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!

You can book via info@kunstkroegdedoedelzak.be (entrance € 10).

Or visit the website of Kunstkroeg De Doedelzak (Art Pub De Doedelzak).

December 1st., 2024: "Spirto 6": Music score for mixed choir.

December 1st., 2024: performance of "Spirto 6": Music score for mixed choir.

After a first tryout in the Ravenstein Gallery in Brussels and an avant premiere at the International Choir Festival Flanders in Ghent on October 6 in C-Mine, the official creation of "Spirto 6" by Irma Bilbao will be performed on the occasion of the 40 years of existence of "De 2de Adem" (chamber choir for Contemporary music).

This performance will take place at the church of Saint Coleta (Ghent).

Tickets: De 2e Adem.

"Spirto 6": Music score for mixed choir, including extended vocal techniques & soundpainting, dedicated to "De 2de Adem" & Maarten Van Ingelgem.  

Please visit the website of Euprint Ed if you want to purchase the music score.

Additional explanations about "Spirto 6": SPIRTO 6 - IRMA BILBAO For mixed choir.

December 1st, 2024: A JOURNEY INTO THE UNIVERSE.

December 1st, 2024: A JOURNEY INTO THE UNIVERSE.

With Françoise Vanhecke & Pascal Coppé.

Sunday, December 1st., at 17:00 o'clock, CC De Ververij, city of Ronse.

Tickets and information: CC De Ververij.  

November 24th., 2024: Tribute to Alice Toen (poetry and song).

November 24th., 2024: Tribute  to Alice Toen (poetry and song).

Mechelen Cultural Centre, at 15:00 o'clock.

With: Alice Toen, Françoise Vanhecke &Jean Van der Schueren. 

There is no age limit on passion. Alice Toen, born in 1924 and therefore 100 in 2024, is still driven to be on stage. She is an inspirational figure for many of us. Alice is not only active as an actress for television, film and theatre, but is also known as an author and dramaturge of children's and young people's theatre, for which she has been awarded many prizes. She sings and plays guitar and still enjoys performing to the fullest.

More information: Mechelen Cultural Centre

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"!

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 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.

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.

May 15th., 2024: Don Vitalski Tuesday Club in the Minard Theater in Ghent at 7:00 PM.

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.

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

Belgian Music Days

ElectroCD

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.