Written in February 2014.

The piece was commissioned by the Royal Conservatory of Ghent on the occasion of 500 years from Andreas Vesalius Bruxellensis's birth; it was performed during the Week of Contemporary Music, which I was curating, by G.A.M.E. (Ghent Advanced Masters Ensemble) under the bâton of Daan Jaansens.
http://whm.schoolofarts.be/home/en
General instigator: my friend Régis Dragonetti.

Vaesanus (= madman in Latin) was how people called Vesalius in the 16th century for his blasphemous delving into the human body. Accordingly, a slowly evolving music is twice interrupted by an "all fools' intermezzo" (announced by a gong) demonstrating a shattering of all earnestness.
Vesalius's stand against intolerance and obscurantism stays always in season...

TETTTIX rocks, at the hands of Konstantinos Terzakis!
"Ambient Pressure"
Onassis Stegi, Athens;
December 7, 2018

Vaesanus!

ROTTEN SUN [Mia Zabelka and Lee Adams] Live @ KLANGZEIT Festival, IKLECTIK, London, 18.11.2023.

NYX RITUAL LIII - ROTTEN SUN LIVE

Nenia (2025)

Live opname door Klara tijdens de creatie op het Klarafestival in Flagey, Brussel (23/03/2025)

Met:
Ensemble Revue Blanche: Lore Binon, sopraan; Caroline Peeters, (bas)fluit; Kris Hellemans, altviool; Anouk Sturtewagen, harp
Audio, stem, tekst: Katharina Smets
Video: Lise Bruyneel
Dramaturgie: Katherina Lindekens
Technische ondersteuning: Jannes Dierynck, Brecht Beuselinck
Compositie: Frederik Neyrinck
Kostuums: RE Antwerp
Boventiteling: Liesbet Termont 
Audiomix: Wederik De Backer  
Outside eye: Jurgen Delnaet 

Coproductie:
LOD, Klarafestival, CC De Factorij, Flagey
Met de steun van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap

Meer info: www.revueblanche.be

Met dank aan Klara voor de opname

Nenia Fragment 3 (Act 3)

Nenia Fragment 1 (Act 2)

Nenia Fragment 4 (Act 4)

Nenia Fragment 2 (Act 2)

Composition – Nina Fukuoka


Performed by TILT Brass:

Wayne du Maine - trumpet

Rebecca Steinberg - trumpet

Kyra Sims - horn

Chris McIntyre - tenor trombone

Mark Broschinsky - tuba


David Adamcyk – recording sound engineer

Michał Bereza – mix and mastering engineer


Premiere: March 29th, 2025; Zürcher Gallery, New York, NY

Performed as part of the Columbia Composers Presents TILT Brass / Columbia Composers Season 2024-25


Far Cry (2025)

Seven Pebbles (2025) is a playful exploration of the relationship between two distinct modes of perception: structured counting and attentive listening to a soundscape. These modes intertwine within a contemplative, minimalistic framework, as performers move fluidly between them to create a multi-layered sonic texture. 
At the piece's heart is a mantra-like process of counting to seven in Greek, inspired by Tom 
Johnson’s Counting Languages. This continuous thread unfolds alongside the instrumentally 
reconstructed soundscape of a small beach in Heraklion during the winter—a quiet pocket of 
nature within the urban landscape—offering space for interaction, reflection, and memory.
In memory of Tom Johnson.

Seven Pebbles fragment

Καντάδα Πόντου 1

How shall I put it?

With an affirmation?
I can only write the music I want to write.
Or with a negation?
Nothing's forbidden as soon as I make head or tail of it.

Listen carefully!
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(Linocut: Lidwien Dister © 2010)

Vaesanus!

nikos ioakeim

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