Sint-Baafsfeesten: Musical weekend with lots of atmosphere

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During this four-day city festival, Sint-Baafsplein is transformed into one large terrace from where you can enjoy many concerts for young and old.

The Sintbaafsfeesten came about through a cooperation between vzw Feestcomité Sint-Baafs and their 'neighbours' the NTGent and St. Bavo's Cathedral. For four days there are concerts on the programme, but also many other activities. For instance, you can take part in theatre walks (subject to registration), dance along with the children's disco or sing along with Queen's greatest hits, played by the city carillonneur on the Belfry's carillon. 

 

Are you driving to Ghent? First check whether you may enter the city centre with your vehicle. Clean vehicles may enter the city centre free of charge, polluting vehicles have to pay. Is your vehicle allowed to enter, but do you not have a Belgian or Dutch number plate? You will ALWAYS have to register!

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Untold Vergezel ons op deze mooie avond in het Sint-Baafshuis in Gent. Pieter Savenberg brengt meeslepende moderne klassieke muziek op piano. Hij licht al een tipje van de sluier op van zijn tweede album dat komende zomer uitgebracht wordt. Pieter bereikte in 2023 een miljoen luisteraars op Spotify en speelt nu live in Gent. Voor liefhebbers van Nils Frahm en Olafur Arnalds.
Piano Composer Festival Op vrijdag 26 april 2024 vindt in Gent de 1e editie plaats van het Piano Composer Festival. Drie gerenommeerde Gentse pianist-componisten (Matthias De Jaeger, Pieter Savenberg en Mattias Devriendt, ) fungeren als curator-uitvoerder van dit uniek evenement. Tijdens een gezamenlijk concert zullen ze elk hun mooiste werken vertolken. Een unieke samenwerking, een verrassende muzikale ontdekkingstocht, een meeslepend en feeëriek concert. 1 ding hebben de 3 pianist-componisten gemeen: ze componeren allen toegankelijke hedendaagse neoklassieke muziek die je meteen doet wegdromen. Toch zijn ze elk heel apart. Ze componeren en vertolken elk in een andere stijl. Hoewel hun muziek telkens voor zich spreekt, kan je hun stijlen als volgt omschrijven: Matthias De Jaeger “Writing stories, filling the air with poetry. My fingers are a pencil, the piano my paper aeroplane.” www.mdj-pianist.com [http://www.mdj-pianist.com/?fbclid=IwAR06LUlZBg_mHRoKPJEv7GgFBDYxZot9JucWMpyu5SOeCDWBNGrPw23EQyQ] Pieter Savenberg “Beauty in simplicity.” www.pietersavenberg.com [http://www.pietersavenberg.com/?fbclid=IwAR1GOgJOhqQtrhgu-iQkYnqqle1iUzhQJhe7-kBHhULuFIiRz4a5yjgSkTw] Mattias Devriendt “offering people emotional depth through peaceful music” www.mattiasdevriendt.com [http://www.mattiasdevriendt.com/?fbclid=IwAR1NnUCXYrVotv2CkU_pWNjxRe438VeyI3qDxmlSclPLkUV1ZCQd1GQL_f0] Als pianoliefhebber mag je dit evenement niet missen.
In the summer months, orchestras, fanfare groups and brass bands treat you to music at the weekly Sunday flower market. The Town Crier of Ghent announces the concerts half an hour before they begin and introduces the music group that will be adding atmosphere to your morning at the flower market. Are you driving to Ghent? First check whether you may enter the city centre with your vehicle. Clean vehicles may enter the city centre free of charge, polluting vehicles have to pay. Is your vehicle allowed to enter, but do you not have a Belgian or Dutch number plate? You will ALWAYS have to register!
During the Pentecost weekend the city of Ghent presents an annual baroque music festival with music of the three great masters of German Baroque: Bach, Telemann and Graupner. Every year, Florian Heyerick selects an instrument and brings together specialists from home and abroad to provide the public with this baroque pearls. This year it is all about the violin. Expect next to concerts with cantatas, orchestral works and many chamber also an Open Stage, a Telemarathon, lectures, city tours, a children's program, world and jazz music, and many known and unknown masterpieces performed by a pleiad of outstanding musicians on several attractive sites. In between the quince makes for an equally refreshing and surprising culinary discovery. Are you driving to Ghent? First check whether you may enter the city centre with your vehicle. Clean vehicles may enter the city centre free of charge, polluting vehicles have to pay. Is your vehicle allowed to enter, but do you not have a Belgian or Dutch number plate? You will ALWAYS have to register!
By tradition, the Ghent-based independent label el Negocito organizes a summer festival in Citadel Park. You will be able to enjoy bands and ensembles situated outside of mainstream jazz. Citadel Park is the epicentre of inspirational moments and lively gatherings, where you can enjoy contemporary jazz and improvisational music in a lovely setting.