The ARS MUSICA Festival, founded in 1989, focuses on musical production. Made a biennial event in 2014, Ars Musica is now a firm fixture of the Brussels autumn programme.  The theme of this edition is ‘The Land of the Rising Sound’, an allusion to the fascination the west feels towards Japan. The superb festival poster was created by Polish graphic designer Michał BATORY.

Even if plenty of spots have been earmarked for Japanese artists this year (T. Takemistu, M. Ishii, D. Fujikura, K. Sakai, T. Sauvage, R. Kuroda), Europeans and Americans will still be out in force. The project TOKYO MAGNETIC, commissioned by Ars Musica, came about from a desire to build bridges between east and west. This global design event will take place on Monday 14 November at 20:00. Tokyo Magnetic, directed by J.-L. Marchand, attempts to lend a visual and auditory image to the Japanese metropolis through the work of European artists. The project launched in Brussels, will then be shown in Asia and Japan. The clarinet/saxophonist duo Duadueduiduo (J.-L. Marchand/C. Rieger) will be accompanied by Belgian visual artist Stéphanie CROIBIEN and four European musicians:

• Hubert ZEMLER (PL) – drums
• Javier Moreno SANCHEZ (ES) – electric bass
• Eve RISSER (FR) – keyboard
• Luca NOSTRO (IT) – electric guitar

PRACTICAL INFORMATION
>>> Halles de Schaerbeek (Rue Royale-Sainte-Marie 22, 1030 Brussels) – see map 
>>> Monday 14 November 2016 – 20:00
>>> €20 | €16 (3-concerts pass: €30) 
(online box office)

Coproduction: Polish Institute in Brussels, Cultural Service of the Embassy of France in Brussels, Instituto Cervantes Bruselas, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Alliance Française de Bruxelles- Europe, Les Halles de Schaerbeek & Ars Musica

+++ full ARS MUSICA 2016 programme 2016 on the site of the festival

Hubert ZEMLER (born 1980) is a graduate of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, where he studied percussion under Edward Iwicki. He has played in Europe, the United States, Turkey, the Middle East, Korea and Japan. He was awarded bronze medal at the IIIrd Delphic Games in South Korea in the Solo Percussion category.
His incandescent talent in performing classical pieces, notably with symphony orchestras, is matched by his expertise in contemporary music. He is one of the most active Polish percussionists and, simultaneously, one of the most creative on the Warsaw-based experimental/free jazz scene. His countless collaborations include work with the orchestra of the Teatr Wielki – Opera Narodowa, Sinfonia Varsovia, Piotr Kurek, Bartosz Weber, Bartłomiej Tyciński, Raphael Rogiński, Natalia Przybysz, Miłosz Pękala, Wacław Zimpel, Krzysztof Dys, Paweł Szpura, John Tilbury, Evan Ziporyn, Gyan Riley, Agusti Fernardez, Felix Kubin, Reinaldo Ceballo, Kwadrofonik, Mitch & Mitch, Kamil Szuszkiewicz, etc.
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Michał BATORY (born 1959) is a designer who specialises in posters. Originally from Łódź, he moved to Paris at the end of the1980’s and works, amongst others, for the Chaillot National Theatre, the National Theatre of la Colline and IRCAM.
+++ www.michalbatory.com