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A nutty Christmas

Snow or no snow, BOZAR and the Belgian National Orchestra like go in hard when it comes to the festive season.

At the forefront of the new belgian scene in musical improvisation

2017 marks Fred Van Hove's 80th birthday. The eminence grise of Belgian free jazz has invited the pianist and organist Seppe Gebruers and the saxophonist Joachim Badenhorst to open an evening of free improvisation, surprising sounds and unexpected twists and turns for adventurous ears.

Are you series? Trailer time!

Time to roll off the sofa. If you want big screen previews of the best TV series for free, that is. Ten trailers to whet your appetite for the Are You Series? festival.

Hacktivate the city!

Brussels too noisy, too dirty or unsafe? Instead of complaining, today’s youth is coming up with some fresh ideas to tackle urban issues.

BOZAR HISTORY

Indonesia at the Centre for Fine Arts

This winter Europalia Indonesia will be occupying nearly every corner of BOZAR. Not that this is the first time that the art of this group of islands has filled the Centre for Fine Arts.

NEXT GENERATION, PLEASE!

A new edition of Next Generation, please! hits BOZAR in 2018, but twelve schools and youth organisations are already debating and creating - on the crossroads between art and politics.

Valentin Parnakh: the eccentric dancer

Valentin Parnakh (1891-1951) was a true polymath. The USSR revolutionary was also a dancer, musician and translator (of Spanish writers including Federico Garcia Lorca), not to mention the founding father of Soviet jazz.

Brussels Bijou: The Battle Is On!

Brussels Bijou is a brand new prize for amateur artists in the capital. In the course of two evenings seven shortlisted candidates will show what they can do while the jury decides who will be the very first winner of the BRUSSELS BIJOU.

Money, money, money

With the sale of the ‘last’ Leonardo for an astonishing 450 million dollars it seems that the trend for paying record-breaking sums for works of art is still very much alive and kicking. A few ‘BOZAR artists’ have also set records – albeit of a more modest nature - in recent days.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Of course it’s sacrilege to start decorating your tree before Saint Nicolas has done his round, but there’s no denying Christmas is on its way. Here some seasonal treats at BOZAR to get you in the mood.

The Many Faces of Cecilia Bartoli

Though her voice and sunny disposition are immediately recognizable, Cecilia Bartoli has the knack, much like the big pop stars, to slightly reinvent herself with every new project. Take a look at 4 of these incarnations.

Rachid Taha, Rebel With a Cause

Rachid Taha (°1957, Algeria) reminds you of Arno. Both of them, with their tousled hair and occasional stubble, cultivated that scruffy punk image for three decades; flouting all the rules but winning all the prizes.

5 reasons to get excited about Fernand Léger at BOZAR

As we are gearing up for this exciting exhibition, here are five reasons why you should definitely put it in your diary.

Jean Glibert

He’s the Belgian architect who is also a painter. He builds with colour and paints with buildings. Next year he will turn 80, and the celebrations start right now with an exhibition.

Estonia: a thriving film industry

As part of our Focus on Estonia, which has the presidency of the Council of the European Union until the end of the year, we will be celebrating the country's cinema on 6 and 7 December.

Ultimate Breakup Music

On 20 December 2017, you can enjoy a performance of Beethoven’s almost mythical Kreutzer Sonata - a piece of music which became the soundtrack of what is perhaps the most famous case of adultery in world literature.