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André Laporte once told me – to my surprise – that one cannot continue to deny tonality. This remarkable statement, especially for him, has always stayed with me. It summarizes well the actual situation of music in human life. Sounds that contain a clear pitch and which are conceived either together or one after theMeer lezen over “Tonality versus atonality”

When I look back to my artistic roots, then different paths lead to Franz Liszt. My first piano teacher, Yvonne Van den Berghe, was one of the last students of Arthur De Greef, who himself studied with Liszt. My second teacher, Jacques Detiège was a fervent follower of the ideas and techniques of Eduardo delMeer lezen over “Personal Reflections on Franz Liszt”

The orchestral work ‘Eyes’ (1980) is one of my early compositions, commissioned by Belgian Radio and Television (BRT), it was intended as a ballet for a TV broadcast and recorded by the Royal Flemish Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by André Vandernoot in the Elisabeth Hall in Antwerp by studio Steurbaut. This was my first significant commissionMeer lezen over “Eyes”

The Intimacy of Distance In Robert Groslot’s vocal music the soprano occupies a special place. In one of his earliest works, I Giardini della Villa d’Este (1980), he pairs a soprano alongside an orchestra of 25 clarinets. With L’Odissea d’Orfeo (2002) and Si le Monde … (2006) Groslot wrote two extensive compositions for soprano, choirMeer lezen over “Naxos 8.579100 Booklet”

GROSLOT Violin Concerto1. Concerto for Orchestra — 1Joanna Kurkowicz (vn); Robert Groslot, cond; Brussels Philharmonic — Naxos 8573808 (60:08) Belgian composer, pianist, conductor, Robert Groslot was born in 1951. There are many recordings which feature him as a pianist in solo works and chamber music, as a conductor, and, in that impressive role of pianistMeer lezen over “Naxos 8573808”

My Introduction to ‘The Rite of Spring’ I heard The Rite of Spring for the first time when I was 15 years old, perhaps one of the most important events of my life. It was a recording conducted by Stravinsky himself, and I vividly remember the vinyl artwork: it was a picture from him with his twoMeer lezen over “The Rite of Spring”