Belgian National Orchestra & Stockhammer

This is not a standard concert, but a total experience in which music and image merge to fully immerse the audience. Sound becomes space; time becomes tangible. And at the heart of this multisensory performance lies an essential question: what challenges does nuclear waste pose today, tomorrow and beyond?

For this project, acclaimed young Belgian filmmaker Dimitri Sterkens creates a new film in which image and music do not illustrate one another, but intensify each other. In collaboration with NIRAS/ONDRAF (the National Agency for Radioactive Waste and Enriched Fissile Materials), this unique project addresses issues of temporality, vulnerability and legacy for future generations.

From the pulsing drive of Jessie Montgomery’s Starburst to the hushed tension of Philip Glass' String Quartet, each composition opens a new dimension of listening. Penderecki’s searing Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima cuts to the core, while Max Richter’s November expose an almost unbearable vulnerability. Between motion and stillness, between threat and contemplation, a sonic landscape unfolds — one that resonates with our time, our world, and the one we will leave to the next generations.