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21.06.2025,     Pas de Calais, France, Ballades musicales en sept vallées: Tomma Wessel plays Neyrinck, Telemann and Van Parys

22.06.2025,     4900 Spa: Tomma Wessel performs with FluteLab BXL

09.07.-13.07.2025,     8000 Brugge: Ines Rasbach is joining the teaching team at the Kamermuziekdagen Brugge.

19.10.2025,     3000 Leuven, Transit Festival Leuven: Tomma plays ‚Fast nur Luft‘, first performance of music by Matthew Shlomowitz

recent projects (selection)

21.03.2025,    Cambridge (UK), West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge Festival electro//acoustic day: Apsara performs music by Marta Gentilucci, Eva Reiter, Jeremy Thurlow, Jacques-Martin Hotteterre and Giovanni Bassano
Supported by Flanders, State of the Arts   

19.-20.03.2025,    Cambridge (UK), Robinson College: Apsara workshop on new recorder duos

21.02.2025, 23.00    FestiVita at Cercle Royal Gaulois: Tomma performs with FluteLab BXL ‚Souffles sur Venise‘ with music by Monteverdi, Morricone, Stravinsky, Vivaldi

09.02.2025, 14.00, 16.00 and 17.00    Stedelijk Museum, 9100 Sint-Niklaas – Festival Passages XII: Apsara plays compositions by Matthew Shlomowitz and Jasper Vanpaemel

08.02.2025, 20.00    Temple Lille (FR): Tomma performs with FluteLab BXL ‚Souffles sur Venise‘ with music by Monteverdi, Morricone, Stravinsky, Vivaldi

02.02.2025, 17.00    Church of Haut Ittre (B): Tomma performs with FluteLab BXL ‚Souffles sur Venise‘ with music by Monteverdi, Morricone, Stravinsky, Vivaldi

19.01.2025, 16.00    Zionskirche Bethel, Bielefeld, Germany: Frakzionen – Festival für Neue Musik: Music by Matthew Shlomowitz and the first performance of „p pp ppp“ for 3 melodicas by Jasper Vanpaemel
Supported by Flanders, State of the Arts   

28.11.2024, 20.00     Music Centre De Bijloke Gent, Bijlokekaai 7, 9000 Gent: Tomma Wessel plays „Fast nur Luft“ with music by Annelies Van Parys, Marta Gentilucci, Giorgio Tedde, Emmanuele Casale and first performances of pieces by Mirela Ivičević , Frederik Neyrinck and Sarah Wéry. Electronics by Centre Henri Pousseur, co-commissioned by De Bijloke, Concertgebouw Brugge and Centre Henri Pousseur. Supported by Stad Gent Cultuur

19.10.2024, 12.00 and 17.15     Musica Impulscentrum, Toekomstlaan 5, 3910 Pelt: Chamber III by Sarah Wéry, Milena Forest and Apsara in the context of OORtreders Festival 2024.

18.10.2024, 19.30     Musica Impulscentrum, Toekomstlaan 5, 3910 Pelt: Chamber III by Sarah Wéry, Milena Forest and Apsara in the context of OORtreders Festival 2024.

12.10.2024, 20.00     Festival „Les Polyfolies de la Flûte à bec et son Univers“, church of St Charles des bois blancs, 5900 Lille (France): Tomma Wessel is performing as a member of FluteLab Bxl

05.10.2024, 22.30     BBC Radio 3, New Music Show: Broadcast of Matthew Shlomowitz’s suite of short pieces for recorders, Explorations in Polytonality and Other Musical Wonders Volume 2, performed by Apsara at London’s Café Oto last June.

12.07.2024, 20.00     Ryelandtzaal, Achiel van Ackerplein 3, 8000 Brugge: Ines Rasbach is participating in a programme of Japanese and French music, including the first performance of a trio by Fumiharu Yoshimine, with harpist Emma Wauters and flutist Camille Guénot in the context of Kamermuziekdagen Brugge. Info and tickets

07.07.2024, 17.00     Auditorium van het Scheppersinstituut, 2800 Mechelen: Tomma Wessel is performing as a member of FluteLab Bxl at the final concert of the Blokfluitdagen Mechelen.

30.06.2024, 19.30     Café Oto, 18–22 Ashwin Street, London, Great Britain: double-bill programme with Plus-Minus Ensemble – compositions by Matthew Shlomowitz, Thomas Stiegler, Jasper Vanpaemel and Galina Ustvolskaya    

10.03.2024, 16.00     Begga Festival, Begijnhofkerk, 2800 Mechelen: Tomma Wessel and Annelies Foquaert perform music by female composers and music for the organ of the Begijnhofkerk. The concert is part of the festival Begga. Tomma plays music by Violeta Dinescu, Marta Gentilucci, Annelies Van Parys and Hildegard Von Bingen. More info and tickets here

18.02.2024, 11.00     Concertgebouw Brugge, ‘t Zand 34, 8000 Brugge: Fast nur Luft: Tomma Wessel plays music by Eva Reiter and first performances by Annelies van Parys and Marta Gentilucci, as part of the festival „Het witte blad“.

04.02.2024, 16.00     Church of Vieil-Hesdin, Pas de Calais, France: Apsara – Die Kleine Kammermusik performs „Les goûts réunis“ with captivating baroque music by Couperin, Purcell, Vivaldi and others. Musicians are Tomma Wessel, Ines Rasbach, Nathalie Houtman – recorders, and Thomas Yvrard, harpsichord. Reservation and information via facebook, mail culture@7vallees.fr or phone +33 321861919

09.12.2023, 30.09.2023 20.00     Music Centre De Bijloke Gent, Bijlokekaai 7, 9000 Gent: Apsara and Stéphane Ginsburgh (piano) play the first performance of their new project „Weird Light Music“. Music by Meredith Monk, Moondog, Matthew Shlomowitz, Karen Tanaka, Jasper Vanpaemel and a new composition by Aart Strootman – co-commissioned by De Bijloke. Supported by Stad Gent Cultuur and  

12.11.2023, 14.30     Girton College, Cambridge: A Concert for Remembrance Sunday: prepremiere of Marta Gentilucci’s studie for solo recorder, baroque music by Bach, Purcell and others. Tomma Wessel (recorder), Maggie Faultless (violin), Geirþrúður Anna Guðmundsdóttir (cello), Martin Ennis (harpsichord).

20.08.2023, 17.30     Blokfluitdagen Mechelen, Auditorium van het Scheppersinstituut: Apsara (Tomma Wessel, Katelijne Lanneau and Ines Rasbach) perform „Musical Wonders“ with „Explorations in Polytonality and Other Musical Wonders, Volume 2“ by Matthew Shlomowitz (2021), „ABC“ by Jasper Vanpaemel (2021) and ballads by ars subtilior composers da Caserta and da Bologna.

17.02.2023, 20.00     Sint-Gerolfkerk, Drongenplein, 9031 Drongen: Apsara participates in „O DEAR LIFE – The world of William Byrd“ of the choir El Grillo, directed by Inge Bollaert, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of William Byrd. Tickets: 18€ / 20€ (incl. receptie), Reservatie: Oorverblindend

05.-06.12.2022     Apsara and Matthew Shlomowitz record „Explorations in Polytonality and Other Musical Wonders, Volume 2“ (2021) by Matthew Shlomowitz at Music Centre De Bijloke Gent with Recording Director Rainer Arndt. Supported by Music Centre De Bijloke Gent