op 9 & 10 april 2005, GC Essegem in Jette

NEWS:

On July 27th 2005 I've put some audiofragments on this page, that you can freely download. Be my guest!

On Tuesday 5th of July there was an "after"-Violoncello 2005 meeting to exchange photos, recordings, CDs and DVDs GC Essegem. At 20:30 we were proud to announce that we can donate 1340 EUROs to Médecins sans Frontières.

Scroll down this page to see a first selection of photos of Violoncello 2005 which I put online on April 21

I added on April 22 some 200 other photos on another page: click here! These are small thumbnails.
260 EXTRA PHOTOS

60 more photos added on April 27th

Audio-downloads

Update of July 27th 2005

Tijdens de tweede helft van het laatste concert op zondag 10 april speelde een 60-koppig cello-orkest (met vooral amateurs). Hieronder kan u audiofragmenten van het concert downloaden.

La deuxième moitié du dernier concert du dimanche 10 avril était joué par un orchestre de quelque soixante violoncellistes (surtout des amateurs). Ci-dessous vous pouvez télécharger des extraits audio de ce concert.

The second half of the last concert on Sunday 10th of April was played by a cello orchestra (more or less 60 cellists, majority amateur players). Below you can donwload some audio-excerpts of this concert.

July 5th 2005: After-Violoncello 2005 Meeting

Op dinsdag 5 juli 2005 kan u van 19:00 tot 22:00 terecht in GC Essegem om na te praten en om video's te bekijken en CD's te beluisteren van Violoncello 2005. Om 20:30 kondigen we het bedrag aan dat aan Artsen Zonder Grenzen wordt gegeven.

Le mardi 5 juillet 2005 vous êtes les bienvenu(e)s entre 19:00 et 22:00 au GC Essegem pour regarder des vidéos et écouter des CDs de Violoncello 2005. A 20:30 on annoncera la somme qui sera donnée à Médecins Sans Frontières.

On Tuesday 5th of July from 19:00 untill 22:00 you're invited to come to GC Essegem to watch the videos and listen to the CDs of Violoncello 2005. At 20:30 we will announce the amount of money that will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontières.

Violoncello 2005 Benefit: Photo page

Hartelijk welkom op de fotopagina van Violoncello 2005, een cellofestival met tal van concerten met een verrassende programmatie van werken voor cello-solo, internationale gasten, ontmoetingen met cellisten, een kinderprogramma rond de cello en aandacht voor Artsen zonder Grenzen.

Welcome at the photo page of Violoncello 2005 for the public. Violoncello 2005 is a cello festival with a series of concerts where you can listen to an interesting selection of compositions for cello solo; there are international guests, encounters with cellists, a children program en there is attention for Médecins sans Frontières.

Bienvenu à la page photo de Violoncello 2005, un festival de violoncelle qui est composé d'une série de concerts avec un programmation surprenante d'oeuvres pour violoncelle seul, des invités venant de l'étranger, des rencontres avec des violoncellistes, un programme pour les enfants autour du violoncelle. Violoncello 2005 veut aussi donner de l'attention à Médecins sans Frontières.

Concept & Idee: Stijn Kuppens
Organisatie: Stijn Kuppens i.s.m. GC Essegem

Thank you

First of all I would like to thank everybody who made Violoncello 2005 a weekend to remember. The atmosphere was special and many real encounters were the result.

I would like to thank all professional cellists who played in the concerts, and all the colleagues who came to listen.

I would like to thank all the amateur cellists who played in the orchestra or who came as a listener.

I woul like to thank also the public who came to Violoncello 2005.

I would like to thank the whole crew of GC Essegem for their total support of Violoncello 2005:

Marijke Vandersmissen for her huge help and support, and for her professional and accurate way of working
Torsten for the whole practical part of lightning, amplification, and the beautiful concert podium in the chapel
Heidi for her help with the organisation and for the nice badges (which were apparently so beautiful that almost everybody forgot to give them back to Essegem...)
Marc Temmerman for the information signs and for the lights in the Chapel
Marc Absolon for his support as director of Essegem to this project
Diane and Françoise for the reception

I would like to thank the following volunteers for their help:

Sammy Dellicour for his beautiful webdesign - Home Page: http://www.samplify.be
Roel Kerkhofs for the original benefit affiche
Jan Aertsen for the nice digital photos - Home Page: http://www.kjube.be
Erik Pirotte and Anouk Sleegers for the mini-disc recording of all the concerts - Home page of his latest project: http://www.allatsea.be
Francesca Vencato for her advice on the embassies
Pema Rocha for her help with the catering and for the exceptional meal she cooked for us - Home page: http://www.dolma.be
Janine Al-Aswad and Matthieu Widart for the delicious quiches
Siska Verlinde for her help with transferring the inscriptions in a excell-file
Julie Raynal for organizing all the travel information of the international guests and for the distribution of affiches
Luís Ferreira Da Silva for his help with the press contacts and with contacting the embassies
Toon Van den Brempt and Siel for being the guest family of Katerina
Raphael Feye for putting at disposal an appartement for Olga and Vadim
Hilde and her husband for receiving Igor Rekhin
Robert Pierce for the Bach parts of the cello orchestra
Stéphane Parent, Matthieu Widart, Guillermo Cervino-Wood and Raphael Feye for coaching the cello orchestra
Claudine Steenackers for the presentation of all concerts

I would like to thank also deeply

Alice for supporting me in this project
my parents for their presence and their support

Updates:

April 21: photo page

Upcoming:

More photos

Sample video clips (if possible)

Radio interviews

Gastenboek tekenen-Livre d'or- Guest book

Schrijf uw reacties op Violoncello 2005 naar info@violoncello.be of teken het gastenboek via de site.

Ecrivez vos réactions au sujet de Violoncello 2005 à info@violoncello.be ou signer le livre d'or à travers le site.

Please write your comments on Violoncello 2005 to info@violoncello.be or sign the guest book.

Foto's-Photos

As you can see I don't have photos of everybody and everything, so if you have an interesting photos or videos please send them to me:

Stijn Kuppens
Morisstraat 10
1060 Brussel

CONCERT 1: Saturday 14:00

Studio (2000) - Michael Osterle - (Katerina Juraskova)

Le Souvenir (2003-2004) - Jael Min-Jung Kang (Matthieu Widart)

Sonata "De Lamentatione" - Tomás Garrido (Martijn Vink)

Withdrawal (2004) - Andreas Mehringer (Kumi Otte Kondo)

Cellestial Music; Book I: The fact of Light - Terry Winter Owens (Kumi Otte Kondo)
Home page of Kumi Otte Kondo: http://home.tiscali.nl/multiphonics/

Cello Scandal - Mum And Dad -Réflexion / Poursuite - Dissidencello - Pierre Michaud (Pierre Michaud)

ENCOUNTERS AFTER CONCERT 1

Encounter with Martijn Vink

Encounter with Pierre Michaud

CONCERT 2: Saturday 16:00

Shatter Cone - Panayiotis Kokoras (Elke Wynants)

Due Pezzi - (1990-2000) - Giorgio Colombo Taccani (Adrien Tsilogiannis)

Ciaccona (1990) - Luca Vanneschi (Caroline Tref)

Mini-Werk I "Je" - Shigeru Kan-No (Maaike Organe)

Aria - Luc van Hove (Maaike Organe)

CONCERT 3: Saturday 17:00

Ricercare nr. 1 - Giovanni Battista Degli Antonii (1677) (Julius Stenzel)

Ricercare nr. 2 - Domenico Gabrielli (Guillermo Cervino-Wood)

Ricercare nr. 6 - Gabrielli (1689) Andrew Hill

Toccata - Giovanni Battista Vitali (Alain Gervreau)
(Partite sopra diverse sonate - avant 1692)
Variations sur la Ciacona - Giuseppe Colombi (avant 1694) (Alain Gervreau)
Ricercare nr. 1 - Domenico Gabrielli (Alain Gervreau)
Ciacona - Juliu de Ruvo (avant 1710) (Alain Gervreau)

Stopy (2004) - Irena Kosikova (Frantisek Brikcius)
Home Page of Frantisek Brikcius: www.brikcius.com

Caprices nrs. 14, 15, 17, 19 & 21 - Igor Rekhin (Marinella Doko)
Home page of Igor Rekhin: www.rekhin.narod.ru

ENCOUNTERS AFTER CONCERT 3

Encounter with Alain Gervreau

Encounter with Julius Stenzel's Cello piccolo

Encounter with Igor Rekhin
Home page of Igor Rekhin: www.rekhin.narod.ru

Encounter with Frantisek Brikcius

CONCERT 4: Saturday 19:15

Sonata (1993) - Harri Wessman (Merryl Havard)

Sonata - Sergiu Shapira (Katelijn Van Kerckhoven)

Sonata (1999) - Velislav Zaimov (Daan De Vos)

SATURDAY EVENING

Presentation, discussion and encounter with all international guests

Children's program: Sunday morning

Roodkapje (Michel Boulanger - Daniel Tanson)

Cartoon: Goshu, the cellist

Creative workshop with Eefje Craenen

CONCERT 5: Sunday 10:30

Russian fragments - Rodion Schedrin (Sarah Dupriez)

Elégie - Jacques Castérède (Hélène Blesch)

Sonate - Ligeti Jeanne (Maisonhaute)

Ciaccona - Johan SLuys (Camille Seghers)

CONCERT 6: Sunday 11:30

Vadim Larchikov & Olga Veselina - Duo Violoncellissimo
Website: http://www.classicalarchives.com/artists/larchikov.html

Epitaph to Marquis de Sade - Sergiy Zazhitko (b.1962) - (1996) * Two Serenades - Valentyn Silvestrov (b.1937) - (2002) * The Temple of the Sky - Vadim Larchikov (b.1967) - (2000) * Distanzierung - Liudmila Yurina (b.1962) - (1996)