September 6th., 2024: Don Vitalski's legendary Tuesday club.
Where? "De Kring", Heilig Hartplein 2 in Ghent.
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" 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
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".
Art Church Bossuit, Avelgem.
Doors open at 20:30 o'clock. Free entrance.
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.
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”.
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 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.
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 (music festival dedicated to Belgian music).
"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.
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.
Christmas special with Pierrette and special guest Françoise Vanhecke.
Where? "De Kunstkroeg, Budastraat 15, 8500 Kortrijk.
When? 8:00 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.
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".
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.
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.
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
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
VOices of the oceans (a musical journey in the oceans).
Thursday June 15th., 20 o'clock at OC De Vonke (Heule).
More information:
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.
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.
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 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.
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
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.
"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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
"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
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,--
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.
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
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
Thursday January 21st., 2021 New Year streaming concert on facebook.
"Logos Stroomt", with Françoise Vanhecke and Moniek Darge.
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:
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, a Brazilian composer whose work Françoise has sung and created in Brazil, France and Belgium.
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:
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: