🚨 Calling All Young Belgian Jazz Talent! 🎷✨
The B-Jazz International Contest is back for its 2025 edition, offering young jazz musicians the chance to shine on international stages! 🌍
🎶 What’s in it for you?
- Perform in front of a professional jury and an enthusiastic audience.
- Compete for the Albert Michiels Grand Prix, with opportunities to perform in Spain, Italy, Romania, the Netherlands, and Belgium.
📍 Preliminary Rounds:
- 🗓️ March 13: GC Felix Sohie, Hoeilaart
- 🗓️ March 21: CC Het SPOOR, Harelbeke
- 🗓️ April 3: CC Palethe, Pelt
- 🗓️ April 4: Rataplan, Antwerp
🚀 Ready to break through? If you're a jazz musician under 30, apply before January 6, 2025 at bjazzcontest.be.
🔔 Note: Open to musicians of Belgian nationality or residing in Belgium.
📖 More info at bjazz.be
🎤 Good luck, and see you at B-Jazz!
The Canadian International Music Competition invites musicians from around the world to participate in this prestigious and supportive competition!
🔹 Open to all ages and skill levels – no age limit!
🔹 All instruments, voice, composition, conducting, and music production are welcome
🔹 Genres: Classical, jazz, contemporary, pop, and traditional
🔹 Solo, duo, trio, and group performances, as well as choir and orchestra
🔹 Submit a video of your performance via YouTube or Vimeo (one piece per application, no time limit)
Deadline: December 19th
This is your chance to showcase your talent on a global stage. Don’t miss out – apply today!
Rules & regulations: Here
Apply Now: Here
Music Chapel Festival: four days of Italian music and culture (4-7/12/2024)
As winter sets in and the days grow shorter, the 15th Music Chapel Festival invites you on a sunny journey to the heart of Italy, a land where music resounds as a hymn to joy and life. From 4 to 7 December, ‘Journey to Italy’ brings a feast of Italian music to the Music Chapel. With opera, baroque, chamber music and romantic masterpieces performed by top artists and young talents, this promises to be an inspiring experience.
Besides the main concerts, the festival offers a varied side programme, Fest'OFF, with lectures, workshops, singing events and activities for children.
Main programme
- 4 December, 20:00: Opening concert by the MuCH Ensemble conducted by Massimo Quarta
- 5 December, 20:00: Opera arias with singers in residence and the Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège
- 6 December, 20:00: Baroque evening with Il Gardellino (Vivaldi and Pergolesi)
- 7 December, 16:00: Final concert with Berlioz's Harold in Italy and Respighi's Pini di Roma
Fest’OFF
- 4 December, 19:15: Musical introduction by Florestan Bataillie
- 5 December, 18:30: Dicopéra with Stefano Pace
- 6 December, 18:00: Allez, Chantez! participatory singing
- 7 December, 14:30: Children's activity with magical surprise
Promo: free admission for KCB students on presentation of their student card, starting one hour before the start of the concerts.
Student Deal: Fanny and Alexander at De Munt / La Monnaie
On Tuesday, 10 December (7:30 PM), De Munt / La Monnaie hosts a Student Night at the Opera for the world premiere of Fanny and Alexander.
Young people under 30 enjoy:
- Up to 70% discount on tickets
- A free drink during intermission at the chalet on Muntplein
- A Q&A session with the cast after the performance
Secure your spot for this exclusive evening.
Find tickets and details: www.lamonnaie.be
Opportunity for students: Verbier Festival Orchestra 2025
The Verbier Festival Orchestra (VFO) invites young musicians (aged 18–28) to apply for its 2025 training programme. This prestigious opportunity brings together rising talents with world-renowned conductors and soloists.
- Programme dates: 30 June – 4 August 2025
- Application deadlines:
- Live auditions: 12 December 2024
- Video auditions: 16 January 2025
- Audition locations: Berlin, Geneva, New York, Paris, Vienna, Zurich
Students will receive coaching from players of top orchestras and celebrated conductors including Klaus Mäkelä, Barbara Hannigan, Manfred Honeck, Paavo Järvi, Fabio Luisi, and Teodor Currentzis. Performances will be broadcast on medici.tv.
Find all details, including audition guidelines: Here
Watch the Verbier Festival Orchestra in action: Here
Student Deal: explore world-class arts & culture at BOZAR
As a student of the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, you get 50% off concerts and exhibitions at BOZAR—a great chance to experience top-tier arts and culture in Brussels.
- Concerts:
- 50% off single tickets (min. price €10, limited availability).
- Last-minute tickets for €10, available 30 minutes before the concert (subject to availability).
- Exhibitions:
- 50% off tickets.
- Online reservation required via the exhibition’s event page.
Visit BOZAR at Rue Ravenstein 23, 1000 Brussels
Check out their great offering: www.bozar.be
Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel
The Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel hosts open masterclasses in violin, viola, cello, voice, piano, and chamber music. Renowned soloists guide these sessions in a pedagogical setting.
Guest artists:
- Sir Andras Schiff (piano, 13/02/25)
- Jian Wang (cello, 17/02/25)
- Modigliani Quartet (chamber music, 18/03/25)
- Sabine Devieilhe (voice, 24/03/25)
- Sol Gabetta (cello, 18/04/25)
- Bertrand Chamayou (piano, 06/06/25)
Location: Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, Tervurensesteenweg 445, 1410 Waterloo.
Tickets must be reserved in advance: tickets@musicchapel.org
Free Youth Concerts: Hayoung and SongHa Choi
The Queen Elisabeth Competition presents a series of free concerts in March for young people under 26, featuring performances by sisters Hayoung Choi (cello laureate 2022) and SongHa Choi (violin laureate 2024).
Locations: Leuven, Louvain-la-Neuve, Brussels (Flagey, 12 March 2025, 7 pm).
Programme: Mozart, Gabrielli, Kodály, Kreisler, Xenakis, and Halvorsen.
Groups can book via info@koninginelisabethwedstrijd.be Individual reservations via www.flagey.be
For attendees aged 26 and over, a contribution of €10 is requested to help support this initiative for young musicians.