BOZAR - Centre for Fine Arts. Henry Le Boeuf Hall 6 December 2023 - Yo-Yo Ma & Angélique Kidjo | GoComGo.com

Yo-Yo Ma & Angélique Kidjo

BOZAR - Centre for Fine Arts. Henry Le Boeuf Hall, Brussels, Belgium
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Important Info
Type: Classical Concert
City: Brussels, Belgium
Starts at: 20:00

E-tickets: Print at home or at the box office of the event if so specified. You will find more information in your booking confirmation email.

You can only select the category, and not the exact seats.
If you order 2 or 3 tickets: your seats will be next to each other.
If you order 4 or more tickets: your seats will be next to each other, or, if this is not possible, we will provide a combination of groups of seats (at least in pairs, for example 2+2 or 2+3).

Programme
Overview

The meeting of two immense musicians, Yo-Yo Ma and Angélique Kidjo, one associated with the world of classical music, the other with more diverse musical genres, from world music to jazz. Both demonstrate a rare curiosity and inspiration.

The impact of African on American and Western European music is often underestimated. Take Zarabanda, an important traditional Congolese god, who is said to have inspired the sarabande when he travelled to the New World, from where the dance associated with this religious practice is said to have crossed the ocean again to dance in Spain at the turn of the 17th century, and then the rest of Europe, metamorphosing into a staple of our 'classical' music. Angélique Kidjo and Yo-Yo Ma join forces in this concert that explores the space-time crossover between African and classical music, including Bach - to whom we owe a number of sarabandes - but also Florence Price, the first African-American woman to be recognised as a symphonic composer, who notably wrote the African-inspired Juba Dance.

Programme:

Yo-Yo Ma, Angélique Kidjo
Zelie
Sarabande 3 (Bach)

Yo-Yo Ma, Angélique Kidjo
Agolo
Sarabande (Händel)

Yo-Yo Ma, Angélique Kidjo
Yemandja (P. Glass)
Reading Poetry (Baudelaire)

George Gershwin
Summertime (Porgy & Bess)

Yo-Yo Ma, Angélique Kidjo
Kelele

Yo-Yo Ma
Cassado suite for solo cello, MVT 1

Yo-Yo Ma, Angélique Kidjo
Creole instrumental
Aisha - adaption on Bach's keyboard concerto no. 5

Yo-Yo Ma, Angélique Kidjo
La Folia Variations
Missa Luba - Gloria

Yo-Yo Ma, Angélique Kidjo
Blewu - duo

Maurice Ravel
Boléro

Venue Info

BOZAR - Centre for Fine Arts. Henry Le Boeuf Hall - Brussels
Location   Rue Ravenstein 23

The Centre for Fine Arts (French: Palais des Beaux-Arts, Dutch: Paleis voor Schone Kunsten) is a multi-purpose cultural venue in Brussels, Belgium. It is often referred to as BOZAR (a homophone of Beaux-arts) in French or PSK in Dutch.

The building was designed by the architect Victor Horta and completed in 1929 at the instigation of the banker and patron of the art Henry Le Bœuf. It includes exhibition and conference rooms, a cinema, and a concert hall, which serves as home to the National Orchestra of Belgium.

Since 2002, the Belgian federal intuition has chosen the brand name BOZAR, which has eight artistic departments: BOZAR Expo, BOZAR Music, BOZAR Cinema, BOZAR Dance, BOZAR Theatre, BOZAR Literature, BOZAR Studios, and BOZAR Architecture. BOZAR is home to the National Orchestra of Belgium, the Société Philharmonique/Philharmonische Vereniging, which invites the world's major orchestras and performers to appear at Le Boeuf Hall. The finals of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition are also held there. Up to 10 exhibitions, a year are organized at BOZAR, and have included Jeff Wall, Luc Tuymans, Frida Kahlo, Lucas Cranach, Gilbert & George, Wim Delvoye, Venetian, Flemish Masters, Keith Haring, and "It's not only rock'n'roll Baby".

The main stage of the BOZAR - Centre for Fine Arts is the Henry Le Boeuf Hall. Since its inauguration on October 19th, 1929, the Henry Le Boeuf Hall has hosted the greatest musicians of the 20th century: Mengelberg, Horowitz, Rachmaninov, Walter, Menuhin, Stokowski, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, and many others. 

Regarded as one of the five best concert halls in the world for its acoustic qualities, it was completely renovated in 2000. It has 2,100 seats on four levels, which allows every member of the audience to see and hear perfectly. 

Up to 200 artists can perform on its platform, which can be transformed, utilizing special equipment, into a stage for theatre or ballet productions; a mobile proscenium can be used to extend it. 

Although its primary function is as a concert hall, the Henry Le Boeuf Hall is in fact multi-purpose and is suitable for all sorts of large-scale and prestigious events.

Important Info
Type: Classical Concert
City: Brussels, Belgium
Starts at: 20:00
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