Flanders Today

The real life of photos
24 Jun 2024 by Alan Hope
When you are great at what you do, you often serve two functions: deliverer of work to the world, and teacher of all those who come after. Open up any Flemish newspaper today, and you will find the influence of Walter De Mulder.
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Web-only — Jef Neve II
19 Jun 2024 by Alan Hope
Performance anxiety FT: What's going through your head during the performance? You've said you wanted to switch off all the stress that went before and enjoy the moment. Is that how it works?
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Web-only — Jef Neve
17 Jun 2024 by Alan Hope
Jef Neve is Belgium's foremost young jazz musician, but in May he was in the news for something else: at the beginning of the month, he performed in the premiere of is own first piano concerto, a commission by De Bijloke in Ghent. The premiere proper was held in Ghent, and the whole show - Brussels Philharmonic, Michel Tabachnik and all - travelled to Brussels for another performance, at which Flanders Today was present front and centre, literally.
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Mystery in the Eifel
17 Jun 2024 by Alan Hope
In the age of Postmoderism, it is hard to find some decent, dare I say old-fashioned, storytelling where the tale is as exciting and as intricately worked out as its captivating characters. No technology, no shock effects - just real people in their every day small town surroundings living their lives, until one day tragedy strikes: Katharina Linden vanishes.
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The thrill of the beat
17 Jun 2024 by Alan Hope
Bruocsella Symphony Orchestra has chosen an unusual programme for its summer concert this year. It includes an orchestral work by a composer better known for his piano music and a three-movement work whose composer insisted it was "three symphonic sketches" and most certainly not a symphony.
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Working for a living
17 Jun 2024 by Alan Hope
Ghent's Museum of Industrial Archaeology and Textile (MIAT) suffers from the burden of an unwieldy name. Occasionally you will meet a museum freak who will say: "That sounds incredibly interesting!" But mostly locals and tourists alike back away from the gigantic brick building in the centre of Ghent and turn to look at the pretty canal across the way instead.
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Total panic
16 Jun 2024 by Flanders Today
Is this an animation studio, I wonder, as my eye falls on a dildo when I enter an industrial building in a suburb of Brussels. Not one, not two, but, well, a lot of dildos.
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Sophie Calle
10 Jun 2024 by Alan Hope
In 2007, French artist Sophie Calle was the talk of town at the Venice Biennale. With her awe-inspiring installation "Prenez soin de vous" ("Take Care of Yourself") she took revenge on a lover who had ditched her via email. Or had he? Because in Calle's work the border between fact and fiction is a blurry field where the wildest imagination reigns.
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The story catcher
10 Jun 2024 by Alan Hope
Peter Verhelst has been a bright star in the Flemish literary scene for many years now. Although some readers find his poetic and often sensual language inaccessible, this novelist, poet and playwright stirs up strong emotions in fans of Dutch-language literature.
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Culture News
9 Jun 2024 by Alan Hope
The three top winners of this year's Queen Elisabeth Music Competition, which this year featured violinists, will tour Flanders this month with deFilharmonie, beginning with a concert in Hasselt on 11 June. The gruelling competition was won by 20-year-old Ray Chen from Australia. Belgium's finalist, Lorenzo Gatto, came second, with Moldavian Ilian Gârnet third. From Hasselt, the three will move on to Antwerp, Ghent, Leuven, Mons and Bruges, before the final concert at Bozar in Brussels on 16 June. www.cmireb.be
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