COUDENBERG SOUND BOX FEST 24 UNIFIED IN DIVERSITY: A Consort of Different Genres

In its fourth edition, CSFB24 will feature four double concerts, celebrating consort music in all its forms. The program spans from the Shakespearean era, with ancient tunes, to modern and contemporary American sounds, including works by Leonard Bernstein and Viet Cuong. Along the way, audiences will be treated to French Baroque gems by Jean de Sainte-Colombe and timeless classics like Bach’s Goldberg Variations and Satie’s Gymnopédies, all reimagined and transfigured by the inventive hands of innovative artists.The term ‘consort’ was first used in England in the 16th and 17th centuries to designate an instrumental ensemble, either composed of the same family (‘whole’), or made up of instruments from different families (‘broken’). In its double-concert format, CSBF24 will be mixing the two genres by inviting artists of international renown and emerging ensembles for a unique instrumental and stylistic fusion. This year's line-up includes the participation of the prestigious ICTUS (featuring Eva Reiter and Geert de Bièvre) with a programme of Baroque and contemporary music for viola da gamba and cello, the internationally acclaimed SIGNUM Saxophone Quartet with a rendition of Bernstein’s West Side Story and other gems from their new CD released on the Berlin Classics label, the rising star Anthony Romaniuk, who will perform and improvise on a range of different keyboards, and Mercury Prize nominated folk singer Sam Lee from the UK. Alongside these artists established on the international scene, CSBF is also committed to promote local and emerging ensembles: this edition will see the participation of Traffik Klassik, string quartet which will be performing arrangements of Bach's Goldberg Variations, Delle Donne Consort, which will be focusing on the Neapolitan Villanelle genre, the Brussels-based flute consort Vibrations with exciting arrangements of Telemann’s fantasias and the Baroque quartet Noxwode led by Latvian/British violinist Conor Gricmanis with a programme based on British Baroque and Folk music.