November 19th., 2026: Nicht nur eine Stimme. Programme available below.

November 19th., 2026: performance "Nicht nur eine Stimme".

Tickets and information: Haus Hofmannsthal

Sunday November 15th., 2026: FINISSAGE OF THE EXHIBITION "A Different Perspective".

Sunday November 15, 2026: finissage of the exhibition "a different perspective" with the premiere of "a journey around the world".

"A journey around the world", is a musical and multimedia spectacle presented on a large screen, combining film, classical vocals, improvisation, world instruments, and contemporary technology. Arranged, composed, and performed by Dr. Françoise Vanhecke in collaboration with Pascal Coppé. Free admission.

October 20th., 2026: performance at Don Vitalski's legendary Tuesday club.

October 20th., 2026: performance at Don Vitalski's legendary Tuesday club at PAROZA, Bacchuslaan 67, 2600  Berchem, (Antwerp).

Tickets: Don Vitalski's legendary Tuesday club.

March 10th., 2027: A Journey Into the Universe

March 10th., 2027:

A Journey Into the Universe

With Françoise Vanhecke & Pascal Coppé

Kubox

Kattestraat 188, 8520 Kuurne

Join us on a musical journey through the universe. Expect a blend of electronic and symphonic music, featuring vocals and video projections. Film composer Pascal Coppé and Françoise Vanhecke immerse you in a fascinating world. Let yourself be swept away on a musical adventure filled with symphonic soundscapes, vocals, and enchanting images from our solar system.

Tickets and information: Uit In Vlaanderen.

Saturday December 5th., 2026: A Journey Around the World.

Saturday December 5th., 2026:

A Journey Around the World, OC DE Vonke, Lagaeplein 24, 8501 Heule

A Journey around the World is a musical journey around the world, filled with singing and world instruments in combination with film and virtual instruments - current world music. Music by Pascal Coppé and Irma Bilbao

Performers: Pascal Coppé and Françoise Vanhecke.

Tickets and information: Uit In Vlaanderen.

Thursday November 19th., 2026: Solo recital by Françoise Vanhecke at Haus Hofmannsthal Reisnerstraße 37, 1030 Vienna.

Thursday November 19th., 2026:

Haus Hofmannsthal, Reisnerstrasse 37, 1030 Vienna.

Solo recital by Françoise Vanhecke.

Nicht nur eine Stimme.  Eine originelle Reise durch die Welt der Musik. 

The programme includes works by W.A. Mozart - Frans Schubert - Ludwig Van Beethoven - Carl Maria von Weber - Robert Schumann - Kurt Weill - Mieke Van Haute - Fanny Tran - Boudewijn Buckinx - Erik Satie - Peter Cornelius - Robert Franz - Mira J. Spektor - Robert Stolz and Irma Bilbao. Some of these works were composed based on texts/poetry by, among others, Ingeborg Bachmann - Hugo von Hofmannsthal - Mark Eyskens - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Martinus Nijhoff - Joseph von Eichendorff - Friedrich Rückert.

Dr. Françoise Vanhecke is not only a soprano; she frequently accompanies herself on the piano while singing, and demonstrates her compositional skills through her own works. As a researcher, she has also developed a new vocal technique known as "inhaling singing."

On this musical journey, she interprets works from the First and Second Viennese Schools. She then turns to the contemporary classical repertoire, performing vocal and piano pieces. The programme features works by Belgian composers, including her own compositions, with the "inhaling singing" technique employed in one of the pieces.

More information: 

Haus Hofmannsthal, 

KW West-Vlaanderen

Lange Nacht der Philosophie

Thursday, October 15th., 2026: unique solo recital by Françoise Vanhecke

Thursday, October 15th., 2026:

Part of the series "Klankenkrans Kortrijk 2026" / voluntary contribution

Church of Our Lady (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk), Deken Zegerplein 1, 8500 Kortrijk

Unique solo recital: Thursday, 15 October at 8:00 PM

Church of Our Lady, Kortrijk

Not just a voice.

An original journey through the world of music.

With Françoise Vanhecke (vocals and piano).

In this recital, Françoise Vanhecke accompanies herself on the piano; the performance serves as a prelude to her recital in Vienna on 19 November 2026, titled "Nicht nur eine Stimme. Eine originelle Reise durch die Welt der Musik".

The programme features works by W.A. Mozart, Franz Schubert, Ludwig van Beethoven, Carl Maria von Weber, Robert Schumann, Kurt Weill, Mieke Van Haute, Fanny Tran, Boudewijn Buckinx, Erik Satie, Peter Cornelius, Robert Franz, Mira J. Spektor, Robert Stolz, and Irma Bilbao. Several of these works are set to texts or poetry by authors including Ingeborg Bachmann, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Mark Eyskens, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Martinus Nijhoff, Joseph von Eichendorff, and Friedrich Rückert.

Sunday, October 11th., 2026: show "Mikis Theodorakis"

Sunday, October 11th.,  2026

Cultural Centre Stekene (organized by Neos), at Polenlaan 14, 9190 Stekene:

show "Mikis Theodorakis" at 8:00 PM (with special guest: Françoise Vanhecke).

More information and tickets: Neos, Stekene.

Saturday, April 4th., 2026: broadcast on Eclips TV

Saturday, April 4th., 2026: broadcast on Eclips TV.

Françoise Vanhecke had a very nice TV recording for Cultuurkanaal & Eclips TV.  She was happily interviewed by  Frederic de Vos - Privé.

She performed live and talked about her book "Jawel, ik zing terwijl ik inadem!", About IRMA BILBAO and about the  project "Et alors… Léo!!!".

March 24th., 2026: Françoise Vanhecke as a guest on 'On the White Sofa' at Culture Channel.

March 24th., 2026: Françoise Vanhecke as a guest on 'On the White Sofa' at Culture Channel.

http://www.cultuurkanaal.be/

April 12th., 2026 & April 26th., 2026: theatre performance: "Et alors…Léo!!!"

Theatre play, based on the words and musical notes of Léo Ferré.

With Françoise Vanhecke and Bart Dauwe.

M.H.K - Sculpture Art

Kennedylaan 23, 8420 De Haan

Reservations info@henkkorthuys.be

April 19th., 2026 & May 2nd., 2026: theatre performance: "Et alors…Léo!!!"

 April 19th., 2026 & May 2nd., 2026: theatre play, based on the words and musical notes of Léo Ferré.

Restaurant Madonna: Poel 7, 9000 Ghent

Reservations: françoisevanhecke@icloud.com

bartdauwe1@hotmail.com

Sunday Decdember 7th., 2025: Opening art exposition: 150 years of Thomas Mann / The Magic Mountain

 

Tuesday October 28th., 2025: Françoise performs at Don Vitalski's legendary Tuesday Club

 

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 Pelckmans Uitgevers and can also 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).

More information: Allevents.

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.

Where? Theater hall CC het SPOOR (Eilandstraat 6, 8530 Harelbeke).

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: 

• www.zedelgem.be
• HLN

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.

No, this time no breathtaking recital by Françoise Vanhecke.  This versatile artist shows her talent as an author with her book "Jawel, ik zing terwijl ik inadem".  Pre-registration possible at 27.95 euros per book.

francoisevanhecke@icloud.com

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 

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.

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

 19/12/2023: Don Vitalski's legendary Tuesday club featuring Françoise Vanhecke.

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:

KVS

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:

• Theater Kortrijk
• City of Kortrijk
• Musical Center Track
• ComAV

A review of my premiere last October 7th. in Antwerp can be found here.

Read the article in "The Newspaper of West Flanders".

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

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

More information: LogosFoundation.

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:

• Uit in Vlaanderen
• Trailer on You Tube 

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.

Tickets and information: 

• Wouter De Bruycker Fine Arts & Gallery
• Uit in Vlaanderen.

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.

December 7th. 2023: online streamed concert.

 Thursday December 7th., 2023: online streamed concert in Antwerp.

See: toitoiDROME.

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.

October 7th., 2023: Françoise Vanhecke Live at the Gallery.

Dr. Françoise Vanhecke PhD and polyvalent performer/soprano/pianist/actress/composer exceptionally won the New York Women Composers Seed Grant for the second time. This 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. 

More information and tickets:

• Ticket Tailor
• Wouter De Bruycker Fine Arts & Gallery
• Uit in Vlaanderen

March 12th, 2023 - Eerbetoon Alice Toen

Van harte welkom nu zondag 12 maart om 14.30 - Cultureel Centrum het SPOOR Eilandstraat 6, 8530 Harelbeke

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:

• Op Klara 7 januari 2023
• Wikipedia
• La Tarara

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.

February 5th, 2023 - Belgian-Ukrainean cultural activity

Festival voor Belgisch-Oekraïnse culturele activiteit op 5 februari in de Blikfabriek 2020 Hoboken:

"IN THE SUNLIGHT WE ARE WRITING OUR LIFE’S"

More info: Click here

February 2nd, 2023 - Performance lecture

ISFV® Inhaling Singing is a revolutionary singing technique developed by the polyvalent vocal artist (soprano), Inhaling Singer, pianist, actress, improviser, soundpainter Dr. Françoise Vanhecke PhD. Her new singing technique makes a renewed artistic contribution to expression for the vocal music of the 21st century and is illustrated with results of collaborations with composers such as Annette Vande Gorne, Steef Verwée, Sebastian Bradt, Willy Van Buggenhout, Klaus Burger, Pascal Coppé as well as Irma Bilbao.

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

November 3rd, 2022 - Mimosa Season #4

Mimosa Season #4 – Thursday, November 3, 2022

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

October 28th, 2022 - A Journey Into The Universe

Wij voeren "A Journey Into The Universe" opnieuw uit op vrijdag 28 oktober OC De Vonke Lagaeplein 24, 8501 Heule
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.

October 15th, 2022 - Concert Harelbeke

15 oktober Harelbeke CC Het Spoor om 19u30

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September 16th, 2022 - Concert Zwevegem

16 september Herfstconcert in Kerk van Sint-Denijs /Zwevegem om 19u30

September 9-11th, 2022 - Poppentheater Dordrecht (NL)

Dordrecht in Nederland: Poppentheater Damiet

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,--

September 3rd, 2022 - Sint-Martinuskerk - Sint-Martens-Bodegem - Musica@Parola!

3 september om 20u in de Sint-Martinuskerk van 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

July 1st, 2022 - Tribute to Peter Caesens

Facebook link: Tribute to Peter Caesens!

Take a look at the flyer.

June 30th, 2022 - Looking into the light

LOOKING INTO THE LIGHT -- LIVE SESSIE 1-2-3 WOLKENBREIER meets Muhka
I am invited to sing on the roof of Muhka - Thursday 30/06 18-21u
Live broadcast for Radio Centraal 106.7

RESULTS OF THE 2022 NEW YORK WOMEN COMPOSERS SEED MONEY GRANTS

Presenting the winners of our 2021 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

June 16th, 2022: Concert performance

16/06/2022: Concert performance "A Journey Into The Universe".
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.

April 30th, 2022 - Antennafestival

Looking forward and honoured to do a guest performance with Carl Deseyn at this special event.
Saturday 30/04/2022 Start 17 hr free entrance
Zaal den hannekensnest
Burggravenlaan 7 Evergem-Langerbrugge
View on Facebook.

April 23rd, 2022: De Singel, Antwerp

I am part of it.
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

March 13th., 2022: solo program "More than a Voice” in the Belgian Embassy of Cairo.

 

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

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.

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