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

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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.