Sunday 18 January 2015

Radio show on January 29 2015

On thursday january 29, Françoise will feature in a radio show by Rudi Claessens on Radio Centraal.
For Antwerp and surrounding, tune in on 106.7 FM. The name of the show is "THUISREIS" and is broadcasted from 10:00 to 12:00 in the morning. It will include an interview from 10:30 to approximately 10:45.

Françoise is the central guest in this show and a number of performances and recordings from Françoise's albums (LP and CD) will be aired:
  • Ludions (Erik Satie)
  • Enigma - Bruderschaft - Die Grosse Fracht - Rubaiyat - The voice of Silence (Boudewijn Buckinx)
  • Paradise (Marina Shmotova)
  • De Dode vogel (Steef Verwée)
  • Danza danza - De ganse wereld - Dona Nobis - He drives me crazy (Françoise Vanhecke (Irma Bilbao) & Peter Clasen)
  • East Crete (Françoise Vanhecke & Moniek Darge)
  • De stemmen van de waterman (Karel Goeyvaerts)
  • Caribou - Just Go My Dear... - The Bigger the Better - NIchts mehr... (Chiel Meijering)
  • Inflexions vocales (Leo Kupper)

What an honour!

Last week, Françoise has received three marks of honour from the city of Kortrijk:
  • Burgerlijke Medaille Eerste Klasse als beloning voor 25 jaar trouwe dienst
  • Ridder in de Orde van Leopold II
  • Ridder in de Kroonorde
Meaning she is now officially a true knight!

Read more on one of the following newspaper sites (Dutch): Furthermore, she was also voted "Krak 2014" for the city of Harelbeke.