Event
21.03.2026: KLARA Festival, Brussels, BE
Between the Lines/Natura Rebellis is an installation by artist Marjolijn Dijkman and composer Henry Vega. In dialogue with a poetic film essay, a robot orchestra drums on dead tree trunks from a protected forest near Verdun. After the First World War, this area was designated a “Red Zone”: it was ecologically devastated and is still littered with ammunition and the forgotten bodies of 80,000 soldiers. This multimedia artwork shows how a landscape struggles with the aftermath of human conflict, against a backdrop of drought and climate change. Henry Vega provided the music for the robot orchestra and also wrote the occasionally intervening tandem work Natura Rebellis for three singers.
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Klarafestival is the largest broadcast festival for classical music in Belgium. Every year in March, captivating (inter)national soloists and ensembles bring classical, jazz, and contemporary creations to life at various cultural venues in Brussels, including Bozar and Flagey.”
The annual theme and festival artists encourage reflection. Classical musicians enter into dialogue with other artistic disciplines and genres. They perform in both concert halls and Brussels neighborhoods, presenting a diverse programme: from early music to the grand romantic repertoire, adventurous contemporary works, and crossovers with non-Western traditions.
