Classical and Contemporary Music
Journées de la curiosité
Now in its fourth year, the "Journées de la curiosité" is an annual presentation of students’ final year work, focusing this year on research that leads to a concrete artistic result: interdepartmental artistic projects, compositions, critical editions and transcriptions. It will illustrate the liveliness of cross-disciplinary research between the different artistic disciplines taught at the Conservatoire. During these Journées de la curiosité, you can also discover our doctoral students at 3 exceptional concerts linked to their thesis work in Art and Art Sciences.
May 7 2025 19:00
In the library of Eugène Ysaÿe: perspectives from a violinist-researcher
The music library of Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931), a treasure trove of scores preserved in Belgium and the United States, offers a fascinating insight into the musical legacy of this great Belgian violinist and composer. This library contains not only the scores of Ysaÿe's original works and adaptations, but also his personal copies of editions of works by other composers, often rich in precious dedications and annotations. Joanna Staruch-Smolec offers a reading of these scores, enriched by her parallel study of Ysaÿe's recordings and the organological elements specific to his period.
Eugène Ysaÿe, Adaptations of Frédéric Chopin's Waltzes op. 34 no. 2 and op. 69 no. 1
Henriette van den Boorn-Coclet, Sonata for violin and piano, first movement
Richard Wagner/August Wilhelmj, Walther's Preislied Ernest Chausson, Poème for violin and orchestra op. 25
Joanna Staruch-Smolec, violin
FNRS and ULB/Laboratoire de Musicologie, Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles
Krzysztof Potocznik, piano
Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles
Auditorium Joseph Jongen
17 rue du Chêne - 1000 Bruxelles
Free entrance - without reservation, subject to availability