General programme


Friday 24 November 2023

09:30 - 12:30 Master Classes Marco Tamayo Free Admission
10:00 - 20:00 Exhibition « Ilse & Nicolas Alfonso » Free Admission
14:00 - 17:00 Master Classes Gaëlle Solal Free Admission
20:00 Evening concerts and shows Opening concert in two parts Prices & Tickets
Part one

  • Huaicong Mu, guitar (China/Germany)
    « In the Limelight »
    Alfonso, Paganini, Piazzolla, Duarte...

  • Marco Tamayo, guitar (Cuba/Austria)
    « La Chapelle Musicale de Tournai » Orchestra, conducted by Philippe Gérard (Belgium)
    « Fantasía para un Gentilhombre » for guitar and orchestra
    by Joaquín Rodrigo

Part two

  • « La Chapelle Musicale de Tournai » Orchestra, conducted by Philippe Gérard (Belgium)
    Libertango by Astor Piazzolla
    Romanian folk dances by Béla Bartók

  • Katona Twins (Hungary/United Kingdom)
    Peter & Zoltan Katona, guitars
    « La Chapelle Musicale de Tournai » Orchestra, conducted by Philippe Gérard (Belgium)
    « The Scarlatti Double Concerto » for two guitars and orchestra
    by Peter Katona (world premiere)
    « The Tárrega Double Concerto » for two guitars and orchestra
    by Peter Katona (world premiere)

Saturday 25 November 2023

09:00 Brussels National Guitar Competition
« Ilse & Nicolas Alfonso »		 « Public final round - Announcement of winners - Awards ceremony » Free Admission
10:00 - 20:00 Exhibition « Ilse & Nicolas Alfonso » Free Admission
10:00 - 19:00 Luthiers & Exhibitors Salon
    Luthiers
  • Gust den Aantrekker (BE)
  • Steven Den Toom Luthier (NL)
  • Julien Lebrun (FR)
  • Mark Peirelinck (BE/FR)
  • Tarik Saric (NL)
  • Lara Seidel (BE)
  • Martin Šuk (CZ)
    • Exhibitor
  • Savarez (FR)
 Free Admission
14:00 - 17:00 Master Classes Peter Katona Free Admission
20:00 Evening concerts and shows Concert in two parts Prices & Tickets
Part one

  • Corentin Schlegel, guitar (France/Belgium)
    Graduate (Master’s degree) from the guitar class of the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles
    « Three Homages for Guitar »
    by José Mora-Jiménez (Belgian premiere)

  • Evangelos Triantafilakis, guitar (Belgium)
    Graduate (Master’s degree) from the guitar class of the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles
    « À mes Fils »
    by Renaud Lécuyer (world premiere)

  • Jonathan Patte, guitar (Belgium)
    Graduate (Master’s degree) from the guitar class of the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles
    « Trois Impressions pour Guitare »
    by Yusuke Nakanishi (Belgian premiere)

Part two

  • Thibault Cauvin, guitar (France)
    « Poetry from Elsewhere »
    Thibault Cauvin will personally announce and present his programme

Sunday 26 November 2023

09:00 Brussels International Guitar Competition
« Ilse & Nicolas Alfonso »		 « Public final round - Announcement of winners - Awards ceremony » Free Admission
10:00 - 20:00 Exhibition « Ilse & Nicolas Alfonso » Free Admission
10:00 - 19:00 Luthiers & Exhibitors Salon
    Luthiers
  • Gust den Aantrekker (BE)
  • Steven Den Toom Luthier (NL)
  • Julien Lebrun (FR)
  • Mark Peirelinck (BE/FR)
  • Tarik Saric (NL)
  • Lara Seidel (BE)
  • Martin Šuk (CZ)
    • Exhibitor
  • Savarez (FR)
 Free Admission
12:00 Brussels International Guitar Composition Competition
« Ilse & Nicolas Alfonso »		 « Announcement of winners - Awards ceremony » Free Admission
15:30 Academies and Duo Jonathan Patte & Corentin Schlegel
  • Ensemble de Guitares de l’Académie d’Uccle (Belgium)
  • Ensemble de Guitares du Conservatoire de Ciney (Belgium)
  • Ensemble de Guitares de l’Académie de Braine-l’Alleud (Belgium)
  • Duo Jonathan Patte & Corentin Schlegel, guitars (Belgium/France)
Free Admission
13:30 - 16:30 Master Classes Thibault Cauvin Free Admission
17:30 Lecture « The performer in front of the score, but which score? »
by Frédéric Zigante (Italy/France) 		Free Admission
20:00 Evening concerts and shows Concert in two parts Prices & Tickets
Part one

  • Calatrio (Belgium/Brazil)
    Claudio Rocha (saxophone), Victor da Costa (guitar) & Renato Martins (percusssion)
    « Alma Brasileira »
    Pixinguinha, Sivuca, Dominguinhos, da Costa…

Part two

  • Yamandu Costa, guitar (Brazil)
    « Esperançar »
    Yamandu Costa will personally announce and present his programme

Monday 27 November 2023

09:30 - 12:30 Master Classes Evangelina Mascardi Free Admission
10:00 - 20:00 Exhibition « Ilse & Nicolas Alfonso » Free Admission
13:30 - 16:30 Master Classes Frédéric Zigante Free Admission
20:00 Evening concerts and shows Concert in two parts Prices & Tickets
Part one

  • Evangelina Mascardi, lute (Argentina/Italy)
    « The Lute of Johann Sebastian Bach »
    Works by Johann Sebastian Bach

Part two

  • Albane Carrère, mezzo soprano (France/Belgium)
    Elsa de Lacerda, violin (Belgium)
    Gaëlle Solal, guitar (France/Belgium)
    « Kiki in Paris » world premiere
    Debussy, Fauré, Boulanger, Mylène Farmer, Jane Birkin…
    (arrangements by Jean-Luc Fafchamps)

Tuesday 28 November 2023

09:30 - 12:30 Master Classes Marco Tamayo Free Admission
10:00 - 20:00 Exhibition « Ilse & Nicolas Alfonso » Free Admission
20:00 Evening concerts and shows Concert in two parts Prices & Tickets
Part one

  • Ensemble de Guitares du Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles
    conducted by Hugues Navez
    « Bolero »
    Ravel/Dyens (Belgian premiere), Pujol (Belgian premiere), Jenkins, Roux

Part two

  • Las Migas (Spain)
    Carolina Fernández “La Chispa” (voice), Marta Robles (guitar and direction)
    Alicia Grillo (guitar), Laura Pacios (violín) & Oriol Riart (double bass)
    « Libres » Belgian premiere
    compositions by Marta Robles, Oriol Riart, Isaac Albéniz…