- an experimental & improvised music festival -
this November 4, 5 & 6 at HAEKEM - rue de Laeken 66 Lakense straat – 1000 Brussels
(metro De Brouckère)
Canaries on the Pole are :
from Brussels Jacques Foschia & Mike Goyvaerts, from Wuppertal Christoph Irmer
and from Cologne Georg Wissel.
The program of this year’s festival is build around the Belgium-German quartet CANARIES ON THE POLE which celebrates its 15th birthday this November.
The first two nights each player of the quartet performs a set with musicians of his choice and to close the evening there’s a tutti jam.
On Sunday the quartet encounters JEAN DEMEY on double bass and special guests BART MARIS on trumpet
Canaries on the Pole, artwork by Kris Vanderstraeten
> Friday 4 : doors 7pm – music 8 pm
? Christoph Irmer violin Adelheid Sieuw flute Willy Van Buggenhout synthi
? Jacques Foschia clarinets Audrey Lauro alto sax Pak Yan Lau prepared piano
? Canaries on the Pole encounter the musicians announced on the evening
> Saturday 5 : doors 7pm – music 8 pm
? Mike Goyvaerts percussion José Bedeur cello Matthieu Safatly cello
Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg voice
? Georg Wissel clarinet, sax Johan Vandermaelen surround sounds
? Tutti Canaries
> Sunday 6 : doors 3pm – music 4pm
? Canaries on the Pole (the quartet)
? Canaries on the Pole invites Jean Demey double bass & special guest Bart Maris
trumpet – this musical centipede performs not only with Belgian leading improvisers
but also contributes to many other bands and projects as well as sideman as leader
in different musical styles, from impro to rock. He also performs solo.
Entrance : one day 6 € / 2 days 10 € / festival 14 €
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Silvère Mansis
(10.9.1944 - 22.4.2018)
foto © Dirck Brysse
Rik Bevernage
(19.4.1954 - 6.3.2018)
foto © Stefe Jiroflée
Philippe Schoonbrood
(24.5.1957-30.5.2020)
foto © Dominique Houcmant
Claude Loxhay
(18/02/1947 – 02/11/2023)
foto © Marie Gilon
Pedro Soler
(08/06/1938 – 03/08/2024)
foto © Jacky Lepage
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Cindy De Kuyper
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Jos L. Knaepen
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Arnold Reyngoudt
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Geert Vandepoele
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Harry van Kesteren
Geert Vanoverschelde
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