Sun July 7th at 7 pm St John’s Church, Tartu

Kadi Jürgens (mezzo-soprano), CASCO Phil / The Chamber Orchestra of Belgium

Conductor Benjamin Haemhouts

In programme: Beethoven, Vähi, Henderickx, Pärt, Van Hove

 

Profiling itself as a unique format in the Belgian concert landscape, CASCO Phil / Belgian Chamber Orchestra is a dynamic collective, always looking forward and searching for out of the box solutions to reach new audiences. The orchestra is characterized by a wide repertoire with Western European classical compositions as a foundation, but it also consciously looks beyond genre boundaries and likes to make forays into contemporary music. Conductor Benjamin Haemhouts has led the orchestra since 2008, focusing on innovative programs that emphasize contemporary works combined with classical music. Such is also the programme the orchestra brings to Tartu – Beethoven’s immortal instrumental masterpieces Egmont Overture and Fifth Symphony alongside Estonian and Belgian contemporary compositions, including Wim Henderickx’s Only Darkness and Shadows to words by Estonian poet Triin Soomets. CASCO Phil will be joined by Kadi Jürgens, an Estonian mezzo-soprano who is gaining increasing international recognition. She is a graduate of the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp and the International Opera Academy in Ghent, has performed with Flanders, Oulu and Belgium symphony orchestras and has played numerous roles in operas both in Estonia and abroad.