Opera in 3 Acts.  French/German libretto by Tom Hannes

First Performance  June, 1st, 2013 @ Flemish Opera Studio, Gent (B).by singers of the studio & Spectra Ensemble

Cast:
Red Romy – Sopr. (Mariana Reis)
Yellow Romy – Mezzo (Brynne McLeod)
Green Romy – Sopr. (Laurence Servaes)
Son – Tenor (David Astorga)
Visco – Tenor (Mauricio Villanueva Espinosa)
Press – Sopr. (Liliana Sebastao) & ContraTenor (Mattias Pavlous)
Mother – Mezzo (Amélia Jardon)
Daddy – Bariton (Christian Lujan)
Alain – Bariton (Alexey Kokhonov)
Husband – Tenor (Adam Torrance)

Music : Joris Blanckaert
Libretto : Tom Hannes
Director : Vincent van den Elshout
Conductor : Filip Rathé
Light design : Ace McCarron
Costume design : Eva Beys
Techical support : Jean-Pierre Verkimpe
Photography : Emilie Lauwers

A production by Flemish Opera Studio.

Elle est moi und töte mich - an oneiric opera on Romy Schneider

C-Quintet - from Conscription into Cemetery - a Centennial Celebration for Clarinet quintet

Created by Prosperus SQ & Niels Hap (Cl), Hans Van Kerckhoven (Sopr.), Machteld Timmermans (Narrator)
on March 14th, 2014 @ VoorwaartsMaart/EnAvantMars festival, Bijloke Ghent (B)

Commissioned by Hardscore vzw

C-Quintet

30′ – Memento Mori for mixed choir a cappella (SSAATTBB)
words by I. Gurney, R. Nichols & F. Manning

part I - Bach and the Sentry - 12'
part II - The Assault - 10'
part III - Grotesque - 8'

First Performance May, 17th, 2014 @ Flanders' Festival (Tenso days) St.-Rumbold's Cathedral, Mechelen (B), by Latvijas Radiokoris (part I), RIAS Kammerchor (part II) & DR VokalEnsemblet (part III), May 17th, 2014

Grotesques - pt I: Bach And The Sentry

Grotesques - pt II: Assault

Grotesques - pt III: Grotesque

Soundtrack for Sense/Coalescence, Aurora2015 festival, Dallas
Performed by soprano Elise Caluwaerts, 16th Oct, 2015 @ Wyly theatre, Dallas

Immaculate Fluxes

Fragments from the chamber opera "elle est moi und töte mich - an oneiric opera on Romy Schneider"

Concertante performance in NTG Gent (B), at the culture award ceremony of the Belgian province East-Flanders.

Spectra ensemble conducted by Filip Rathé
Solists : Elise Caluwaerts, Julie Mossay, Lieselot De Wilde & Fernando Guimarães

Composer Joris Blanckaert

picture © Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen – Luk Monsaert

Fragments from "Elle est moi..."

string orchestra (10/8/7/6/4) and solo violin, harp & percussion

Created by Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen conducted by Karel Deseure
@ deSingel, Antwerp (B)
recorded by KLARA.be

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Tuba : Berlinde Deman
Live electronics : Joris Blanckaert
Composer : Joris Blanckaert
Recording of performance 28/11/2008 @ Music Centre De Bijloke, Gent

Automaton NeXT

soprano, flute, harp & viola

Created by Valentina Coladonato and Ex Novo Ensemble
@ deSingel, Antwerp (B)
recorded by KLARA.be

TGTBT

Fully accoustic arrangement of William Basinski's Disintegration Loop.
Arrangement & Orchestration by Joris Blanckaert.
Performed by Spectra Ensemble.
Commissioned by Theatre Company Ontroerend Goed for their theatre production Are we not drawn onward to new erA.

The Disintegration Loop

For piano
Composed by Joris Blanckaert

Creation by Ward De Vleeschhouwer, Zaal Miry, Royal Conservatory Ghent


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