DCV 547 – Kris Oelbrandt: It’s Pointless!

In Oelbrandt's music, you can hear the sound shadows of composers such as Arvo Pärt and Olivier Messiaen, but he walks his own spiritual path.

Kris Oelbrandt was born in Sint-Gillis-Waas (Belgium) on November 13, 1972. Kris studied violin, viola and piano at the Academy of Music, Drama and Dance in Sint-Niklaas.

DCV 236 Kris Oelbrandt The Seven Last Words Jenny Spanoghe

DCV 368 Kris Oelbrandt Spring Oratorio M.

DCV 514 Kris Oelbrandt The Crack Oneiros Ensemble  

A full evening concert in the Academiehuis de Grote Kerk will conclude the Day of the Composer in Zwolle in a festive manner.

Ophanim was the name of the flaming wheels of the mythical chariot that the prophet Ezekiel saw in his visions.

In the Kroonpen series, the Capella Brabant chamber choir goes in search of composers with a spiritual nature.

DCV 531 Kris Oelbrandt Psalm 125 Capella Brabant and Marc Versteeg  

DCV 586 Kris Oelbrandt Hineni Insomnio

Jakub Polaczyk (born in 1983 in Poland) is a Polish-American composer, pianist, and pedagogue interested in surreal and synthetic art. He graduated from the Penderecki Music Academy, Jagiellonian University and Carnegie Mellon University. He studied with: Krzysztof Penderecki, Marcel Chyrzyński, Marek Chołoniewski, Reza Vali, Jan van Landeghem.

Ville Raasakka’s works are performed by the Klangforum Wien (Vienna), the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, der/gelbe/klang (Munich), Mise-en Ensemble (New York), Dal Niente (Chicago), Ensemble Lemniscate (Basel) and the Finnish Baroque Orchestra at the most esteemed festivals such as Eclat (Stuttgart), June in Buffalo (Buffalo), Tage der Neuen Musik Bamberg (Bamberg), Festival Archipel (Geneva) and […]

Luc Brewaeys was born in 1959 in Mortsel (Belgium). He studied composition with André LAPORTE in Brussels, with Franco DONATONI in Siena (Italy) and with Brian FERNEYHOUGH in Darmstadt (Germany). From 1980 to 84 he had regular contacts with Iannis XENAKIS in Paris. He is also conductor, pianist and works since 1985 as recording producer at the VRT (Flemish Radio & Television).