23 Feb 14 MAY – 3 JUNE 2023 – SINATRA CONCERTO
Twenty-five years after Frank Sinatra’s death, artistic director Benjamin Haemhouts and musical jack-of-all-trades Jef Neve are joining forces for this shared passion project: the world premiere of a new concerto for piano that Neve is drawing on themes from the rich catalog of hits. We connect this new ode to the infamous jazz singer with two pieces that borrow equally well from the popular genre: Dmitri Shostakovich’s Concerto for Piano and Trumpet* (performed by Simon Van Hoecke) and the concerto that composter Richard Rodney Bennett dedicated to saxophone legend Stan Getz in 1990**. This last one will be performed by Jeroen Vanbever on the saxophone.
*Only performed on 14th of May
** Only performed on 2nd and 3th of June
Jef Neve: piano
Jeroen Vanbever: saxophone
Simon Van Hoecke: trumpet
Benjamin Haemhouts: conductor
Casco Phil: orchestra