COMPOSER / PERFORMER

COMPOSER

Awards & scholarships

  • Laureate at “KBC-Aquarius composition competition”, 2001, with “Zeven Metamorfosen” for string quartet
  • Scholarship received from Flemish Community for specialisation in Sonology at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, The Netherlands 2004-2005
  • 2nd Prize in composition contest of “Week van de Hedendaagse Muziek”, february 2006 for Erosie (Memory Space #1) (viola and bajan/accordion)
  • Memory Space #2 (recorder, electric guitar, percussion, piano, double bass & live-electronics) was selected by ISCM-Belgium for the ISCM-World Music Days in Hong Kong, 2007 and the ISCM-World Music Days in Vilnius, 2008.
  • Laureate of composition contest of Music@venture 2007, resulting in a project with plastical artist Bart Geerts during Music@venture 2007
  • Laureate of composition contest of Bijloke 2007, resulting in a commission for cello solo, to be performed by Jean-Guihen Queyras in 2008: Ensuite
  • Not I and Ventriloquium were chosen by ISCM-Flanders for the ISCM-World Music Days in Sweden, 2009
  • Erosie (Memory Space #1) was chosen by ISCM-Flanders for the ISCM-World Music Days in Australia, 2010
  • One of the five winners of the "International Impuls Composition Competition 2009" (Graz), resulting in a commission for the ensemble Klangforum Wien, to be premiered in 2011 in Graz.
  • Recipient of a "Staubach Honorarium" from the Interntaionales Musikinstitut Darmstadt, resulting in a full stipendium for the Darmstadt Ferienkurse 2010 and a commission for the Israelian Ensemble Nikel, to be premiered in 2010 in Darmstadt: Fremdkörper #2
  • Fremdkörper #1 (fl/picc, percussion, electric guitar, violoncello & live-electronics) was selected by ISCM-Belgium for the ISCM-World Music Days in Zagreb, 2011.
  • Recipient of the "Kranichsteiner Musikpreis for Composition 2010" at the Darmstadt Ferienkurse 2010.

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Compositions / oeuvre

  • Youth works for piano (1990-1991), withdrawn
  • “Notturno” for string quartet”, 2000, withdrawn (6’)
  • “Zeven Metamorfosen” for string quartet, laureate for “KBC-Aquarius composition competition”, 2001, (8’), withdrawn
  • “In Memoriam Luciano Berio”, for bassoon (&contrabassoon) and piano, 2003 (3’)
  • “No Habra una sola cosa que no sea una nube”, for piano, flute(piccolo), oboe, clarinet(bassclarinet), bassoon(contrabassoon), 2003-2004, commissioned by Champ d’Action for the Time Canvas Festival 2004 (14’)
  • “Etude Interieure #1” for piano and marbles, 2004, commissioned by Champ d’Action for “dedonderdagen #4”, deSingel (14’)
  • “A Room Without a View”, 2004, soundscape commissioned by KLARA, for Klara in Maaseik, May 2004 (13’)
  • “inDEPENDENCE” for string quartet, 2004, commissioned by Ensor Strijkkwartet for “1-November-concerts” at Rotselaar, withdrawn (11’)
  • “Schling!”, 2005, electro-acoustic performance-installation in collaboration with Frederik Croene and Eva-Maria Bogaert at “Be-Part” (Platform for Contemporary Art, Waregem) (18 september 2005).
  • “Erosie (Memory Space #1)” (2005) for amplified viola & bayan/accordion, 2005. Commissioned by Agartha (Bram Bossier, Ann Raskin) for exposition about Willem Frederik Hermans. (16’)
  • “Memory Space #2” (2005-6) for recorder solo, electric guitar, percussion, piano, double-bass and live-electronics (commissioned by Tomma Wessel and Champ d’Action) (11’) – commissioned by Champ d’Action
  • “Memory Space #3” (2006) for trumpet/bugel and live-electronics (music for dance-performance “Tegen en/of tussen”), premiered at Red Hall, deSingel, Antwerp, 25th March 2006 (trumpet/bugel: Joachim Devillé)
  • “Ventriloquium” for amplified cello, electric guitar, percussion, 2 improvising musicians and live-electronics (12’), commissioned by Festival van Vlaanderen for TRANSIT FESTIVAL (creation 27th Octobre 2006 by Champ d’Action & collectief reFLEXible), 2nd performance 29th octobre 2006
  • “FITTINGinSIDE” (2007), for tenor-trombone, walking-tour, mp3-players, soundprocessing and spatial installation (12’); collaboration with plastical artist Bart Geerts, commissioned by Music@venture 2007
  • “Not I” (2007) for electric guitar and live-electronics (17’); first performance on 20 Decembre 2007 by Matthias Koole at STUK, Leuven; commissioned by De Nieuwe Reeks
  • "Ensuite" for cello solo (2008) (10') (premiered by Jean-Guihen Queyras at de Bijloke, Gent), February 2008
  • "Fremdkörper" for flute/piccolo, electric guitar, percussion, viioloncello and live-electronics (2008) (12') (premiered by Nadar Ensemble, cond. Daan Janssens, December 2008)
  • "Körper" for chamber orchestra (2009) (6') (premiered by Belgische Kamerfilharmonie, cond. ben Haemhouts, April 2009)
  • "Infiltrationen (Memory Space #4)" for electric guitar-quartet and live-electronics (2009) (25') (premiered by ZWERM electric guitar-quartet and Stefan Prins, November 2009)
  • "Plug 'n Play " for laptop and big ensemble (2010) (11') (premiered by Stefan Prins & De Scheldezonen, Mei 2010)
  • "Fremdkörper #2" for sax/clarinet, percussion, piano, electric guitar & live-electronics (2010) (11') (premiered by Nikel Ensemble & Stefan Prins, Augustus 2010)
  • "Fremdkörper #3 (mit Michael Jackson)" for t10 instruments & sampler (2010) (11') (premiered by Klangforum Wien, cond. Enno Poppe, February 2011)
  • "Piano Hero #1" for midi-keyboard, webcam, live-video & live-electronics (2010) (8') (premiered by Frederik Croene, september 2011)
  • "Piano Hero #2" for midi-keyboard, grand piano, webcam, live-video & live-electronics (2010) (7') (premiered by Mark Knoop, november 2011)
  • "Hybridae" for fixed medium (eight-channels) (2012) (13') (premiered by Stefan Prins, May 2012)
  • "Generation Kill" for cello, percussion, e-gtr, violin, 4 musicians with gamecontrollers, 4 video-projections and live-electronics (2012) (25') (premiered by Nadar Ensemble & October 2012)
  • "Generation Kill - offspring 1" for cello, percussion, 2 musicians with gamecontrollers, 2 video-projections and live-electronics (2012) (22') (premiered by Ensemble Mosaik & October 2012)

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Performances of compositions by Stefan Prins

  • Performs his own youth-compositions in 1990, 1991 at City Council Borgerhout, Hof Ter Loo, Borgerhout
  • October 2001: Laureate of “KBC-Aquarius-composition competition” with “Zeven Metamorfosen voor strijkkwartet”, performed by Rubio Strijkkwartet at “Paleis voor Schone Kunsten”, Brussel(first three parts)
  • 22 April (deSingel, Blauwe Zaal, Antwerpen), 27 May (LOGOS, Gent), 29 May 2004 (’t Werkhuys, Antwerpen), 26 June 2004 (MuHKA) concerts with “Champ d’Action”: performing “Etude Intérieure nr.1” by Stefan Prins
  • 9 May 2004 at Festival “Klank by de Stad” (Antwerpen): performs Etude Intérieure 1
  • Champ d’Action performs at the TIME CANVAS FESTIVAL (first performance: 4 December 2004, Museum of Photography): “No habrá una sola cosa que no sea una nube”
  • Ensor Strijkkwartet performs inDEPENDENCE, first performance on 1 November 2004 in Leuven; second performance on 30 April 2005 in Abbey of Grimbergen at the “Zaterdagconcerten”
  • “Memory Space #2” is performed by Champ d’Action on 20 February 2006 (Orpheus Institute, Gent), 22 February (Lemmens Instituut, Leuven, in “De Nieuwe Reeks”), 23 February 2006 (deSingel, Blauwe Zaal, in “dedonderdagen”)
  • 13th May 2006: Prometheus Ensemble performs “No habra una sola cosa que no sea una nube” at STUK Leuven
  • 16th May 2006: Agartha performs “Memory Space #1” at Champ d’Actions Studio 3 during Studio Concert (without live-electronics)
  • 27th & 29th October 2006: Champ d’Action & collectief reFLEXible perform “Ventriloquium” at Transit Festival & Muhka.
  • 16th November 2006: Agartha performs “Erosie (Memory Space #1)” during ISCM-day at Bijloke Concert Hall, Gent
  • 1st March 2007: Agartha performs “Erosie (Memory Space #1)” during “Week van de Hedendaagse Muziek 2007”, at Royal Conservatory Gent.
  • 20th April 2007: Champ d’Action performs “Memory Space #2” at Concertgebouw Brugge
  • 20th Octobre 2007: premiere of “FITTINGinSIDE” during Music@venture-festival 2007 by Ben Haemhouts, trombone
  • 25th Octobre 2007: Agartha performs “Erosie (Memory Space #1)” at Logos, Ghent
  • 20th Decembre 2007: Matthias Koole (el.gtr) and Stefan Prins (live-electronics) perform "Not I" at STUK, Leuven (De Nieuwe Reeks)
  • 23rd February 2008: first performance of “Ensuite” for violoncello solo by Jean-Guihen Queyras at “de Bijloke”, Gent
  • 23rd September 2008: performance of “Not I” for electric-guitar and live-electronics by Matthias Koole & Stefan Prins at “De Link”, Tilburg, The Netherlands
  • 26th September 2008: performance of “Etude Intérieure #1” by Elisa Medinilla at City House of Sint Martens Latem, Belgium
  • 9th December 2008, premiere of “Fremdkörper” by Nadar Ensemble in Logos Foundation, Ghent.
  • 15th January 2009: performance of “Fremdkörper” by Nadar Ensemble in Zaventem (students concert)
  • 18th January 2009: performance of “Fremdkörper” by Nadar Ensemble in Concertstudio Kortrijk
  • 31st January 2009: performance of “Fremdkörper” by Nadar Ensemble in Oostende (students concert)
  • 13th February 2009: performance of “Fremdkörper” by Nadar Ensemble in Cultural Centre “De Woeker” in Oudenaarde
  • 22nd February 2009: premiere of “A Short Walk Through Time”, interactive composition for violin, bassclarinet and motion-enabled live-electronics (Marieke Berendsen, violin; Jason Adler, bass-clarinet), Institut for Elektronische Music (IEM), Graz, Austria (concert live-streamed to IRCAM)
  • 25th February 2009: performance of “Erosie (Memory Space #1)” by Annegret Mayer-Lindenberg (viola) & bernd Kohlhofer (accordion), Universitat fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Graz (Austria)
  • 2nd March: performance of “Erosie (Memory Space #1)” by Agartha in Concertgebouw Brugge (“First Class Concerts”)
  • 3rd March: performance of “Erosie (Memory Space #1)” by Agartha in Concertgebouw Brugge (“First Class Concerts”)
  • 12th March: 2nd March: performance of “Erosie (Memory Space #1)” by Agartha at “De Nieuwe Reeks”, STUK, Leuven
  • 15th March 2009: performance of “Fremdkörper” by Nadar Ensemble at Ars Musica Festival 2009, Flagey, Studio 1, Brussels
  • 11th April 2009: : performance of “Fremdkörper” by Nadar Ensemble at Cultural Centre Sint-Niklaas
  • 17th April 2009: performance of “Ventriloquium” by Champ d’Action & collectief reFLEXible & “Not I” by Matthias Koole & Stefan Prins at “ISCM-Day Flanders” in Concertgebouw Brugge
  • 27th April 2009: premiere of “Körper” for chamber orchestra, by Chamber Orchestra of Belgium, at deSingel, Antwerp.
  • 28th April 2009: performance of “Körper” for chamber orchestra, by Chamber Orchestra of Belgium, at “Stadsschouwburg”, Mechelen
  • 10th May 2009: performance of “Not I” by Ictus Ensemble & Stefan Prins at “Music Electronica Nova Festival”, Wroclaw, Poland
  • 29th August 2009: performance of “Not I” by Matthias Koole & Stefan Prins in “plano B”, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • 2nd Septembre 2009: performance of “Not I” by Matthias Koole & Stefan Prins at “Casa do Lago”, Universidade de Campinas, Brasil
  • 5th Septembre 2009: performance of “Not I” by Matthias Koole & Stefan Prins at “Fundaçao da Musica”, Belo Horizonte, Brasil
  • 9th Septembre 2009: performance of “Not I” by Matthias Koole & Stefan Prins at “Ibrasotope”, São Paulo, Brasil
  • 10th Septembre 2009: performance of “Not I” by Matthias Koole & Stefan Prins at Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
  • 24th October 2009: performance of "Etude Intérieure #1" by Frederik Croene at the Transit Festival 2009, Leuven, Belgium
  • 24th November 2009: premiere of "Infiltrationen (Memory Space #4)" by ZWERM electric guitar-quartet & Stefan Prins at Concertgebouw Brugge, Belgium
  • 26th November 2009: performance of "Erosie (Memory Space #1)" by Agartha at "Academiezaal", Sint-Truiden, Belgium
  • 28th November 2009: performance of “Not I” by Matthias Koole & Stefan Prins, in "Nadine", Bruxelles, Belgium
  • 9th December 2009: performance of “Not I” by Matthias Koole & Stefan Prins, in "Q-O2", Bruxelles, Belgium

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PERFORMER

performing composed music (piano, piano-frame, live-electronics, sound-projection ...)

  • Performs as a classical pianist since 1987
  • September 1992 – July 1993: Piano Accompagniment for chambercoir “Amphion”, Music School of Borgerhout, performances at Hof ter Loo, Music School of Sint Niklaas, city councel of Borgerhout
  • February 1994: candidate for Cantabile-competition for piano
  • July 1995: participates at “Jong-Talent” workshop at Vaalbeek
  • March 2000: finalist in “Musicologia-competition for piano”, organised by Musicology department of K.U.L.
  • May 2003: pianist in “Jeugd & Muziek-orkest” Antwerpen olv Ivo Venkov voor concert met Roméo et Juliette (S. Prokofiev) (voorstelling in Blauwe Zaal by de Singel)
  • August-September 2003: synthesizer in Symfonic Orchestra conducted by Tom Deneckere in the Opera “KET” (K. Dejonghe) (Performances at Scheldetheater Terneuzen, Flemish Opera Gent, Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Stadschouwburg Brugge)
  • 4 March 2004 (dedonderdagen#3, deSingel, Studio 3, Antwerpen): concert with “Champ d’Action”: performing in “More or Less” for 5 musicians, and “Lexicon Sonata” for piano en playerpiano (meta-compositions by Karlheinz Essl )
  • 22 April (dedonderdagen#4, deSingel, Blue Hall, Antwerpen): concert with “Champ d’Action”: performing “Risonanza” for piano four-hands (composition by Peter Swinnen), “More or Less” (K.Essl) and first performance of “Etude Intérieure nr.1” (composition by Stefan Prins)
  • 8, 23 May 2004: piano in youth and Music Orchestra (Antwerp) conducted by Ivo Venkov, performing Shostakovitsch’ Fifth Symphony
  • 9 May 2004: Festival “Sound in the city” (Antwerpen): 7 Frühe Lieder (Alban Berg), with soprano Iris Luypaers
  • 9 May 2004: concert in BOZAR STUDIOS: ICTUS-project: music with short films (Le repas du serpent, Retour a la raison): together with Tom Pauwels and Joachim Devillé (improvisation departing from a score by Javier Alvarez)
  • 27 May 2004 (Looking for the borders, LOGOS, Gent): concert with “Champ d’Action”: performs “Lexikon Sonata” (laptop) (K.Essl) and “More or Less” for 5 musicians (K.Essl), “Etude I for piano” (Keiko Harada) and “Etude Intérieure nr.1” (Stefan Prins)
  • 29 May 2004 (’t Werkhuys, Antwerpen) concerts with “Champ d’Action”: performs “Risonanza” for piano four-hands by Peter Swinnen (together with pianist Yutaka Oya), “More or Less” for 5 musici and “Lexicon Sonata” for live-piano and player-piano (Karlheinz Essl) and “Etude Intérieure nr.1” by Stefan Prins
  • 18 September 2004 (Stadsschouwburg Sint Niklaas): soloist in Carnaval des Animaux (Camille Saint-Saëns) with “Jeugd en Muziek Orkest Antwerpen” o.l.v. Ivo Venkov
  • 2 October 2005 (Transit Festival, STUK, Leuven), performs in “The Blue Cloak” (Mark Applebaum, world first performance), More or Less (Karlheinz Essl), Lexikon Sonata (Karlheinz Essl), with Champ d’Action
  • 3, 4 December 2005 (Time Canvas Festival, MuHKA, Antwerp), performs in “Treatise” (Cornelius Cardew) with Champ d’Action and in “Orbitals” (Anestis Logothetis) with collectief reFLEXible
  • 9th performance with Ensemble Pas de Cinq (Wolff, improvisation) at LOGOS (Gent)
  • 17th May 2005: performance with Ensemble Pas de Cinq (Wolff, improvisation) at De Rode Pomp (Gent)
  • 19th May 2005: performance with Ensemble Pas de Cinq (Wolff, improvisation) at Champ d’Action, Studio 3 (Antwerp)
  • 10th May 2007: performance with Champ d’Action conducted by Vinko Globokar in “Eisenberg” (Vinko Globokar) and the world first performance of Codex VII with and by Richard Barrett
  • 20th Octobre 2007: performance (pianoframe & live-electronics) with Champ d’Action and Joakim (Fr) of Cornelius Cardews “Treatise” at Petrol during music@venture-festival 2007
  • 27th Octobre 2007: premiere of Richard Barretts “Codex VIII” for ensemble and live-electronics with Richard Barrett & Champ d’Action at Transit Festival 2007, Leuven.
  • 20th Decembre 2007: live-electronics of “Not I” (S.Prins) for electric guitar & live-electronics
  • 22nd March 2008: electronics for Nadar during Neuwirth-portrait concert (De Nieuwe Reeks, STUk, Leuven)
  • 13th April 2008: sound-projection of Belgian première of 5-channel version of “Gesang der Junglinge” (Stockhausen), “Symphonie pour un homme seul (parts)” (Schaeffer), & pieces by Koenig & Xenakis, Central Library of Leuven, Belgium
  • 15th, 16th April 2008: live-electronics for Apsara (recorder-duo) at Logos (Gent) & De Nieuwe Reeks (STUK, Leuven): music by DiSCipio, Casale, Pisati, Manca.
  • 15th, 18th May 2008: piano, frame & live-electronics with Champ d’Action for Power-Flower Project (John Cage, James Tenney, Gavin Bryars, Michael Nyman, Terry Riley, Cornelius Cardew...)
  • 6th June 2008: pianoframe & live-electronics with Champ d’Action: Treatise (Cardew)
  • 24th August: pianoframe & live-electronics at Time Canvas Festival 2008, Muhka Antwerp: Treatise (Cardew) & improvisations
  • 23rd September 2008: live-electronics in “Not I” (Stefan Prins) for electric-guitar & live-electronics together with Matthias Koole (e-gtr) at “De Link”, Tilburg, The Netherlands
  • 27th September 2008: live-electronics in “Noumena I” (Serge Verstockt) for violoncello, piano & live-electronics, at City Hall, Sint-Martens Latem, Belgium
  • 11th Octobre 2008: sound-projection “Incantations” Louis De Meester (world première of 4 channel-version), Museum Felix De Boeck, Drogenbos, Belgium
  • 17th Novembre 2008: live-electronics+cymbals with Champ d’Action in “DRIE” (Serge Verstockt), at Novembermusic Festival 2008, de Bijloke Gent, Belgium
  • 14th December 2008: live-electronics in composition by Kaija Saariaho (Petals) & Serge Verstockt (Noumena I), with Arne Deforce (vc) & Yutaka Oya (pno) (Champ d’Action) at BAFF-Antwerp
  • 29th January 2009: sound-projection for compositions “Besides” & “Rerendered” by Simon Steen-Andersen, with Nadar Ensemble at Flagey, Brussels
  • 12th February 2009: performance of “Treatise” by Cornelius Cardew with Champ d’Action at “Artefact Festival”, STUK Leuven
  • 28th March 2009: sound-projection for compositions “Besides” & “Rerendered” by Simon Steen-Andersen, with Nadar Ensemble at Flagey, Brussels
  • 10th May 2009: live-electronics and sound-projection for compositions “Book of Flute Dynamics” by Agostino Di Scipio & “Mnemosyne” by Brian Ferneyhough, with Ictus Ensemble at Musica Electronica Viva Festival, Wroclaw, Poland
  • 27th September 2009: performing "Spontaneous Earth" for prepared piano by John Cage at the Cunningham-Bausch Happening at deSingel, Antwerp, Belgium
  • 6th October 2009: live-electronics of composition by Benedikt Schieffer for cello and live-electronics, with Gavriel Lipkind at deSingel, Antwerp.
  • 4th November 2009: live-electronics & soundprojection for Martin Schuttler-portrait concert of Nadar Ensemble at the "Musikhost Festival 2009" in Odense, Denmark.
  • 7th November 2009: live-electronics & soundprojection for Simon Steen-Andersen-portrait concert of Nadar Ensemble at the "Musikhost Festival 2009" in Odense, Denmark.
  • 24th November 2009: live-electronics & soundprojection of "Modes of Interference 3" by A. Di Scipio for "Modes of Interference Project" together with Zwerm Electric Guitar-quartet
  • 9th December 2009: live-electronics for world-premières of compositions by Henrique Iwao & Bernardo Barros at "Q-O2", Brussels.

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Other performances

  • 12 February 2004: Performs Pas de Cinq (composition by Mauricio Kagel) at “Fashion Museum Antwerp” (MoMu) with Matthias Koole, Fabian Coomans-de Brachène, Kobe Bycauwenberghe, Aldo Aranda.
  • Performances with Luc Apers in The Hustler
  • 26-28 December 2004: Performance during “Midwinterfeesten” at Bokrijk: De Tafel (Croissant Bleu)
  • 28-29 January 2005: (6x) Performance of “Pas de Cinq” (Mauricio Kagel) during “De Nachten” (deSingel, Antwerpen) with Matthias Koole, Fabian Coomans-de Brachène, Kobe Bycauwenberghe, Aldo Aranda.
  • 24-28 august 2005, deSingel, Red Hall: performs as pianist in “Palermo Palermo” by Pina Bausch (Tanzteater Wuppertal)

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FREE IMPROVISATION

  • Performs as an improviser since 1999
  • March 2000: music (in duo with Jan Govaert) for silent movie Steamboat Bill Jr. (Buster Keaton) at “Kultuurkaffee” Brussels
  • March 2001: music with silent movie Nosferatu (Friedrich Murnau) during Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film at Kultuurkaffee Brussel
  • September 2001-July 2002: stays in Barcelona, plays as pianist with Horacio Curti, Pedro Barboza, “IBA, Improvisers of Barcelona Associated”, Luis Conde (Argentina), Ramiro Larrain (Argentinia) en Markus Doverud (Sweden), Argentinan dancer Vika Kleiman, ... Concerts with Horacio Curti (Argentina), Pedro Barboza (Venezuela), Ruth Barberán (Spain), Ferran Fages (Spain), Alfredo Costa Monteiro (Portugal), Margarida García (Portugal)
  • 25 May 2002: Concert with Ruth Barberan, Ferran Fages, Alfredo Costa-Monteiro en Margarida Garcia in Centro Civico Can Felipa, Barcelona
  • 12 July 2002: concert in duo with Horacio Curti in Escuela Superior de la Musica de Catalunya
  • 1 & 3 August 2002: concert with Collectief reFLEXible (Joachim Devillé, Thomas Olbrechts, Nicolas Rombouts, Stefan Prins, Bruno Hardt) and These Poolish Things (together with a.o. Fred Van Hove, Peter Jaqcmyn, Andre Goudbeek, Paul Rutherford, Carlos Bechegas) during the 29e Free Music Festival for free improvised music, Antwerpen (Theater Zuidpool)
  • 19 & 20 February 2003: concert in Antwerpen (Soirée Flexible, at ’t Werkhuys) & Brussels (reFLEXessions at GC De Kriekelaar) with Horacio Curti, Pedro Barboza and Vika Kleiman
  • 25 February 2003: concert in Amsterdam at Kraakgeluiden in de binnenstad with Horacio Curti, Pedro Barboza, Joachim Devillé, Thomas Olbrechts, Robert Van Heumen
  • 28 February 2003: concert in duo with Horacio Curti at Royal Flemish Conservatory Antwerp
  • 20 March 2003: music with Metropolis (Fritz Lang) at Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film in Kultuurkaffee Brussel
  • 18 & 22 March 2003: performs with collectief reFLEXible, Jan Pillaert (tuba) and laptop-musician David Karram in Liveness???!!!??? at Nadine (Herderstraat 13, 1050 Brussel)
  • 9,11 April 2003: performs in project Metropolis, new visions in Nadine(Brussel) (live-music with the film)
  • 8 May 2003: live-music with Metropolis (Fritz Lang) at Filmnights (Royal Flemish)
  • 21 May 2003: concert in trio with Anne La Berge (flutes, electronics) and Lukas Simonis (elektr. guitar and electronics) at Soirée Flexible # 17 at ’t Werkhuys, Borgerhout
  • 22 October 2003: concert with collectief reFLEXible at Soirée Flexible #19 in ’t Werkhuys, Borgerhout
  • 24-27 November 2003: tour ( piano and amplified objects) in The Netherlands, performs together with Xu Feng-Xia (Ghu-Zeng), Edwin Vandeheide (electronics) annd Cristin Wildbolz (double bass): Amsterdam (Overtoom), Rotterdam (De Worm), Den Haag (White Space) en Nijmegen
  • 4 March 2004 (“dedonderdagen #3” in deSingel, Antwerpen), 22 April 2004 (dedonderdagen #4, Blauwe Zaal, deSingel, Antwerpen), 27 May (LOGOS, Gent), 29 May (’t Werkhuys, Antwerpen), 26 June (MuHKA) 2004: piano and objects in meta-compositions by Karlheinz Essl (Lexicon-sonata en More or less)
  • 13 November 2004: concert op Soirée Fixe #4 (piano & objecten) with Ruth Barberan (trompet & objecten), Alfredo Costa-Monteiro (accordeon & objecten) and Ferran Fages (acoustic turntable)
  • 5 December 2004: performances at Time Canvas Festival in MuHKA (Antwerpen) with amplified objects and dance; piano and objects in “More or less” (Karlheinz Essl) with Karlheinz Essl, Mark Applebaum, Fedor Teunisse, Jaan Bossier
  • 17 January 2005: concert organised by INAUDIBLE (Fierlantstraat 80 1190 Vorst (Brussel), with Joachim Devillé (trompet), Thomas Olbrechts (altsax), Dirk Wouters (percusion), Stefan Prins (objects)
  • 21 April 2005: concert at Concerthall “STUK” Leuven (Belgium), at the XP FESTIVAL for experimental music (De Nieuwe Reeks) with Thomas Olbrechts (altsax) and Peter Jacquemyn (doublebass), Stefan Prins (piano & objecten)
  • 22 & 23 June 2005: solo-improvisations ( piano & objecten) in “Screenplay”, performance for 3 dancers and improvisation, project by Jolanda Luyten at Higher Institute for Dance, Lier (Belgium) (Kluizenplein 8)
  • 3 July 2005: concert in Galeria Topazi in Barcelona (carrer Topazi, 11), objects and computer (MAX) in duo with Horacio Curti (shakuhachi)
  • 23 January 2006: concert at “Kraakgeluiden”, Amsterdam, performing with amplified objects and live-electronics, together with Ivo Bol (live-electronics) and Marlon Barrios (live-visuals)
  • 29th of March 2006: performs (piano & objects) together with E-hammer (electro-acoustic trio) at “MUZIEK IN DE MAAK”-festival at Logos, Ghent.
  • 11th of July 2006: performs prepared piano & live-electronics at “De Markten” (Brussels) with collectief reFLEXible and Dirk Wauters (percussion), live with images of “Tour de France”
  • 10th Septembre 2006: performs on piano-frame & objects at “error#4-exposition” with Giles Thomas, Joachim Devillé, Barbara Buckowiec; performs live-electronics in duo with Joachim Devillé
  • 30th Septembre 2006: improvises with Fedor Teunisse (Champ d’Action) on Fluxus-films at Filmmuseum Antwerp (Muhka Media)
  • 12-15 Octobre 2006: improvises (piano & objects) at FESTIVAL SONS LIBERES III at Chapelle de Boendaal, 1000 Brussel with a.o. Eddie Prevost, Paul Hubweber, Ute Volker, ...
  • 25th of January 2007: Collectief reFLEXible: improvising using live-electronics at “One by One” at Sint-Lukas-concerten Brussel”, together with Thomas Olbrechts, Joachim Devillé, Kayuko Minami (dance) & Barbara Pereyra (dance)
  • 15th of September 2007: Collectief reFLEXible at QO2 (Thomas Olbrechts, altsax; Joachim Devillé, trumpet & flugelhorn; Stefan Prins, live-electronics)
  • 6th of Novembre 2007: Collectief reFLEXible at Logos Ghent – double concert with Judy Dunaway (balloons) & Tom Chiu (violin)
  • 14-17th March 2008: residency of collectief reFLEXible at STEIM, Amsterdam
  • 17th March 2008: collectief reFLEXible live at De Nieuwe Kraakgeluiden, Amsterdam
  • 26th April 2008: collectief reFLEXible & Matthias Koole live at Le Compilothèque, Brussels
  • 2nd May 2008: collectief reFLEXible live at New Noise Festival (STUK, Leuven)
  • 30th August 2008: live-electronics with collectief reFLEXible at “Radio Central Impro Festival 2008”, Scheldapen, Antwerp
  • 10th September 2008: improv (live-electronics) with collectief reFLEXible & Eric Thielemans at “Follow the Sound Festival 2008” at King Kong, Antwerp
  • 19th September 2008: PIDGIN-project: improv (live-electronics) with Zwerm, [sic] & Richard Barrett at “Happy New Ears Festival 2008”, Budascoop, Kortrijk, Belgium
  • 21st September 2008: PIDGIN-project: live-electronics with Zwerm, [sic] & Richard Barrett at “Happy New Ears Festival 2008”, 4AD, Diksmuide, Belgium
  • 25th & 26th September 2008: improvisations (live-electronics) during “Corpus Delicti Exposition” at Palace of Justice in Brussels, Belgium with Champ d’Action
  • 9th Octobre 2008: improvisations (live-electronics) during “Corpus Delicti Exposition” at Palace of Justice in Brussels, Belgium with Champ d’Action
  • 27th Octobre 2008: live-electronics with collectief reFLEXible & Matthias Koole (e-gtr) for animation film “Black Mass” by Joachim Devillé, Glaspaleis Heerlen, The Netherlands
  • 7th Novembre 2008: impro (live-electronics) with collectief reFLEXible, Q-O2 Workspace Brussels
  • 20th Novembre 2008: improvisations (live-electronics) during “Corpus Delicti Exposition” at Palace of Justice in Brussels, Belgium with Champ d’Action
  • 27th Novembre 2008: “Black Mass Project”, impro (live-electronics with collectief reFLEXible+Matthias Koole (e-gtr) & Ann Eysermans (double bass) for animation film by Joachim Devillé; Cultural Centre Zebrastraat, Ghent
  • 11th Decembre 2008: “Black Mass Project”, impro (live-electronics with collectief reFLEXible+Matthias Koole (e-gtr) & Ann Eysermans (double bass) for animation film by Joachim Devillé; Cultural Centre “GC De Markten”, Brussels
  • 17th March 2009: improv (live-electronics) with collectief reFLEXible + Matthias Koole (e-gtr) & Ann Eysermans (double bass) at Ars Musica Festival 2009, Theatre Marni, Brussels
  • 29th March 2009: PIDGIN-project: improv (live-electronics) with Zwerm, [sic] & Richard Barrett in Concertgebouw Brugge
  • 11th June 2009: Peter Jacquemyn (d.bss) and Stefan Prins (live-electronics) duo, Logos Foundation, Gent
  • 27th June 2009: collectief reFLEXible plays at “What’s Next Festival 2009”, Novanoïs, Brussels
  • 29th August 2009: improvisations with Matthias Koole & Mario Del Nunzio in “plano B”, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • 2nd Septembre 2009: improvisations with Matthias Koole & Mario Del Nunzio at “Casa do Lago”, Universidade de Campinas, Brasil
  • 5th Septembre 2009: improvisations with Matthias Koole & Mario Del Nunzio at “Fundaçao da Musica”, Belo Horizonte, Brasil
  • 9th Septembre 2009: improvisations with Matthias Koole & Mario Del Nunzio at “Ibrasotope”, São Paulo, Brasil
  • 10th Septembre 2009: improvisations with Matthias Koole & Mario Del Nunzio at Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
  • 9th December 2009: improvisations with Matthias Koole & Mario Del Nunzio at Q-O2, Brussels, Belgium

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SOLO IMPROVISATIONS

Since 2001

  • Solo improvisations using (prepared) piano and objects. Collaborations with dancers (Vika Kleimann, Yolanda Luyten, ...) and plastical artists (Ilona Ruegg, Kurt Du Tré).
  • First solo cd: “Three improvisations for piano solo” (2002, cd-r, Ipso Facto Records, Barcelona).