, Brussels Philharmonic brings together musical experiment, interaction, and total immersion. Expect eclectic concert nights with striking programmes, pre- and post-concert talks, interactive installations, and listening sessions. A Glitch in the Hourglass This season, the LAB-SERIES lets go of time as we know it. Time is shaped, stretched, or brought to a standstill. Physical interventions shift your sense of time, while composers sharpen its urgency. In that collision, a world of experiment opens up. Dive in, be surprised, and see where your curiosity takes you.</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49161flagey:5wln:49161Sun, 15 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49161">€31</a></p><p>Flagey</p><p>What happens when you dare to be a little bold and head out on an adventure with a massive orchestra, a curious conductor, and the music of Igor Stravinsky? Get ready for a delightful scavenger hunt through The Firebird, featuring a wild and totally unexpected mix of musical treats. We’re shaking things up with fast doodles, flashes of neon, and soft pastels—plus some exciting challenges along the way! The music fuels the imagination (and maybe a little chaos?), and before you know it, you’ll be singing, dancing, whistling, and roaring along with the orchestra.</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49162flagey:5wln:49162Sun, 15 Nov 2026 14:00:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49162">€31</a></p><p>Flagey</p><p>What happens when you dare to be a little bold and head out on an adventure with a massive orchestra, a curious conductor, and the music of Igor Stravinsky? Get ready for a delightful scavenger hunt through The Firebird, featuring a wild and totally unexpected mix of musical treats. We’re shaking things up with fast doodles, flashes of neon, and soft pastels—plus some exciting challenges along the way! The music fuels the imagination (and maybe a little chaos?), and before you know it, you’ll be singing, dancing, whistling, and roaring along with the orchestra.</p>https://www.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/program/3957-echoes-across-the-atlanticlamonnaie:3957:2026-11-18-20-00Wed, 18 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/program/3957-echoes-across-the-atlantic">€30 – €50</a></p><p>La Monnaie / De Munt (Bozar)</p><p>Recital Jeanine De Bique, artist in residence in Brussels this season, joins the Grammy-winning ensemble Apollo’s Fire and conductor Jeannette Sorrell to explore the historical connections between Europe and the Caribbean colonies in the eighteenth century. Across the waters, tales of love, despair and resilience emerge – with surprising resonance for today. A suite from Handel ’s masterful Agrippina (1709) leads to a Caribbean funeral oration of the same year, lamenting the murder of an enslaved man by the plantation owner. A thrilling orchestral suite by Rameau and his flirtatious ‘Air de la Folie – Aux langueurs d’Apollon’ from Platée explodes into a joyous Creole wedding. And the virtuoso music of Vivaldi, Purcell and Lully meets the soulful voices of Caribbean poets in this celebration of our shared humanity.</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48949flagey:dg39Fri, 20 Nov 2026 18:15:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48949">€32 – €44</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 4)</p><p>In this first part of a complete quartet cycle, spread over two seasons, the Quatuor Ébène guides us through Beethoven’s richly varied oeuvre for string quartet. On the eve of Beethoven Year 2027, each concert offers a panoramic view of his musical universe: from the early Classical quartets to the enigmatic yet visionary late works.</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48981flagey:86nsSat, 21 Nov 2026 18:15:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48981">€32 – €44</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 4)</p><p>In this first part of a complete quartet cycle, spread over two seasons, the Quatuor Ébène guides us through Beethoven’s richly varied oeuvre for string quartet. On the eve of Beethoven Year 2027, each concert offers a panoramic view of his musical universe: from the early Classical quartets to the enigmatic yet visionary late works.</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48982flagey:blpdSun, 22 Nov 2026 15:00:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48982">€32 – €44</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 4)</p><p>In this first part of a complete quartet cycle, spread over two seasons, the Quatuor Ébène guides us through Beethoven’s richly varied oeuvre for string quartet. On the eve of Beethoven Year 2027, each concert offers a panoramic view of his musical universe: from the early Classical quartets to the enigmatic yet visionary late works.</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48950flagey:tb1cFri, 27 Nov 2026 10:30:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48950">€16</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 1)</p><p>Dmitry Shishkin makes his fingers dance across the keyboard with the ballet suites from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet and Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker.</p>https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/28919/88794/lamonnaie:2743:88794Fri, 27 Nov 2026 10:30:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/28919/88794/">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>La Monnaie / De Munt (Grote Foyer van de Munt)</p><p>Chamber music The best chamber music has to offer, nearly every Friday at 12.30 pm 9.10.2026 - THE 2026–2027 SEASON AT A GLANCE - FioccO Room NIKOLAY RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) Procession of the Nobles (1889-1890) MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937) Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899) NINO ROTA (1911-1979) Concerto per archi (1964-1965) KURT WEILL (1900-1950) Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (1929) RICHARD BISSILL (°1962) Gershwin Selection (1990) La Monnaie Brass Ensemble Tickets 16.10.2026 - FOR THOSE DEPARTED In tribute to the victims of the Brussels attacks AVIYA KOPELMAN (°1978) Elegy – The Answer SOFIA GUBAIDULINA (1931-2025) Sonata for double bass and piano (1975) THOMAS ADES (°1971) Darknesse Visible (1992) KAIJA SAARIAHO (1952-2023) Terra memoria, “for those departed” (2007) Tickets 23.10.2026 - SCHÖNBERG ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG (1874-1951) Quintett für Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette, Horn und Fagott, op.26 Tickets --- DISCOVER ALL OUR 2026-27 CONCERTINI</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48953flagey:twdcFri, 27 Nov 2026 18:15:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48953">€61</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 4)</p><p>The legendary pianist Mitsuko Uchida makes her debut at Flagey with a programme that weaves together the First and Second Viennese Schools: from Haydn, Mozart and Schubert to the miniatures of Arnold Schoenberg.</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49398flagey:xk16Sat, 28 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49398">€12 – €50</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 4)</p><p>Set sail across the Atlantic with Diego Matheuz and the La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra for a concert with Hispanic tinges. On the programme is the Glosa Sinfónica Margariteña, Venezuelan composer Inocente Carreño’s tribute to his homeland. Drawing inspiration from several traditional songs such as Margarita es una Lágrima, the Canto Del Pilón, the Canto de Velorio and Los Tiguitiguitos this impressionist work ranks among the musical masterpieces of Latin America. More than 7,000 kilometres away, the Madrid sun moved Manuel de Falla to compose some of his most fiery pieces, such as the Danza ritual del fuego from his ballet El amor brujo and the Spanish dances from El sombrero de tres picos. Between the two composers, there is but a short step – or rather, La Mer sketched in all its vividness, danger and mystery by Claude Debussy.</p>https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/34522/65984/lamonnaie:3941:65984Sat, 28 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/34522/65984/">€12 – €50</a></p><p>La Monnaie / De Munt (Flagey | Studio 4)</p><p>Concert Set sail across the Atlantic with Diego Matheuz and the La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra for a concert with Hispanic tinges. On the programme is the Glosa Sinfónica Margariteña, Venezuelan composer Inocente Carreño ’s tribute to his homeland. Drawing inspiration from several traditional songs such as Margarita es una Lágrima, the Canto Del Pilón, the Canto de Velorio and Los Tiguitiguitos this impressionist work ranks among the musical masterpieces of Latin America. More than 7,000 kilometres away, the Madrid sun moved Manuel de Falla to compose some of his most fiery pieces, such as the Danza ritual del fuego from his ballet El amor brujo and the Spanish dances from El sombrero de tres picos. Between the two composers, there is but a short step – or rather, La Mer sketched in all its vividness, danger and mystery by Claude Debussy. Create your own flexible concert season ticket with your four favourite symphonic productions (or more) and you enjoy a 25% discount as well as a wide range of benefits.</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49038flagey:mzbxTue, 01 Dec 2026 17:30:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49038">€12</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 4)</p><p>The Flagey Academy Youth Choir opens December 2026 with a concert devoted to spirituality and beauty. For this special occasion, the young singers, under the direction of Zeno Popescu, are joined by a string orchestra led by Brussels-born violinist Lorenzo Gatto. The programme features Antonio Vivaldi ’s Gloria, RV 589, composed for the Ospedale della Pietà, the Venetian orphanage renowned throughout Europe for the exceptional quality of its musical training. In keeping with this tradition, the work reflects Flagey Academy’s broader mission, where social engagement and high-level musical education go hand in hand. The concert continues with Songs of Sanctuary by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins, whose music draws on classical music, jazz, and ethnic musical traditions. The work marks the beginning of the Adiemus series, celebrated for its distinctive blend of invented vocal sounds and timeless melodic writing. Through its rich and evocative harmonies, the piece unfolds a serene and meditative sonic world, carried by the expressive power of the human voice. Together, these works create an intense and deeply immersive concert experience, in which the young voices of Flagey Academy give shape to a radiant, hopeful musical landscape.</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49001flagey:ck51Wed, 02 Dec 2026 18:15:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49001">€41 – €51</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 4)</p><p>George Frideric Handel was truly a ‘composer of the people,’ an ordinary man with an extraordinary gift for music. He infused everything he wrote with drama: his arias, vocal works, and concertos are filled with sweeping, powerful passages that linger long in the memory. None of Handel’s oratorios, though, have garnered more acclaim or fame than Messiah. It is the first ‘classical’ work in the musical canon and the oldest composition to have never fallen out of favour; since its premiere in the autumn of 1742, it has remained a constant on concert stages worldwide. The majestic melodies, moving choruses, and inspiring solos combine to create an immersive experience that touches the soul—something Handel himself realised: &#39;I did think I did see all Heaven before me, and the great God himself.&#39;&quot;</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49025flagey:4rr3Thu, 03 Dec 2026 18:15:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49025">€31 – €41</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 4)</p><p>With the imposing Pacific Ocean as her co-pilot, Kaija Saariaho drove from Los Angeles to San Diego in January 2019. “I felt music literally streaming into my mind,” she recalled; ideas bubbled up for a new piece she simply called Vista. Benjamin Britten portrays Peter Grimes as a raw outsider desperate to escape the suffocating grip of his village. His anxiety and inevitable downfall are mirrored in the turbulent North Sea—not a static backdrop, but a powerful, restless character in its own right. A ‘symphonic fantasy’ rooted in his beloved Finnish nature: Sibelius defiantly cast his Seventh Symphony as a single, monumental arc. The music flows, falters, and swells—an unbroken stream reflecting the endless Finnish horizon that defined his world. Brussels Philharmonic Beyond The Score Beyond The Score is creation, encounter, and cross-pollination with the wider arts field. More voices. More impulses. And above all: music. More than music. For this Beyond The Score, the sea flows between the notes. Shifting like the tide, orchestral masterpieces merge with the sonic seascapes of Vera Cavallin and Christophe Albertijn to form a single, seamless wave. Through her Terrasonica project, Vera Cavallin is building a haunting archive of endangered sounds that captures the fading echoes of our natural world—from animal species to environments at risk of disappearing. “For this concert, I will create a soundscape in which field recordings and an acoustic instrument reconnect with one another, creating a sonic universe linked to the sea—what it evokes and its frequencies—while also carrying a message about the need to protect the element from which everything originated.”</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49146flagey:qvztFri, 04 Dec 2026 10:30:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49146">€16</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 1)</p><p>More information soon...</p>https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/28919/88795/lamonnaie:2743:88795Fri, 04 Dec 2026 10:30:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/28919/88795/">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>La Monnaie / De Munt (Grote Foyer van de Munt)</p><p>Chamber music The best chamber music has to offer, nearly every Friday at 12.30 pm 9.10.2026 - THE 2026–2027 SEASON AT A GLANCE - FioccO Room NIKOLAY RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) Procession of the Nobles (1889-1890) MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937) Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899) NINO ROTA (1911-1979) Concerto per archi (1964-1965) KURT WEILL (1900-1950) Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (1929) RICHARD BISSILL (°1962) Gershwin Selection (1990) La Monnaie Brass Ensemble Tickets 16.10.2026 - FOR THOSE DEPARTED In tribute to the victims of the Brussels attacks AVIYA KOPELMAN (°1978) Elegy – The Answer SOFIA GUBAIDULINA (1931-2025) Sonata for double bass and piano (1975) THOMAS ADES (°1971) Darknesse Visible (1992) KAIJA SAARIAHO (1952-2023) Terra memoria, “for those departed” (2007) Tickets 23.10.2026 - SCHÖNBERG ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG (1874-1951) Quintett für Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette, Horn und Fagott, op.26 Tickets --- DISCOVER ALL OUR 2026-27 CONCERTINI</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49147flagey:5pynFri, 04 Dec 2026 15:30:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49147">€20</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 1)</p><p>More information soon...</p>https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&id=10229815725314belgian-national-orchestra-ollikainen-falk-winland@bozar.beFri, 04 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&amp;id=10229815725314">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>Bozar Brussel (Henry Le Boeuf Hall)</p><p>As part of the Ars Musica festival, this programme (made up of four Belgian premieres) explores contemporary Nordic music in its most honest form: calm, focused and stripped of ornament. In Catamorphosis, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, our composer-in-residence, allows music to emerge from slow shifts and irreversible change. Sound becomes substance, shaped by tension and time. In Anders Hillborg’ s The Strand Settings, the human voice takes centre stage. Soprano Ida Falk Winland moves through a hushed sound world where text, sound and silence carefully probe one another. Kristine Tjøgersen ’s Between Trees draws music from perception itself, weaving subtle natural sounds that blur the boundary between inner self and outer world. Hans Abrahamsen closes the programme with Vers le Silence, a work in constant motion, moving from intense sound to fading and stillness. Conductor Eva Ollikainen masterfully leads this evening in which imaginative listening lies at the core and deeply human emotions rise to the surface. Enhance your experience beyond the concert with an introduction! The introduction starts at 7 pm and is free upon presentation of your concert ticket.</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49142flagey:zr94Fri, 04 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49142">€31 – €48</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 4)</p><p>More information soon...</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49149flagey:16krSat, 05 Dec 2026 13:00:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49149">€20</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 1)</p><p>More information soon...</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49150flagey:qvptSat, 05 Dec 2026 15:30:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49150">€20</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 1)</p><p>More information soon...</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49141flagey:lt9gSat, 05 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49141">€31 – €48</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 4)</p><p>More information soon...</p>https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&id=10229815739454extended-music-collective@bozar.beSun, 06 Dec 2026 09:00:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&amp;id=10229815739454">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>Bozar Brussel (Henry Le Boeuf Hall)</p><p>With an impressive track record of world premieres and commissions to their name, Extended Music Collective (EMC) gives new composers a well-deserved place in its programmes. This Concert Croissant is no exception, although most of the names will already ring a bell. Philip Glass is, of course, no stranger, but fortunately, we are also hearing more and more music by Nico Muhly and Anna Clyne on our concert stages. Their contemporary and Pulitzer Prize finalist Leilehua Lanzilotti wrote Translating myself and others in 2014, especially for EMC. Our featured artist Jlin is also represented with an arrangement of her string quartet Little Black Book. Finally, Stef Van Vynckt (harp), Nina Vanhoenacker (cello) and Sara Di Costanzo (flute) from EMC will present recent works by the American composer Jason Eckhardt.</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49046flagey:h1czSun, 06 Dec 2026 13:00:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49046">€31</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 4)</p><p>With the imposing Pacific Ocean as her co-pilot, Kaija Saariaho drove from Los Angeles to San Diego in January 2019. “I felt music literally streaming into my mind,” she recalled; ideas bubbled up for a new piece she simply called Vista. Benjamin Britten portrays Peter Grimes as a raw outsider desperate to escape the suffocating grip of his village. His anxiety and inevitable downfall are mirrored in the turbulent North Sea—not a static backdrop, but a powerful, restless character in its own right. A ‘symphonic fantasy’ rooted in his beloved Finnish nature: Sibelius defiantly cast his Seventh Symphony as a single, monumental arc. The music flows, falters, and swells—an unbroken stream reflecting the endless Finnish horizon that defined his world. Brussels Philharmonic Beyond The Score Beyond The Score is creation, encounter, and cross-pollination with the wider arts field. More voices. More impulses. And above all: music. More than music. For this Beyond The Score, the sea flows between the notes. Shifting like the tide, orchestral masterpieces merge with the sonic seascapes of Vera Cavallin and Christophe Albertijn to form a single, seamless wave. Through her Terrasonica project, Vera Cavallin is building a haunting archive of endangered sounds that captures the fading echoes of our natural world—from animal species to environments at risk of disappearing. “For this concert, I will create a soundscape in which field recordings and an acoustic instrument reconnect with one another, creating a sonic universe linked to the sea—what it evokes and its frequencies—while also carrying a message about the need to protect the element from which everything originated.”</p>https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&id=10229820973676clubmedieval-dionysos-now@bozar.beSun, 06 Dec 2026 15:30:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&amp;id=10229820973676">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>Bozar Brussel (St-Jacques sur Coudenberg / St Jacob op Koudenberg)</p><p>The concert series Echoes of Brussels jumps back and forth along the capital’s timeline, focusing on memorable creations and residents. From the fifteenth century onwards, the Coudenberg Palace was a hotbed of stories, art and ambition. Almost 300 years after the fire that reduced the Burgundian court to ashes, music can once again rise from the ruins. In the sixteenth century, the building was the beating heart of Emperor Charles V’s global empire. He often resided in Brussels before his abdication in 1555. ClubMediéval performs music in the ruins of the Coudenberg that Charles himself may well have heard, while Dionysos Now! presents a broader tribute to the vibrant musical life surrounding the court in the Coudenberg Church, featuring polyphony by composers such as Johannes Ghiselin, Pedro Ruimonte and Thomas Cecquillon. Together, the two concerts paint a vivid portrait of the Coudenberg: from a modest court chapel to an international musical nexus. One ticket is valid for both concerts. There will be enough time to move between venues. When booking, please select either concert series 1 (concerts at 5.30 pm &amp; 7 pm) or concert series 2 (concerts at 7 pm &amp; 8.30 pm). ClubMediéval in the ruins of the Coudenberg Palace: Karolus, The soul on which the moon never sets Music by Jonás Bisquert, Pierre de la Rue, Tielman Susato, anonima from cancioneros de Palacio y Elvas Jonatan Alvarado, tenor Ariel Abramovich, luth &amp; vihuela Thomas Baeté, viola Isaline Claeys, dramaturgy Dionysos Now! in the Coudenberg Church: Fortunae meae, non mihi Music by Crispinus van Stappen, Johannes Ghiselin, Pedro Ruimonte, Adriaan Willaert, Peter Philips, Thomas Crecquillon</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48929flagey:tw5cTue, 08 Dec 2026 18:15:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48929">€20 – €35</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 4)</p><p>Join the Brussels Chamber Ensemble at Flagey on December 8, 2026, for the official Irish Presidency Concert, presented in partnership with the Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union. This festive evening celebrates the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union through a vibrant programme dedicated to the richness of Ireland’s musical heritage, paired with one of the great masterpieces of the symphonic repertoire. The concert opens with an electrifying start: Bill Whelan’s Cloudsong &amp; Reel Around the Sun from the Riverdance Suite. Instantly recognisable around the world, this exhilarating music captures the spirit and rhythm of Ireland, bringing the energy and joy of the Riverdance tradition directly into the concert hall. Continuing its commitment to supporting emerging composers, the Brussels Chamber Ensemble will present the winning work of the BCE “Sounds of Ireland” Composition Competition. The piece highlights a new generation of musical talent from Ireland and will receive a special performance during the concert. The first half concludes with Charles Villiers Stanford’s Irish Rhapsody No. 1, a beloved orchestral work that masterfully blends symphonic writing with traditional Irish melodies. Its central section features a moving orchestral interpretation of the famous tune “Danny Boy”, before building toward a brilliant and triumphant finale. After the interval, the orchestra performs Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 4, one of the most profound and celebrated works of the Romantic repertoire. From its hauntingly beautiful opening melody to its monumental final movement, Brahms’ Fourth Symphony offers extraordinary emotional depth and symphonic power, providing a magnificent conclusion to this evening celebrating Ireland and the universal language of music. Founded in Brussels and bringing together EU professionals and talented young musicians, the Brussels Chamber Ensemble is dedicated to celebrating Europe through music. Known for its Presidency concerts honouring the rotating Council Presidencies, BCE creates musical bridges between European cultures while performing some of the most beloved works of the orchestral repertoire. For more information, visit brusselschamberensemble.eu or @brusselschamberensemble on Instagram and Facebook.</p>https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&id=10229820914492cecilia-bartoli-les-musiciens-du-prince-monaco-0@bozar.beWed, 09 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&amp;id=10229820914492">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>Bozar Brussel (Henry Le Boeuf Hall)</p><p>The mere mention of Cecilia Bartoli ’s name evokes her impressive stage presence, exquisite coloratura and controlled intensity. The Italian mezzo-soprano has explored Baroque, bel canto and classical masterpieces for over forty years. At Bozar, she performs alongside Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco, the ensemble she co-founded, and the choir Il Canto di Orfeo. They present Celestial Harmonies – Music from Heaven and Earth, a musical journey between the spiritual and terrestrial.</p>https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&id=10229759933118die-deutsche-kammerphilharmonie-bremen-jarvi-mork@bozar.beThu, 10 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&amp;id=10229759933118">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>Bozar Brussel (Henry Le Boeuf Hall)</p><p>In the winter of 1816-17, Vienna was struck by sheer ‘Rossini mania’. Music by the young Rossini dominated concert programmes, and audiences fell head over heels for his Italian flair. The 20 year-old Franz Schubert was among his admirers. Inspired by Rossini, he composed his Italian Overture in that same year of 1817. The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen conducted by Paavo Järvi continue their foray into Schubert’s early work with the Second Symphony. The acclaimed cellist Truls Mørk ends the programme with Robert Schumann’s idiosyncratic Cello Concerto, a work full of intense lyricism and emotional depth.</p>https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/28919/88796/lamonnaie:2743:88796Fri, 11 Dec 2026 10:30:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/28919/88796/">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>La Monnaie / De Munt (Grote Foyer van de Munt)</p><p>Chamber music The best chamber music has to offer, nearly every Friday at 12.30 pm 9.10.2026 - THE 2026–2027 SEASON AT A GLANCE - FioccO Room NIKOLAY RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) Procession of the Nobles (1889-1890) MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937) Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899) NINO ROTA (1911-1979) Concerto per archi (1964-1965) KURT WEILL (1900-1950) Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (1929) RICHARD BISSILL (°1962) Gershwin Selection (1990) La Monnaie Brass Ensemble Tickets 16.10.2026 - FOR THOSE DEPARTED In tribute to the victims of the Brussels attacks AVIYA KOPELMAN (°1978) Elegy – The Answer SOFIA GUBAIDULINA (1931-2025) Sonata for double bass and piano (1975) THOMAS ADES (°1971) Darknesse Visible (1992) KAIJA SAARIAHO (1952-2023) Terra memoria, “for those departed” (2007) Tickets 23.10.2026 - SCHÖNBERG ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG (1874-1951) Quintett für Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette, Horn und Fagott, op.26 Tickets --- DISCOVER ALL OUR 2026-27 CONCERTINI</p>https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&id=10229758366910belgian-national-orchestra-chauhan-brimberg@bozar.beFri, 11 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&amp;id=10229758366910">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>Bozar Brussel (Henry Le Boeuf Hall)</p><p>The concert series Echoes of Brussels jumps back and forth along the capital’s timeline, focusing on memorable creations and residents. What happens when music doesn’t aim to impress, but dares to feel? The great traditions fracture, making room for something rawer and deeply personal. In Erwartung, for which Jean Brusselmans designed the decors in the Palace of Fine Arts, Arnold Schönberg abandons all form. A woman alone at night encounters the lifeless body of her beloved. What follows is an uninterrupted stream of emotions: confusion, fear, grief, and rage. Schönberg stretches this single moment into a miniature novel of pure tension. Sung by soprano Ingela Brimberg, this monologue gives a voice to a profoundly unsettled inner world. By contrast, Richard Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll is an intimate love gift, written for Cosima and their newborn. The notes bathe in tenderness and domestic bliss, a rare moment of warmth. With the Adagio from his Tenth Symphony, Gustav Mahler reaches a fragile conclusion. Farewell, doubt, and stillness unfold here without compromise. Conductor Alpesh Chauhan adds subtle visual touches, giving the evening an extra layer of depth. Enhance your experience beyond the concert with an introduction! The introduction starts at 7 pm and is free upon presentation of your concert ticket. Visit the exhibition Jean Brusselmans. Painter by Nature at Bozar. Thanks to the players of the National Lottery. Created with the support of the Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government through Casa Kafka Pictures.</p>https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/44095/88868/lamonnaie:3945:88868Fri, 11 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/44095/88868/">€22 – €50</a></p><p>La Monnaie / De Munt (Bozar)</p><p>Concert What happens when music doesn’t aim to impress but dares to feel? The great traditions fracture, making room for something rawer and deeply personal. In Erwartung, Arnold Schoenberg abandons all form. A woman alone at night in a forest stumbles across the lifeless body of her beloved. What follows is an uninterrupted stream of emotions: confusion, fear, grief and rage. Sung by soprano Ingela Brimberg, who recently caused a sensation at La Monnaie as Brünnhilde in the Ring, this monologue gives a voice to a profoundly unsettled inner world. By contrast, Richard Wagner ’s Siegfried Idyll is an intimate gift of love, written for Cosima and their newborn. The notes are bathed in tenderness and domestic bliss, a rare moment of warmth. With the Adagio from his Tenth Symphony, Gustav Mahler reaches a fragile conclusion. Farewell, doubt and stillness unfold here uncompromisingly. Conductor Alpesh Chauhan adds subtle visual touches, giving the evening an extra layer of depth.</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49026flagey:dzw9Fri, 11 Dec 2026 18:15:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49026">€41 – €51</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 4)</p><p>Virtuoso genius, total mastery of his instrument, and the gift of making well-known repertoire sound entirely new: that is the hallmark of top violinist Christian Tetzlaff. His recent recording of Elgar’s Violin Concerto once again showcases his mastery in distilling emotional narratives — perfectly in line with what Elgar himself wrote about the work: “It’s good! Awfully emotional! Too emotional, but I love it.” Equally emotional and personal is Johannes Brahms’s Fourth Symphony. While composing it, the celebrated master was initially overcome by doubt, even considering giving up. Fortunately, he pu shed through, reaching the very peak of his powers. As a true master, Brahms blends classical form and Romantic expression into a pure symphonic experience that hits both intellectually and emotionally. Or, as one critic put it: “It is like a dark well; the longer we gaze into it, the brighter the stars shine back.”</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48965flagey:m2wxTue, 15 Dec 2026 18:15:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48965">€51 – €61</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 4)</p><p>More information soon...</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49002flagey:j9syWed, 16 Dec 2026 18:15:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49002">€31</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 4)</p><p>It has been a steadfast tradition for over 25 years: in December, the Vlaams Radiokoor invites everyone to come together, pause the frantic pace of the holiday season, and find a moment of reflection through both well-known and hidden choral gems. Conductor Peter Dijkstra, an internationally acclaimed specialist in vocal music, has curated a refined and surprising programme that combines intimate, minimalist works with age-old Christmas classics. The devout power of Anton Bruckner sets the tone immediately, opening a world of deep spiritual strength that transitions seamlessly into the bright, festive polyphony of Johannes Eccard. Jan Sandström’s dreamy arrangement of the old classic Es ist ein Ros entsprungen marks the shift towards the sophisticated French colours of Francis Poulenc and the contemporary voices of Gabriel Jackson and Morten Lauridsen: a warm sonic bath with shimmering harmonies that evoke a heavenly glow. To close, a tender and timeless Silent Night provides the ultimate Christmas experience.</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48954flagey:y5jlFri, 18 Dec 2026 10:30:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48954">€16</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 1)</p><p>More information soon...</p>https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/28919/88797/lamonnaie:2743:88797Fri, 18 Dec 2026 10:30:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/28919/88797/">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>La Monnaie / De Munt (Grote Foyer van de Munt)</p><p>Chamber music The best chamber music has to offer, nearly every Friday at 12.30 pm 9.10.2026 - THE 2026–2027 SEASON AT A GLANCE - FioccO Room NIKOLAY RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) Procession of the Nobles (1889-1890) MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937) Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899) NINO ROTA (1911-1979) Concerto per archi (1964-1965) KURT WEILL (1900-1950) Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (1929) RICHARD BISSILL (°1962) Gershwin Selection (1990) La Monnaie Brass Ensemble Tickets 16.10.2026 - FOR THOSE DEPARTED In tribute to the victims of the Brussels attacks AVIYA KOPELMAN (°1978) Elegy – The Answer SOFIA GUBAIDULINA (1931-2025) Sonata for double bass and piano (1975) THOMAS ADES (°1971) Darknesse Visible (1992) KAIJA SAARIAHO (1952-2023) Terra memoria, “for those departed” (2007) Tickets 23.10.2026 - SCHÖNBERG ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG (1874-1951) Quintett für Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette, Horn und Fagott, op.26 Tickets --- DISCOVER ALL OUR 2026-27 CONCERTINI</p>https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&id=10229759933113cappella-mediterranea-nederlands-kamerkoor@bozar.beFri, 18 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&amp;id=10229759933113">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>Bozar Brussel (Henry Le Boeuf Hall)</p><p>There are certain traditional features of the holiday season: presents to open, glasses to raise and Mariah Carey. The Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248) by Johann Sebastian Bach is another firm tradition. Bach wrote the six parts of the oratorio when he was cantor in Leipzig, to be performed between Christmas 1734 and Epiphany 1735. True to form, he recycled older compositional material, and as in the Ascension Oratorio, we hear a narrator (Andreas Wolf) and an evangelist (Valerio Contaldo). The soprano Sophie Junker brings extra light in her arias. Expect a Christmas atmosphere with all the trimmings, including jubilant choirs, exuberant trumpets and even an emotional lullaby (sung by the countertenor Christopher Lowrey). Leonardo García-Alarcón conducts the Nederlands Kamerkoor with the acclaimed Cappella Mediterranea.</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48835flagey:m83xSat, 19 Dec 2026 18:15:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/48835">€41 – €51</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 4)</p><p>At the crossroads of Romanticism and Modernism, Rachmaninov, Reger, and Scriabin each seek their own answer to the challenges of a world in in rapid transformation. Modern-tinged melancholy, Symbolist imagery, mystical ecstasy — boundaries blur and personal expression prevails. Cosmic energy and spiritual liberation America never truly felt like home to Rachmaninov: his Romantic style was dismissed as old-fashioned, and he felt out of step with the new musical currents. This Fourth Piano Concerto reveals his search for a renewed musical identity; he laboured longer and more intensely on it than on any other work. The result? A concerto that balances on the edge of Romanticism and Modernism, filled with melancholy, grotesquery, and exuberance. As a bridge to Scriabin’s Poem of Ecstasy, Max Reger breathes life into the mysterious paintings of Arnold Böcklin. His Vier Tondichtungen form a whimsical musical journey, wavering between intimate solitude and a wild pagan celebration. A messiah destined to change the world through music: this is how Alexander Scriabin saw himself, far from humble. “When you listen to Poem of Ecstasy, look the sun straight in the eye!” he once told a friend. The work is an orgy of musical excess, much like the poem (all 300 lines of it!) he wrote to accompany the score. Despite its shadowy mysticism, it evokes the timelessness Scriabin dreamed of: bursting with cosmic energy, spiritual liberation, and, ultimately, pure ecstasy.</p>https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49027flagey:bhkdThu, 07 Jan 2027 18:15:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.flagey.be/nl/order/add/event/49027">€41 – €51</a></p><p>Flagey (Studio 4)</p><p>For that unexpected twist, we’re delving into the classics of the operatic repertoire. On the stands: the silky lyricism of Puccini, the sparkling French charm of Delibes and Gounod, and the spectacular bel canto fireworks of Donizetti. Soprano Aphrodite Patoulidou will effortlessly sweep you away with these flamboyant tales. All these musical fireworks are in the hands of rising star Julio Garcia-Vico. He brings a unique technique rooted in the power of flamenco — so expect heaps of expression and a massive shot of extra energy. Exactly the spark you need to kick off the new year with a bang!</p>https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/34523/65986/lamonnaie:3942:65986Sat, 09 Jan 2027 18:00:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/34523/65986/">€12 – €50</a></p><p>La Monnaie / De Munt (Bozar)</p><p>Concert New Year’s in Paris with the La Monnaie Orchestra and Alain Altinoglu In 1926 the 28-year-old George Gershwin travelled to the French capital, determined to study under Maurice Ravel. Their meeting was warm, but lessons were out of the question – ‘Why should you be a second-rate Ravel when you can be a first-rate Gershwin?’ And so Gershwin crossed the pond again, taking the sound of a few Parisian taxi horns home as a souvenir. Two years later, he incorporated them into the orchestration of An American in Paris, a vibrant ode to life in the City of Light. The bustling boulevards, the tourist hotspots along the banks of the Seine, the cafés and Parisian nightlife: he translated all the impressions of his stay into a colourful and rhythmically irresistible rhapsody with a jazzy touch. More than a decade later, Manuel Rosenthal, who did study under Ravel, was commissioned by the Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo to compose new ballet music. During an American tour of the company, the ‘Parisian in Boston’ drew on Jacques Offenbach ’s operetta La Vie parisienne to create a score that perfectly captures the light-hearted charm of the French capital by night. Swinging rhythms, graceful waltzes, fleeting romances and champagne flowing freely until the early hours: 2027 opens with a New Year’s concert full of joie de vivre! Create your own flexible concert subscription with your four favourite symphonic productions (or more) and you enjoy a 25% discount as well as a wide range of benefits.</p>https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&id=10229759933820freiburger-barockorchester-jeanine-de-bique@bozar.beSun, 10 Jan 2027 17:00:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&amp;id=10229759933820">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>Bozar Brussel (Henry Le Boeuf Hall)</p><p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote his last three symphonies in a great tidal wave of creative energy in 1788. The foaming crests of that wave are not just an encapsulation of his talent, but also of the history of symphonic music until that time. Sorrow and sensuality are intertwined throughout Symphony no. 40 – in the dramatic key of G minor – whereas the fundamental key of C major predicts the epic nature of Symphony no. 41. The Freiburger Barockorchester, which has made the authentic performance of 18th century music its speciality, is certain to rise to the occasion. Portrait artist Jeanine De Bique joins them with a selection of arias from Mozart’s timeless operas, a repertoire that holds few secrets for the Trinidadian soprano.</p>https://www.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/program/3958-mozartlamonnaie:3958:2027-01-10-19-00Sun, 10 Jan 2027 17:00:00 GMT<p><strong>Tickets:</strong> <a href="https://www.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/program/3958-mozart">€28 – €66</a></p><p>La Monnaie / De Munt (Bozar)</p><p>Concert Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote his last three symphonies in a great tidal wave of creative energy in 1788. The foaming crests of that wave encapsulate not only his talent, but also the history of symphonic music until that time. Sorrow and sensuality are intertwined throughout Symphony No. 40 – in the dramatic key of G minor – whereas the fundamental key of C major predicts the epic nature of his final ‘Jupiter’ Symphony. The Freiburger Barockorchester, which has made the authentic performance of eighteenth-century music its speciality, is certain to rise to the occasion. Jeanine De Bique, artist in residence in Brussels this season, joins them with a selection of arias from Mozart’s timeless operas, a repertoire that holds few secrets for the Trinidadian soprano.</p>https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&id=10229759933821london-philharmonic-orchestra-bihlmaier@bozar.beThu, 14 Jan 2027 18:00:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&amp;id=10229759933821">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>Bozar Brussel (Henry Le Boeuf Hall)</p><p>Edvard Grieg was just 24 years old when he wrote his much-loved Piano Concerto. He drew inspiration from Norwegian folk music: in the finale, you hear echoes of the enchanting Hardanger fiddle, and he incorporates a ‘halling’, a lively Norwegian dance, into the music. The British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, called a “sensational meteorite” by Le Soir, relishes this challenging concerto. Conducted by the enthusiastic Anja Bihlmaier, the London Philharmonic Orchestra pairs Grieg with a colourful piece by Andrea Tarrodi and Jean Sibelius’ First Symphony, a monumental composition that rises slowly out of a mysterious clarinet solo.</p>https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/44055/88798/lamonnaie:2743:88798Fri, 15 Jan 2027 10:30:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tix.lamonnaiedemunt.be/nl/buyingflow/tickets/44055/88798/">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>La Monnaie / De Munt (Grote Foyer van de Munt)</p><p>Chamber music The best chamber music has to offer, nearly every Friday at 12.30 pm 9.10.2026 - THE 2026–2027 SEASON AT A GLANCE - FioccO Room NIKOLAY RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) Procession of the Nobles (1889-1890) MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937) Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899) NINO ROTA (1911-1979) Concerto per archi (1964-1965) KURT WEILL (1900-1950) Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (1929) RICHARD BISSILL (°1962) Gershwin Selection (1990) La Monnaie Brass Ensemble Tickets 16.10.2026 - FOR THOSE DEPARTED In tribute to the victims of the Brussels attacks AVIYA KOPELMAN (°1978) Elegy – The Answer SOFIA GUBAIDULINA (1931-2025) Sonata for double bass and piano (1975) THOMAS ADES (°1971) Darknesse Visible (1992) KAIJA SAARIAHO (1952-2023) Terra memoria, “for those departed” (2007) Tickets 23.10.2026 - SCHÖNBERG ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG (1874-1951) Quintett für Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette, Horn und Fagott, op.26 Tickets --- DISCOVER ALL OUR 2026-27 CONCERTINI</p>https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&id=10229815719562antwerp-symphony-orchestra-vanska-skride@bozar.beSat, 16 Jan 2027 18:00:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&amp;id=10229815719562">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>Bozar Brussel (Henry Le Boeuf Hall)</p><p>Since winning the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2001, Baiba Skride has become a fixture among the world’s leading violinists. Having previously performed with the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra (ASO), she is returning with Dmitri Shostakovich ’s powerful Violin Concerto No. 2. It is also a welcome reunion with conductor Osmo Vänskä. With Sergei Prokofiev ’s Symphony No. 5, he has chosen a work replete with hope. The Russian composer wrote this piece during the darkest days of the Second World War, yet the music speaks of resistance and optimism. The Antwerp Symphony Orchestra opens the evening with Metacosmos by Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Bozar’s portrait artist this season. Drawing on the orchestra’s full range of colours and textures, she evokes the majesty of the cosmos. A night of primal symphonic power and hope.</p>https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&id=10229815719563petar-pejcic-echo-rising-star@bozar.beSun, 17 Jan 2027 09:00:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&amp;id=10229815719563">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>Bozar Brussel (Henry Le Boeuf Hall)</p><p>In Prayer to Ecstasy, young Serbian cellist Petar Pejčić embarks on a musical exploration of spiritual experience: from quiet introspection to physical intensity and ecstatic transcendence. The meditative lines of Bach and Ernest Bloch flow into Ligeti’s gripping sonata and the visceral eruptions of Giovanni Sollima. At the centre of the programme stands a new work by Đuro Živković. Following an earlier collaboration on the composer’s concerto Unceasing Prayers, a profound artistic connection emerged between composer and performer. In the hands of Pejčić – “a wonderful musician with a compelling sense of storytelling,” according to Le Soir – the cello becomes an extension of the voice, expressing the universal and deeply human longing for connection with something beyond oneself. Petar Pejčić was named a Rising Star for the 2026-2027 season by Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Konzerthaus Dortmund and Palau de la Música Catalana within the ECHO network. During his European tour, the artist will perform at Bozar and give a private concert for the residents of Petit-Château, Brussels’ refugee arrival centre, in collaboration with Fedasil and Orfeo.</p>https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&id=10229759933114cuarteto-casals-0@bozar.beSun, 17 Jan 2027 15:00:00 GMT<p><strong><a href="https://tickets.bozar.be/api/1/redirect/product?lang=en&amp;id=10229759933114">Tickets</a></strong></p><p>Bozar Brussel (Hall M)</p><p>The subtitle of Schubert’s String Quartet No. 14 refers to the song Der Tod und das Mädchen that he had composed earlier, in 1817. Schubert uses the same ‘Death and the Maiden’ melody in the slow second movement, in which Death seems to make itself heard in the slow, deep chords. The maiden tries to resist, but Death appears to reassure her with the words, “Give me your hand... sleep softly in my arms.” The entire work hints that the composer himself was staring death in the face: from the tumultuous first movement to the demonic tarantella in the finale. Cuarteto Casals, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this season, adds works by the contemporary composer Raquel García-Tomás Raque and an early quartet by Haydn.</p>