Belgian National Orchestra & Ekaterina Levental

Deeply moved by the refugee crisis, Max Richter wrote the haunting Exiles in 2021. Around this post-minimalist work, supplemented by compositions by Henryk Górecki, Caroline Shaw and Jóhann Jóhannssson, among others, the Belgian National Orchestra weaves a collective ritual. This evening will not just be a concert, but a space, a breath, a testimony in music and images.

In Exiles, singer and performer Ekaterina Levental takes the audience on a musical journey through four inner landscapes: loss, wandering, confrontation, and hope. Drawing from her own experience as both a refugee and an artist, she gives voice to what is rarely expressed: the moment when home is no longer home, the endless journey with no destination, and the search for identity in a new land.

Shifting between fragile solos, raw cries, expansive orchestral textures, and intimate whispers, Exiles is not a traditional concert — it is a ritual of memory and breath, a testimony to vulnerability and resilience. An experience meant not only to be heard, but deeply felt.