Françoise Vanhecke
Monday, 27 October 2025
Tuesday, 9 September 2025
December 18th., 2025: Christmas special nr. 3 with Pierrette COffrée, Françoise Vanhecke and Kimme Tigra
December 18th., 2025: Christmas special nr. 3 with Pierrette COffrée, Françoise Vanhecke and Kimme Tigra
Date and location:
December 18th., 2025 at 08:15 pm (CET).
art pub "De Doedelzak", Budastraat 15, 8500 Kortrijk, Belgium
More information: Allevents
November 6th., 2025: DOEDELZAK, Budastraat 15, 8500 Kortrijk, Françoise Vanhecke and Samuel Bodart
Françoise Vanhecke and Samuel Bodart: book presentation: "Jawel, ik zing terwijl ik inadem".
In her book, Françoise Vanhecke describes the (R)EVOLUTION she has brought to the singing world and continues to bring. It provides an expansive view of contemporary singing techniques, modern music, and stimulates an intense musical experience. This book is a must-have for anyone involved with music.
She also brings a special guest, Samuel Bodart, a drummer and percussionist from Lille with whom she has performed multiple times. Samuel leads a solo project called drums/poetic texts (Numero h.) and plays in various rock and improvisation groups. The majority of his work revolves around setting texts to music that can give rise to musical interpretations.
The book is published by Stichting Kunstboek and can be obtained at the bookstore.
Date & Location:
Thursday, November 6th.,2025 at 08:15 pm (CET)
art pub "De Doedelzak"
Budastraat 15, 8500 Kortrijk, Belgium.
Starting from October 6, 2025, you can make a reservation via info@kunstkroegdedoedelzak.be - 32 seats (entrance €7).
Monday, 8 September 2025
October 18th., 2025: concert "100 years Mikis Theodorakis" with special guest Françoise Vanhecke.
Saturday October 18th., 2025: concert "100 years Mikis Theodorakis" with special guest Françoise Vanhecke.
Where: Culture House Herbakker, Pastoor De Nevestraat 10 – 9900 EEKLO
Please donwnload the invitation and the flyer.
More information: www.duoromanta.be
Buy tickets: Culture House Herbakker
Or: At the organizer: Theodorakis-Ensemble / Xavier Roels:
phone: 09 228 28 80
GSM: 0476 34 84 19
xavierroels@skynet.be
account number: (BE73) 4434-6492-6160
Wednesday, September 17th., 2025: book presentation by Françoise Vanhecke "Jawel, ik zing terwijl ik inadem"
Françoise Vanhecke - Book launch: "Jawel, ik zing terwijl ik inadem"
This time, no breathtaking recital by Françoise Vanhecke, but a book launch. In her book, "Jawel, ik zing terwijl ik inadem," Françoise presents the results of her doctoral research. In that research, she developed a new singing technique, inhaling singing.
When? Wednesday, September 17th., 2025 - 7 PM
More information: message of CC het SPOOR on Facebook.
Buy tickets at: Uit in Vlaanderen
Sunday, September 14th., 2025: special concert with Alice Toen & Françoise Vanhecke
Together with soprano Françoise Vanhecke and guitarist Jean Van der Schueren, Alice Toen (101) presents a selection of songs and texts by, among others, Toon Hermans, Federico García Lorca, and Jules de Corte.
This concert will take place on Sunday, September 14th.,2025 at LDC De Braambeier, Loppemsestraat 14a in Zedelgem.
Registration is required via:infopuntdementie@zwz.be, or at the reception of WZC Klaverveld (Fazantenlaan 89, 8210 Zedelgem).
More information:
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
August 29th., 2025: Françoise Vanhecke Special Guest CHAPEAU XXV
August 29th., 2025:
Françoise Vanhecke Special Guest CHAPEAU XXV at 3:15 pm in the context of Waregem Koerse / church of Sint-Aamandus-and-Blasius, Markt 15, 8790 Waregem
Soon more….
April 29th., 2025: Book presentation "Jawel, ik zing terwijl ik inadem".
April 29th., 2025: book presentation "Jawel, ik zing terwijl ik inadem".
This book presentation will take place at Gentse Stemmen, HoGent (Vesalius campus). The evening symposium is about speech therapy and medical policy before and after vocal cord surgery.
April 16th., 2025: Performance at WZC De Weister (city of Kortrijk).
April 16th., 2025:
Care Kortrijk with WZC De Weister/Lijsterstraat 2, 8511 Aalbeke (Kortrijk)
2:30 PM. Please Register before April 7th. at Evy.santy@kortrijk.be or 056 24 43 50.
April 3rd., 2025: Easter Special "Tabak Taboek"
April 3rd., 2025:
Easter Special "Tabak Taboek"- Pierrette COffrée Jenne Decleir - soprano Françoise Vanhecke 8pm / Art pub "de Doedelzak" / Budastraat 15 - 8500 Kortrijk / entrance: 10 euros.
Reservations: info@kunstkroegdedoedelzak.be
Tuesday, 26 November 2024
December 19th., 2024: Christmas Special nr2, with Pierrette COffrée and Françoise Vanhecke.
December 19th., 2024: Christmas Special nr2, with Pierrette COffrée and Françoise Vanhecke, at Art Pub De Doedelzak.
An unforgettable show with Pierrette COffrée, home-grown performer assisted by soprano Françoise Vanhecke who makes even the angels jealous with her singing. Musical-theatrical adventures with surprises from special guests from the region. Also present again is the capricious, demanding Venus of Kortrijk. Let yourself be transported to a most wonderful winter universe!
December 1st., 2024: "Spirto 6": Music score for mixed choir.
December 1st., 2024: performance of "Spirto 6": Music score for mixed choir.
December 1st, 2024: A JOURNEY INTO THE UNIVERSE.
December 1st, 2024: A JOURNEY INTO THE UNIVERSE.
November 24th., 2024: Tribute to Alice Toen (poetry and song).
November 24th., 2024: Tribute to Alice Toen (poetry and song).
October 23rd., 2024: Improvisation concert.
October 23rd., 2024: Improvisation concert.
Françoise Vanhecke is invited by Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg -
Chapelle du Grand Hospice, rue du Grand Hospice n°7 1000 Bruxelles (Béguinage).
October 6th., 2024: performance of Choir Work "Spirto 6" by Irma Bilbao.
October 6th., 2024: performance of Choir Work "Spirto 6" (by Irma Bilbao) at the International Choir Festival Flanders, Genk
"Spirto 6" is performed by "De 2e Adem" (chamber choir for Contemporary music).
See also: De 2e Adem.
                   International Choir Festival Flanders, Genk
September 29th., 2024: special guest: Françoise Vanhecke live on stage!
September 29th., 2024: special guest: Françoise Vanhecke live on stage, at Don Vitalski's "saloon on Sunday"!
Monday, 12 August 2024
September 6th., 2024: Don Vitalski's legendary Tuesday club.
September 6th., 2024: Don Vitalski's legendary Tuesday club.
Where? "De Kring", Heilig Hartplein 2 in Ghent.
August 16th., 2024: Carl Deseyn & "Music under the Stars".
August 16th., 2024: Carl Deseyn & "Music under the Stars" in Hemsrode Castle in Hemsrode 3, 8570 Anzegem at 8.30 pm.
More information on Facebook:
(3) Music under the Stars | Facebook
Tickets: Your-Tickets
August 15th., 2024: Party of everyday madness / Bolivarplaats Antwerp.
August 14th. & 16th., 2024: CD box presentation "Trilogy bow Children of the Ancient Tree"
CD box presentation "Trilogy bow Children of the Ancient Tree" on August 14th. and 16th., 2024 / my participation both as a singer and as a composer (IRMA BILBAO).
CD1 : 'Voyage to the Ancestor' : An ancestor of the Old Maple sends its seeds north, after the last ice age.
CD2: 'Cycles of Life': day and night, the 4 seasons, the ice ages: everything is a cycle.
CD3: 'Children of the Ancient Tree': after many centuries of agriculture and plunder, the children of the Ancient Tree are rescued for the first time from the ruthless clutches of man.
August 14th., 2024: 10 years "Music under the stars"
August 14th., 2024: 10 years "Music under the stars".
Art Church Bossuit, Avelgem.
Doors open at 20:30 o'clock. Free entrance.
Thursday, 18 April 2024
June 1st., 2024: Westrand 50, Alice Toen 100 years! Cc Westrand Dilbeek, theater hall.
There is no age limit for passion. Alice Toen, born in 1924 and still active on stage, proves this better than anyone else! After a well-filled career as a TV, film and theater actress, author and dramaturge of children's and youth theater, she will once again take to the stage during the Dilbekenaar Day event and the closing party of 50 years of Westrand.
During this heart-warming concert, which she performs together with soprano Françoise Vanhecke and guitarist Jean Van der Schueren, she performs with infectious enthusiasm songs and texts by Federico Garcia Lorca, Toon Hermans, Jules De Corte, Manuel De Falla, ... An exquisite chance to see this grande lady at work again in Dilbeek. This performance premiered at the KVS with a lot of interest from the media.
May 25th., 2024 in "De Kreun" (Kortrijk): Françoise is a special guest at the Mercurius late night show.
May 25th., 2024 in "De Kreun" (Kortrijk): Françoise is a special guest at the Mercurius late night show.
May 15th., 2024: Françoise is a guest at the Don Vitalski Tueday Club.
Special Guest: May 5th., 2024: Françoise goes to Vienna / Wien ruft Françoise an.
Special Guest: May 5th., 2024: Françoise goes to Vienna / Wien ruft Françoise an.
“Rendez-vous with René Rumpold” is a talk show from TV21 Austria.
TV21 is an online, on demand television channel with a focus on art and culture.
The moderator of the program René Rumpold, himself an opera singer, actor, director and singing teacher, receives artists from various branches of art. His guests, 1 guest per broadcast, are mainly stars from Austria and Southern Germany.
On May 5th, recordings will be made in Vienna for “my” guest appearance on the program “Françoise Vanhecke bei Rendez-vous with René Rumpold”.
Sunday April 21st., 2024 - 11 am - Provincial Court - RoboTango, Markt 3, Bruges. Council chamber (1st floor).
In the future festival "Over Morgen" we consider the way we will live in 2050. In the Tango Salon you will encounter ten musical robots, designed and built by Godfried-Willem Raes. Soprano Françoise Vanhecke provides them with wonderful songs by Kurt Weill, Sassone, Carlos Gardel, Castillo, Astor Piazzolla and Matos Rodríguez, among others. You immediately imagine yourself in the streets of Buenos Aires. With this RoboTango, the Logos Foundation unites the Flemish tradition of dance organs with the tradition of the Argentine tango salons. Dancing is allowed.
More information: Province of West-Vlaanderen.
Monday, 19 February 2024
March 9th., 2024: Concert "The Best Of Theodorakis".
March 9th., 2024 at 8:00 PM CC De Herbakker, Pastoor De Nevestraat 10, 9900 Eeklo.
Special guest: Françoise Vanhecke
Theodorakis Ensemble conducted by Xavier Roels.
More information: www.eeklo.be
Herr Faust becomes young again, a living room theater performance directed by Jacky Tummers.
Herr Faust becomes young again, a living room theater performance directed by Jacky Tummers.
Saturday February 17 and 24 at 3:00 PM Restaurant Madonna in Ghent.
Sunday February 18 and 25 at 3:00 PM Sculpture Garden MHK, De Haan-Vosseslag.
February 12th., 2024: Belgian Music Days.
February 12th., 2024: Belgian Music Days (music festival dedicated to Belgian music).
- 13h00 Musiques&Recherches – Conservatoire Petite Salle/Kleine Zaal - Annette Vande Gorne – Opéra acousmatique: Yawar fiesta: combattimento & also with the voice of Françoise Vanhecke
- 15h Conférence ‘Les voies de la voix acousmatique’ par Annette Vande Gorne
Thursday, 11 January 2024
February 4th., 2024: Performance "A Journey Into The Universe", with Françoise Vanhecke & Pascal Coppé
"A Journey Into The Universe" with Françoise Vanhecke & Pascal Coppé
Co-composed vocals and vocal arrangements by Irma Bilbao.
Sunday, February 4th., 2024 at 17:00 o'clock in the church of Sint-Bavo (Sint-Baafs-Vijve) (Sint-Bavostraat, 8710 Wielsbeke).
More information: CC De Schakel.
A dazzling cosmic adventure by Patsker Omaer Beguin:
We were swept away in a wave of symphonic soundscapes accompanied by mesmerizing images of the planets of our solar systems.
Vanhecke supplemented Coppé's electronic ambient spins with both experimental and beautiful, emotional vocal lines. Vanhecke passionately demonstrated her unique inhaling singing technique, culminating in 'TheBlack Hole'. The soprano moaned, screamed and growled just like a black metal vocalist. Her haunting vocals captivated the audience during the hypnotic projections of the black hole.
We almost never write this, but 'A Journey Into The Universe' came close to perfection. The sound, the images, the singing, the performance were taken care of down to the last detail. Those who weren't there were, of course, wrong.
More information: Gonzo Circus.
Saturday, 23 December 2023
THE WEEK OF SOUND: 27.01.2024 in Flagey (Studio 1) Brussels
THE WEEK OF SOUND: 27.01.2024 in Flagey (Studio 1) Brussels
Déluges et autres péripéties – with a text by Werner Lambersy, voice by W. Lambersy and F. Vanhecke. (A.Vande Gorne).
AUDIO (fragments): click here.
December 21st., 2023: Christmas Special with Pierrette and special guest Françoise Vanhecke.
Christmas special with Pierrette and special guest Françoise Vanhecke.
Where? "De Kunstkroeg, Budastraat 15, 8500 Kortrijk.
When? 8:00 PM
December 19th., 2023: Don Vitalski's legendary Tuesday club
Sunday, 5 November 2023
Sunday November 26th., 2023: Tribute “Alice Toen” in KVS Brussels at 3:00 PM.
Sunday November 26th., 2023: Tribute “Alice Toen” in KVS Brussels at 3:00 PM.
With: Alice Toen, Françoise Vanhecke & Jean Van der Schueren.
The icing on the cake this autumn, a well-deserved tribute to Dame Alice Toen in the Royal Flemish Theater in Brussels on November 26th. Born theater maker and actress since 1924 and the ultimate embodiment of the fact that there is no age limit for passion. A credo to cherish, says Françoise:
Passion knows no age. Moreover, the stage can keep people young. Alice still bursts with energy when she can perform. I look forward to accompanying her again with Jean on this well-deserved tribute in her beloved KVS.
For information and tickets:
Thursday, November 16th., 2023: SOLISSIMA in Kortrijk Music Center at 20:15 PM.
Thursday, November 16th., 2023: SOLISSIMA in Kortrijk Music Center at 20:15 PM.
In 'Solissima', the Belgian soprano Françoise Vanhecke presents a musical reflection of the zeitgeist. With different musical styles, sometimes solo at the piano, she delves into themes such as love and romance, war and peace. And what does it mean to be a contemporary woman in this world of trial and error?
More information and tickets:
A review of my premiere last October 7th. in Antwerp can be found here.
Read the article in "The Newspaper of West Flanders".
Thursday, 10 August 2023
August 14th., 2023: Music under the stars.
Music under the stars.
Together with: Carl Deseyn - composer - live electronica, Andy Declerck - sax/flute, Kaat Vanhaverbeke - accordion, Graci Ela - violin, Rodigro Diaz Guzman - guitar, AvK Astronomical Circle of Friends - stargazers.
August 15th., 2023: Feast of everyday madness.
Feast of everyday madness.
2 performances at Don Vitalski's (theatre for performing arts):
3:05 pm Party Everyday Madness
Where? Bolivarplaats Antwerp (Near the Palace of Justice)
&
9:30 pm Don Vitalski's Legendary Tuesday Club
Where? Boomsesteenweg 441 in Antwerp.
Thursday, August 24th., 19:00 o'clock: Paul Delvaux Museum, Sint-Idesbald: More than a voice.
More than a voice.
The singer Dr. Françoise Vanhecke, PhD brings her solo program with the unique combination of accompanying herself. Passionately curious and polyvalence characterizes the singer-composer and her unique Inhaling Singing - ISFV® technique with which she obtained her doctorate at UGent. As a trendsetter with performances from baroque to pop and experimental music, she is regularly on the program of major music festivals and theater houses in the world. In addition to a Palmo D'Oro in Italy, she exceptionally won the New York Women Composers Seed Grant for the second time in 2022.
As a polyvalent performer, she has previously performed in galleries and museums and in the context of international festivals such as for the VRT for documentaries about Ensor, Magritte, Vercruysse, De Braekeleer - Museum Sierkunsten and SMAK Ghent - Galerie Estampille Brussels - Gallery De Kantfabriek Aalst - RHoK Boonzaal Brussels - M Kha / Oude Beurs and De Zwarte Panter Antwerp as well as in Germany (Städtliche Galerie Villa Zanders Bergisch Gladbach) - Mexico (Museo Tamayo) - Hungary (2B Gallery Budapest) - Italy (C8lengo,Torino - La delirante, Milano – Artestudio, Bergamo) - France (Halle Saint-Pierre, Paris) and the Netherlands (Quartair Den Haag). People also remember her performance at the opening of the SMAK in Ghent with the act of Marina Abramovic.
Programme:
Caro mio ben by Giuseppe Giordani
Seligkeit by Franz Schubert
Lascia ch'io pianga by G.F. Handel
Ave Maria by Caccini
Danza, danza, fanciulla gentile by Francesco Durante
Voi che sapete by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Youkali by Kurt Weill
Uranus from Coppe/Bilbao
Crocro song by Irma Bilbao
Ida van Cahay/Kissling
Young Blood (Gezelle/Bilbao)
Memories of Peter Cornelius
You are the center by Margaret Rizza
Je ne regrette rien by Edith Piaf
Silent Majesty of Rowland / Bilbao
Oriental by Anonymous
Registration by phone: +32 (0) 58 52 12 29
Friday, 23 June 2023
July 21st., 2023: Gentse Feesten tango production with and around the robot orchestra.
Gentse Feesten tango production with and around the robot orchestra.
With: Francoise Van Hecke, Pol Van Assche, Isolde Audooren, Kristof Lauwers en Godfried-Willem Raes
Tuesday, 6 June 2023
June 15th. 2023: VOices of the oceans (a musical journey in the oceans).
VOices of the oceans (a musical journey in the oceans).
Thursday June 15th., 20 o'clock at OC De Vonke (Heule).
More information:
October 7th., 2023: Françoise Vanhecke Live at the Gallery.
Françoise Vanhecke Live at the Gallery, October 7th. 2023 at 20:00 pm.
Dr. Françoise Vanhecke PhD and polyvalent performer/soprano/pianist/actress/composer exceptionally won the New York Women Composers Seed Grant for the second time. Thanks to the NYWC and The Puffin Foundation for their support in this project. Before she goes to New York to perform her solo program 'SOLISSIMA', she will perform her recital at the Fine Arts Gallery Wouter De Bruycker. The performance developed for this purpose is a solo program with the unique combination of accompanying oneself at the piano or with musical support via soundtrack/fixed media.
Thursday, November 16th., 2023: Solissima.
Solissima.
Françoise Vanhecke is a Belgian soprano and academic who pioneered the new vocal technique of inhalation singing at Ghent University. In 'Solissima' she now brings a musical reflection of the zeitgeist. With different music styles, sometimes solo at the piano, she delves into themes such as love and romance, war and peace. And what does it mean to be a contemporary woman in this world of ups and downs?
November 16th., 2023, Schouwburg Kortrijk.
Information and tickets: Schouwburg Kortrijk.
Tribute Alice Toen, November 26th. 2023.
Tribute Alice Toen.
There’s no age limit to passion! Alice Toen, born in 1924 and still active on stage, proves as much. After a well-filled career as a tv, film and theatre actress, author, and dramaturge of children and youth theatre, she takes to the stage once more – this time for Tribute Alice Toen.
During this heartwarming concert, for which she is joined by soprano Françoise Vanhecke and guitarist Jean Van der Schueren, she enthusiastically performs songs and texts by Federico Garcia Lorca, Toon Hermans, Jules De Corte, ... A prime chance to see this grande dame at work once more.
Sunday, November 26th., 2023, KVS Brussels.
Tickets and information: KVS Brussels.
A JOURNEY INTO THE UNIVERSE - February 4th., 2024
A dizzying cosmic adventure.
A Journey Into The Universe is a collaboration (originated during the Covid captivity) between composer Pascal Coppé and soprano Françoise Vanhecke. The West Flemish duo has created a concept in which vocals, electronic music and images are woven together into a fascinating whole.
During the concert you will be immersed in a fascinating world with idiosyncratic vocals that also partly consist of improvisation. The electronic sound textures create dreamlike and enigmatic atmospheres. Pascal Coppé is not only responsible for the beautiful compositions, but is also for the captivating images that accompany the music. It will undoubtedly be an exceptional coffee concert, because for once Sint-Baafs-Vijve is the center of the universe.
Sunday, February 4th., 2024, church of Sint-Bavo, Sint-Baafs-Vijve
Tickets and information: CC De Schakel.
Tuesday, 2 May 2023
October 7th., 2023: Françoise Vanhecke Live at the Gallery.
Saturday, 11 March 2023
March 12th, 2023 - Eerbetoon Alice Toen
Alice Toen is 98 jaar en ze brengt poëzie en ze zingt en we zingen en spelen samen met Jean Van der Schueren.
Ongelooflijk maar waar! Dat mag je niet missen, met werk van De Falla, Alice Nahon, Jules De Corte, Garcia Lorca, Toon Hermans, Roel Richelieu.....
Bezoek zeker ook eens volgende links:
Kaarten nog te bekomen aan de ingang of ook via overschrijving op rekeningnummer van de stedelijke seniorenraad:
BE73 0012 0882 9760
Met vermelding van het aantal gewenste kaarten en uw naam.
Saturday, 28 January 2023
February 5th, 2023 - Belgian-Ukrainean cultural activity
"IN THE SUNLIGHT WE ARE WRITING OUR LIFE’S"
More info: Click here
Friday, 30 December 2022
February 2nd, 2023 - Performance lecture
These new sounds of the human voice within the context of the role of expressiveness in the musical landscape for the music of our time and its impact on the contemporary artistic platform fit perfectly within this festival with the theme 'The voice' and will certainly fascinate and captivate singers, composers, pedagogues as well as musicologists.
Her scientific research into acoustic, physical and physiological characteristics of inhaling singing compared to normal exhaling singing have led to several scientific publications such as the "Journal of Voice".
February 2nd: Website
Monday, 24 October 2022
November 3rd, 2022 - Mimosa Season #4
This two-part evening will be an interregional and cross-border event with two exceptional guests:
- Matthieu Lebrun is a musician based in Bergerac, Dordogne. His singular and adventurous approach is done through several mediums (saxophone, clarinet, rap, synthesizer, field recording, recording of hertzian waves...). For nearly 15 years, he has participated in projects in the field of current, contemporary, improvised and experimental music. He collaborates very regularly with Frédéric Tentelier (La Barque Théâtre) and we could hear him with the Grand Orchester Muzzix in the creation of Radiolarians by composer Michael Pisaro-Liu. He is also a composer.
- Dr. Françoise Vanhecke PhD, soprano, ISFV (inhaling singer), pianist, actress, composer (Irma Bilbao), singing teacher, improviser, soundpainter and researcher covers a very wide repertoire using the widest and most unsuspected possibilities of the voice, she is sought after for her artistic versatility and her personality on stage both in the great classical and romantic works and in the music of today. By working in close collaboration with composers, she has created more than 300 works. Considered one of the best interpreters of contemporary classical music, she is on the bill of major music festivals and theaters around the world. Françoise Vanhecke has recorded for various labels.
Duo:
Françoise Vanhecke: voice / Sam Bodart: percussion
Quartet:
Matthieu Lebrun: saxes, clarinets / Xtof Bruneel: drums / Philo Lenglet: guitar / Eric Mimosa: Lapsteel
Doors open at 8:00 p.m. Beginning of the concert at 8:30 p.m. The address will be communicated to you after compulsory reservation.
You can bring a drink that you'll want to share. A hat will be circulated for the musicians.
Contact: ericle.mimosa@free.fr, +33 (0)6 20 43 32 43
Thursday, 25 August 2022
October 28th, 2022 - A Journey Into The Universe
Zie ook: Uit in Vlaanderen
Of vind alle info op deze website
A Journey Into The Universe Live concert Elektronische symfonische muziek met zang en filmprojectie. Een reis doorheen het Universum.
Wednesday, 24 August 2022
Tuesday, 23 August 2022
September 16th, 2022 - Concert Zwevegem
September 9-11th, 2022 - Poppentheater Dordrecht (NL)
Friday 09 september 2022 - 17:00h (SOLD OUT)
Opening Majed Saraydeen with reed flute
Francoise Vanhecke with oriental songs
Ticket: 10,--
Saterday 10 and Sunday 11 september 2022 - 08:00h (SOLD OUT)
Tour with a salmonboat
and Songs Françoise Vanhecke (BEL)
Ticket: 20,--
Monday, 22 August 2022
September 3rd, 2022 - Sint-Martinuskerk - Sint-Martens-Bodegem - Musica@Parola!
Concertprogramma
Vorig jaar mochten we Françoise, Alice en Jean al verwelkomen in de kerk van Bodegem tijdens een hartverwarmend concert. Een jaar later keren ze terug, met ook nog dichter Roel Richelieu van Londersele erbij. Musica@Parola!
Ambiance verzekerd… en hier het voorlopige programma (want ze durven ook improviseren en bis-nummers bedenken :-))
Françoise goes Barocco solo
- Giuseppe GIORDANO (1744-1798): Caro mio ben (arietta) – George Frederic HAENDEL (685 – 1759): Lascia ch’io pianga uit de opera Rinaldo
- Giacomo CARISSIMI (1605-1674): Vittoria, mio core (cantata)
- Christoph Willibald von GLUCK (1714-1787): O del mio dolce ardour (aria)
- Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643): Lasciatemi morire uit opera Ariana
- Giulio CACCINI (1551-1618): Ave Maria
- Francesco DURANTE (1684-1755): Danza, danza, fanciulla gentile (arietta)
Roel Richelieu van Londersele leest voor uit eigen werk en ook Alice Toen zegt gedichten van hem
Back to the future met Jean en Françoise
- Manuel de FALLA (1876-1946): Nana
- Fernando SOR (1778-1836): Cesa de atormentarme // Muchacha, y la verguenza /li>
- Federico Garcia LORCA (1898-1936): Sevillanas del siglo XVIII
- Consuelo VELÀSQUEZ (1924-2005): Besame mucho
- José Maria CANO (°1959): Hijo de la luna
Thursday, 30 June 2022
Tuesday, 28 June 2022
June 30th, 2022 - Looking into the light
I am invited to sing on the roof of Muhka - Thursday 30/06 18-21u
Live broadcast for Radio Centraal 106.7
Saturday, 11 June 2022
RESULTS OF THE 2022 NEW YORK WOMEN COMPOSERS SEED MONEY GRANTS
We have awarded seven grants, two foreign (Belgium and Argentina) and five domestic (one of these is actually both, a concert in New York to be repeated in Tokyo, Japan). One grant is in a disseminated format, and the rest are focused grants.
One concert will initially be streamed online, with subsequent performances being planned. Additionally, some of the other concerts will be either streamed or available later on YouTube and Instagram or other such platforms. All the projects will include open calls for some or all the NYWC composers to be represented.
Rad more:
* Local press
* All winners
* I am happy to announce
Sunday, 5 June 2022
June 16th, 2022: Concert performance
A musical journey through space with video and live music.
Artists: Pascal Coppé and Françoise Vanhecke.
Genre: symphonic electro with live vocals.
OC DE VONCKE - Lagaeplein 24 - Heule 8501.
Friday, 29 April 2022
April 30th, 2022 - Antennafestival
Saturday 30/04/2022 Start 17 hr free entrance
Zaal den hannekensnest
Burggravenlaan 7 Evergem-Langerbrugge
View on Facebook.
Thursday, 21 April 2022
April 23rd, 2022: De Singel, Antwerp
23/04/2022
Frauenliebe und - Leben, opus 42
Robert Schumann
regie & concept: Lulu Obermayer
commission & co-production: DE SINGEL co-production Forecast - Skills e.V with support by Stad München
The arrival of Lulu Obermayer is a breath of fresh air in the world of opera and classical music. With her radical interpretations, the young German director challenges the genre’s normative approach. Obermayer knows what she is talking about: she grew up in a context in which opera is ubiquitous. Her name is even derived from the eponymous opera by Alban Berg. For her latest performance, Frauenliebe und -Leben, she takes Robert Schumann’s eponymous song cycle as her starting point. For Obermayer, the stereotypical image of the devoted, faithful 19th-century woman who dedicates her life to the man of the house is the perfect starting point for focusing on a number of issues. The cycle is extended by Obermayer to eight hours, the length of a working day, and the solo voice is obliged to give way to eight female voices. In a musical installation there is reflection on the complexity of being a woman, female love and mothership.
More info
Thursday, 10 March 2022
Wednesday, 9 March 2022
March 1st., 2022: release of digital album / compact disc "Stordeur Tribe".
Stordeur was born in Haine-Saint-Paul. His musical career started in 1977 with a tape composition for the soundtrack to a film on Gordon Matta-Clark titled "Office Baroque", by Eric Convents and Roger Steylaerts. 
Later in the 1970s, he participated in the avantgarde music ensemble "Studio voor Experimentele Muziek", founded in Antwerp, Flanders, by Joris De Laet in 1973. S.E.M.'s associate composers in the 1970s included: Dirk Veulemans, Paul Adriaenssens, Karel Goeyvaerts, Lucien Goethals and Serge Verstockt.
Stordeur founded his own electronic music studio "Studio Synthèse" in 1973 in Brussels.
In 2020, the Antenna Fest paid tribute to this forerunner in Belgian and international electronic music. The result of this tribute has now been released in the form of a CD and a digital download.
Artists who once worked with the man have put him in the flowers. as there are Willy Van Buggenhout and Françoise Vanhecke Soprano, Guy Drieghe D.
You can hear the result at the Bandcamp of AntennA.
Released: March 1, 2022.
More on Françoises Inhaling Singing technique: Francoise Vanhecke at TEDxGhent
Friday, 29 October 2021
October 30, 2021 - November 7th., 2021: World Choir Games.
October 30 - November 7, 2021, Flanders, Belgium.
Dr. Françoise Vanhecke will be part of the International Jury for the 11th. World Choir Games 2021 - Flanders, Belgium.
More information: World Choir Games.
October 31, 2021: musical ode to the trees and the soundtrack to the book 'De Ommeloze'.
"The Ancient Tree" is a musical ode to the trees and the soundtrack to the book "De Ommeloze" about a hollow, single maple tree.
On Sunday 31 October 2021, we will play the closing act of the project "A tree is more than it says" at 6 pm in the atmospheric flower studio De Egelantier - Otegem.
Register : 0475 / 92 34 64
Entrance is free, with free contribution, bring a mouth mask.
Composer Carl Deseyn with Dimitri Tsiroyannis, Graciela Zaera, Andy Declerck, Esther Coorevits and soprano Françoise Vanhecke.
November 1st., 2021: memorial moment at the cemetery "Hoog Kortrijk"
On November 1, "Radio Reveil" organizes a memorial moment at the "Onument" at the cemetery of Hoog Kortrijk.
At 17 o'clock the Alphabet Choir welcomes the visitors. Then the men of Blokbusters interview witnesses from different cultural backgrounds about their experiences with saying goodbye. The interviews are interspersed with music and poetry.
The soprano Dr. Françoise Vanhecke closes this nice initiative. Everything can also be followed via livestream.
Monday, 25 October 2021
September 18th., 2021 - November 13th., 2021: lecture series "Nouvelle Fiari"
The International Federation of Independent Revolutionary Art presents: lecture series "Nouvelle Fiari".
The impact of ISFV, inhaling singing, a new extended technique by dr. Françoise Vanhecke.
Watch the video: Fiari
Watch the video: Fiari
Thursday, 23 September 2021
23 oktober 2021 - SÉRIE DE CONFÉRENCES NOUVELLE FIARI
https://fiari.art
http://fiari.art/the-impact-of-isfv-inhaling-singing-a-new-extended-technique-by-dr-francoise-vanhecke/
The impact of ISFV® Inhaling Singing, a new extended technique by dr. Françoise Vanhecke
La soprano et chercheuse parlera de l'impact de l'ISFV®, Inhaling Singing dans le répertoire vocal et de son rôle d'expressivité dans le contexte large du paysage musical.
October 21st., 2021: Robotango: Flemish dance organs and Argentinian tango music.
21 October 2021: "Robotango": Flemish dance organs and Argentinian tango music.
Where? Kelderzaal, De Centrale, Kraankinderstraat 2, 9000 Ghent.
Voice: Françoise Vanhecke
Dance: Pol Van Assche & Isolde Audooren
Robots: Logos Foundation
In collaboration with vzw Polariteit
Supported by: the Flemish Government & the city of Ghent
In this tango salon, Logos Foundation unites the Flemish tradition of the dance organs with the tradition of the Argentinian tango salons. Enjoy an evening full of rousing rhythms and sultry melodies! 11 robots and soprano Françoise Vanhecke perform tangos by Weill, Sassone, Gardel, Castillo, Piazzolla and Matos Rodríguez and make you dream of Buenos Aires. The quick steps and passionate movements of the dancers of vzw Polariteit take you to warmer places. If the corona measures allow this, a tango workshop will take place before the performance.
Youka / Kurt Weill
Wednesday, 22 September 2021
October 15th., 2021: a journey into the universe.
15 October 2021, church in Bissegem: a musical journey into the universe.
Composer: Pascal Coppé
Vocals: Françoise Vanhecke
Composer: Pascal Coppé
Vocal artist: Françoise Vanhecke
Tuesday, 21 September 2021
JAZZMADD “LIEFDE VAN LATER” & ALICE TOEN- FRANÇOISE VANHECKE - JEAN VAN DER SCHUEREN
Op zaterdag 9/10 oktober brengt Jean Van der Schueren, bezieler vz.van vzw Duende,
JazzMadd opnieuw naar oa.Denderleeuw in de sfeervolle en gezellige parketzaal van ’t Kasteeltje,
naar het “theaterPact” in Aalst en naar “buurthuis De Liberale Kring” Ninove
"Muziek en poëzie voor man en vrouw… anders bekeken”. Dat is het motto van de avond.
Alice Toen, Françoise Vanhecke en Jean Van der Schueren brengen een concertant boeket van poëzie,
gitaar en zang met muziek en teksten over de liefde, passie, vrolijkheid en vele andere thema’s van het leven.
Ze presenteren muziek van zowel mannelijke als vrouwelijke componisten.
za.09/10/’21- 20u
‘t Kasteeltje
Stationstraat 7
Denderleeuw
zo.10/10/‘21 -11u
Theater Pact -
Erembodegemstraat 30
9300 Aalst
zo.10/10/‘21 - 19u
De Liberale Kring
Dreefstraat 16
9400 Ninove
Monday, 20 September 2021
Zaterdag 2 oktober 2021 - RESONARE 26
"een experimenteel en/of spontaan muziekgebeuren "deuren 19u00 - concert 20u30
>> een onuitgegeven duo <<
Françoise VANHECKE stem
Mike GOYVAERTS slagwerk, divers geluid
in l'Estampille
Pavia straat 75 (rue de Pavie) te 1000 Brussel
vrije bijdrage
Sunday, 15 August 2021
September 11th., 2021 & September 12th., 2021: microfestival at Dordrecht.
Saturday 11 & Sunday 12 September 7 am
Microfestival at Dordrecht
More information: puppet theatre Damiet van Dalsum
Boarding: Potato market.
Adults: € 20
Limited number of places!
While you enjoy a cup of coffee or tea and a salmon sandwich, singer Françoise Vanhecke from Belgium will perform beautiful ̋"fish" songs on the Dordrecht waters. Pure romance.
Singer: Françoise Vanhecke
Skipper: Jaap Bouwman
Contact:
info@poppentheaterdamiet.nl
Damiet van Dalsum puppet theatre
Potato market 9
3311 BA Dordrecht
The Netherlands
SOLD OUT *07:00 am
Salmon boat & Sing on
Francoise Vanhecke Ticket: 20,--
*07:00 Salmon boat & Sing on
Francoise Vanhecke Ticket: 20,--
Saturday, 14 August 2021
August 28 at 8 pm: Musica@Parola in the Church of Sint-Martens-Bodegem.
August 28 at 8 pm: Musica@Parola in the Church of Sint-Martens-Bodegem.
"Music and poetry for man and woman… viewed differently”. That's the motto this evening. Alice, Françoise and Jean bring a concert summer bouquet of poetry, guitar, song and piano with music and lyrics about love, passion, cheerfulness and many other themes in life. They present music by both male and female composers, including Maria Malibran, Matteo Carcassi, Fernando Sor, Irma Bilbao, Violeta Dinescu, Gladys Smuckler Moskowitz, Fanny Tran, Johan Sebastian Bach, Jacques Brel/Herman Van Veen, Jules De Corte… and even more.
Françoise Vanhecke: vocals & piano.
Jean Van der Schueren: guitar.
Alice Toen: actress.
Info & tickets:
Press release:
Concert series Musica@Parola settles down in Sint-Martinuskerk for three months.
Friday, 13 August 2021
August 19th., 2021: live concert at Aalst.
19 August 2021 at 19 PM: live concert with Françoise Vanhecke and Jean Van Der Schueren at Bloom Zomerbar (city of Aalst).
Place to be: Affligemdreef 164, 9300 Aalst
Facebook: BLOOM Zomerbar
Friday, 19 March 2021
GOOD NEWS! The previously cancelled Basta Diva show will be streamed on Friday April 2nd., 2021. Online performance. Watch at your home.
The previously cancelled performance of " BASTA DIVA " continues on Friday 2 April - now in an online stream (to be viewed at your home).
The show cannot take place in the theatre (due to corona). As a compensation, ticket holders will receive a surprise 'goodie bag', containing a link or QR code that gives them access to the show.
Haven't got a ticket yet and want to enjoy this offer? You can buy your ticket until Wednesday 31 March (before 17:00 o'clock) on the website of CC De Schakel.
The show can be watched at your own pace. Specific info about the validity of the link or QR code will be available in the goodie bag.
Your goodie bag will be delivered at your door step on Friday 2 April 2021. Not at home? We will get in touch with you.
More info: CC De Schakel
Go to program then to stage and then to April 2nd.
Or: TAKEAWAY #15 // Basta Diva
Friday, 15 January 2021
Thursday Januari 21st., 2021: New Year streaming concert on facebook.
Thursday January 21st., 2021 New Year streaming concert on facebook.
"Logos Stroomt", with Françoise Vanhecke and Moniek Darge.
  
  
Monday, 14 December 2020
Fascinating COVID solo concert 'More than a Voice'. Livestream on YouTube
For the last concert of "Klassiek in Den Botaniek" we are honored to invite soprano and Knight in the Order of the Crown, Dr. Françoise Vanhecke PhD (aka composer Irma Bilbao) for a fascinating COVID solo concert 'More than a Voice'.
Appointment next Tuesday 15 Dec, 12.30-13: 10 a.m.
Livestream link: YouTube
Passionate curiosity and polyvalence characterizes the singer-composer who, with her phenomenal voice and her unique Inhaling Singing - ISFV® technique, and as a trendsetter with performances ranging from baroque to pop and experimental music, regularly performs on the program of major music festivals and theaters of the world. A Palmo D’Oro in Italy and the New York Women Composers Grant gave her international career a strong boost, but she is therefore not a “BV”.
Thanks to:
- the City of Antwerp Mundana Antwerp
- De Serre Den Botaniek
- The Bracket Percussion Ensemble
Thursday, 8 October 2020
Proud to announce: CD-release "Illusion" by Annette Vande Gorne with my special Inhaling Singing technique.
Proud to announce: CD-release "Illusion" by Annette Vande Gorne.
October 21st., 2020: the CD "Illusion" comes out with a special release of my inhaling singing technique through the work "Déluges et autres péripéties".
This on the occasion of the International Acousmatic Festival (Influx festival - L’espace du son) which will take place on October 21 in Brussels (Théâtre Marni).
October 14th., 2020: tribute to Gilberto Mendes.
October 14th., 2020: tribute to Gilberto Mendes, a Brazilian composer whose work Françoise has sung and created in Brazil, France and Belgium.
Basta Diva on February 19th., 2021 ** cancelled **
This performance is - to our regret - cancelled.
Don't worry, because in exchange for February 19th., we offer a TAKEAWAYgoodiebag with a surprising content linked to the performance. Ticket buyers will receive a message from us.
Want to enjoy this goodiebag and you don't have a ticket for the show? Feel free to buy your ticket and our culture courier will visit you.
More info on: cc De Schakel.
This performance was originally scheduled for Saturday October 10, 2020, but was postponed due to an injury.
Singing star with pranks Carmella Lucia Pommodori di Monte Carlo (Françoise Vanhecke) parades with her singing talents and boasts at the audience how well she can sing Mozart, Beethoven, Puccini, Bach… but also the repertoire of Piaf, Dalida and Michael Jackson! Her director Richard Le Grand (Lieven Debrauwer) is secretly jealous of her success and things go off the rails ...
A hilarious theatre performance for all ages!
When?
Friday February 19th., from 08.00 PM until 10.00 PM
cc De Schakel, Waregem, Schakelstraat 8, 8790 Waregem, Belgium
Tickets:
Friday, 18 September 2020
Basta Diva. Saturday, October 10th., 2020: A hilarious music theatre performance for all ages! ***Delayed ***
BASTA DIVA

Singing star with pranks Carmella Lucia Pommodori di Monte Carlo (Françoise Vanhecke) parades with her singing talents and boasts at the audience how well she can sing Mozart, Beethoven, Puccini, Bach… but also the repertoire of Piaf, Dalida and Michael Jackson!
Her director Richard Le Grand (Lieven Debrauwer) is secretly jealous of her success and things derail.
A hilarious music theatre performance for all ages!
Where:
CC De Schakel
Schakelstraat 8
8790 Waregem
When:
SATURDAY October 10th.,2020 from 20:00 PM until 21:30 PM
Entrance fee: € 20,0
Entrance fee for UitPAS Zuidwest members: € 4,0
Reservations:
Contact:
056 62 13 40
See also:
Thursday, 23 July 2020
August 15th., 2020: open-air concert in Anzegem (Music under the trees).
Music under the trees
AUGUST 15, 2020
The open-air concert 'Music under the trees' is an ode to the trees that give us earth, water, air and fire.
- Kaat Vanhaverbeke: accordion
- Esther Coorevits: viola
- Daphne Vandemeulebroucke: harp
- Andy Declerck: sax and flute
- Françoise Vanhecke: vocals
- Carl Deseyn: piano and synthesizers
More information: Music under the trees.
October 10th., 2020:BASTA DIVA is back!
Basta Diva: hilarious music theater performance for all ages with Françoise Vanhecke in the role of singing star Carmella Lucia Pommodori di Monte Varlo.
Saturday, October 10th., 2020, 20.00 h.
schouwburg CC De Schakel
Tuesday, 14 January 2020
February 21st., 2020: Tribute to André Stordeur
CC Evergem.
DARK Hz: creation of Willy Van Buggenhout, with soprano Françoise Vanhecke
More info: Festival AntennA - André Stordeur
Friday, 10 January 2020
May 21st - 24th: performance at Festival OSIMU in Taviano - Italy
June 6th. 2020: Youkali - a tango project with robots, dance and voice
11 robots and soprano Françoise Vanhecke perform tangos from, among others, Weill, Sassone, Gardel, Castillo, Piazzolla and Matos Rodríguez.
Dancers from vzw Polariteit are responsible for the choreography and dance and organise a tango workshop before the performance.
In collaboration with vzw Polariteit (dance), Françoise Vanhecke (singing) and with the support of the Flemish community.
Where? De Centrale, Gent
You Tube: Youkali - a tango project with robots, dance and voice.
October 17th., 2020 : Conductor Tom Vrijens
February 21st., 2020: Tribute to André Stordeur
February 21st., 2020: Tribute to André Stordeur
Festival AntennA - André Stordeur Tribute
DARK Hz: Creatie van Willy Van Buggenhout, sopraan Françoise Vanhecke
Tuesday, 10 December 2019
December 14th., 2019: my performance at RESONARE MINI FESTIVAL 2019
Saturday 14 12 2019
doors 7.30 pm - music 8.30 PM
at asbl PLOEF - rue Bonaventurestraat 100 - 1090 Jette (Brussels)
Programme:
*FRANCOISE VANHECKE - voice performance
*D i G duo
*DUŠICA CALJAN - WISSEL - extended piano
*GEORG WISSEL - prepared alto saxophone
*tROMMELtrio Extended - percussion folies
*SAMUEL BODART - MIKE GOYVAERTS
*PAT RISKÉ - GUY STRALE - KRIS VANDERSTRAETEN
tax : 8 €
bus : 13, 14, 53, 84, 88, 245
trams : 9, 19, 51, 62, 93
parking : gare de Jette station

 




































