Daan Janssens

Composer

Calendar

Upcoming events

31/08/25 – 06.30

Spectra Ensemble performs Echo/Aria and Lassus Echo II at Bijloke Wonderland

10/10/25 – 20.00

Nebulae performed by Goska Isphording and Centre Henri Pousseur at Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Ghent

13/11/25 – 20.00

bODEM performs Verklärte Nacht in Izegem

25/11/25 – 20.00

Sotto voce premièred by Ensemble Vibrations at Arsonic Mons

03/12/25 – 20.00

bODEM performs Verklärte Nacht in Aalbeke

07/12/25 – 11.00

bODEM performs Verklärte Nacht in Zottegem

2026

30/01/26 – 20.00

Violin concerto premiered by Samuel Nemtanu, Brussels Philharmonic, Centre Henri Pousseur conducted by Ilan Volkov at Flagey Brussels

31/01/26 – 20.00

Violin concerto performed by Samuel Nemtanu, Brussels Philharmonic, Centre Henri Pousseur conducted by Ilan Volkov at Concertgebouw Brugge

Photo: Annemie Augustijns (OBV)

Past events

2025

14/06/25 – 15.00

bODEM performs Verklärte Nacht in Drongen

08/04/25 – 17.00

Première of Nebulae for harpsichord and electronics by Goska Isphording at Zagreb Biënnale

17/03/25 – 20.00

SPECTRA performs (Paysage – études) IV in Singapore

02/03/25 – 11.00

SPECTRA performs Lassus echo II in Berlare

08/02/25 – 20.00

SPECTRA performs Lassus echo II in Rumbeke

2024

22/12/24 – 20.00

SPECTRA premieres Lassus echo II in Sint Denijs

27/10/24 – 11.00

bODEM performs Notturno in Brugge

23/09/24 – 20.00

Thomas Blondelle and SPECTRA perform Eine schöne Müllerin in Leuven

21/09/24 – 17.00

Thomas Blondelle and SPECTRA perform Eine schöne Müllerin in Gent

21/09/24 – 15.30

Thomas Blondelle and SPECTRA perform Eine schöne Müllerin in Gent

21/09/24 – 14.00

Thomas Blondelle and SPECTRA perform Eine schöne Müllerin in Gent

11/05/24 – 20.00

François Couvreur and Centre Henri Pousseur perform (Into darkness) at Images Sonores 2024

21/04/24 – 20.00

(Incipits), Lassus echo I & Etude 1 performed by Hermes Ensemble at Lunalia Mechelen

09/03/24 – 20.00

Brodeck performed at Opera Vlaanderen Ghent

06/03/24 – 20.00

Brodeck performed at Opera Vlaanderen Ghent

03/03/24 – 15.00

Brodeck performed at Opera Vlaanderen Ghent

03/03/24 – 11.00

Premiere of Titan for violoncello and electronics, by Arne Deforce and Centre Henri Pousseur at Concertgebouw Brugge

29/02/24 – 20.00

Brodeck performed at Opera Vlaanderen Ghent

20/02/24 – 20.00

Brodeck performed at Opera Vlaanderen Antwerp

20/02/24 – 20.00

Brodeck broadcasted on Klara

19/02/24 – 20.00

Ensemble Hopper performs (Paysages – études) IV in Liège

17/02/24 – 20.00

Brodeck performed at Opera Vlaanderen Antwerp

14/02/24 – 20.00

Brodeck performed at Opera Vlaanderen Antwerp

11/02/24 – 15.00

Brodeck performed at Opera Vlaanderen Antwerp

09/02/24 – 20.00

Premiere of Brodeck at Opera Vlaanderen Antwerp

2023

01/12/23 – 20.00

bODEM performs Notturno, Wie aus der Ferne and études (selection) at Miry Concertzaal

21/09/23 – 20.00

Hermes Ensemble performs (Incipits), Lassus echo I & Etude 1 at Concertgebouw Brugge

25/08/23 – 20.00

Spectra ensemble performs (Paysages – études) IV during Bijloke Wonderland

22/01/23 – 11.00

bODEM performs Notturno in Deinze

2022

26/11/22- 20.00

Elisa Medinilla, Heloisa Amaral & Centre Henri Pousseur perform (Paysage en attente…) at Miry Concertzaal Gent

30/10/22 – 20.00

Hermes ensemble performs (…sans rien dire…) at Transit Festival Leuven

30/10/22 – 15.00

Goska Isphording performs (…presque pas.) at TRANSIT Festival Leuven

29/10/22 – 20.30

Quartetto Maurice premiers Nymphes des bois at TRANSIT Festival Leuven

29/10/22 – 15.00

Goska Isphording performs (…presque pas.) at TRANSIT Festival Leuven

19/10/22 – 20.00

Hermes ensemble performs (…sans rien dire…) at De Singel Antwerp

21/08/22 – 19.00

(Paysages-études) IV performed by Spectra Ensemble during International Conducting Masterclass

23/07/22 – 20.00

bODEM performs Notturno at Miry Concertzaal Ghent

13/06/22 – 09.00

Recording Notturno and 3 etudes with bODEM and Daan Vandewalle at Concertgebouw Brugge

16/05/22 – 21/05/22

Premiere and performances of Wie aus der Ferne for violoncello and piano, by semi-finalists of the Queen Elisabeth Competition 2022

12/05/22 – 20.00

Nico Couck and Champdaction perform (Into darkness) at De Bijloke Ghent

29/04/22 – 20.00

Hermes ensemble performs (…sans rien dire…) at De Bijloke Ghent

06/04/22 – 20.00

Nemo Ensemble performs (…nada.) in Bern

13/03/22 – 15.30

TrioO3 performs (Paysages – études) V during Belgian Music Days

12/02/22 – 20.00

New work for clarinet, violoncello and piano premiered by bODEM at Concertgebouw Brugge

27/01/22 – 20.00

Revue Blanche, Tom De Cock and Centre Genri Pousseur perform A Page of Madness at Bijloke Ghent

19/01/22 -20.00

(…en attandant personne…) performed by Flanders Symphony Orchestra cond. Martijn Dendievel at Stadsschouwburg Kortrijk

16/01/22 – 20.00

(…en attandant personne…) performed by Flanders Symphony Orchestra cond. Martijn Dendievel at De Singel Antwerp

16/01/22 -20.00

(…en attandant personne…) performed by Flanders Symphony Orchestra cond. Martijn Dendievel at De Bijloke Ghent

13/01/22

Premiere of (…en attandant personne…) by Flanders Symphony Orchestra cond. Martijn Dendievel at Concertgebouw Brugge

2021

29/09/21 – 20.15

Revue Blanche, Tom De Cock and Centre Genri Pousseur perform A Page of Madness at Muziekgebouw aan ’t Ij Amsterdam

20/03/21 – 20.00

Liebe Farbe/(Tombeau) premiered by I Solisti at De Bijloke Gent

2020

24/11/20 – 20.00

Hermes Ensemble performs (Incipits) at Het Kanaal Wijnegem

23/11/20 – 20.00

Hermes Ensemble performs (Incipits) at Het Kanaal Wijnegem

06/11/20 – 20.00

New work for (electric) guitar and electronics premiered by Nico Couck and Champdaction at Concertgebouw Brugge

10/10/20 – 20.00

Premiere of Page of Madness by Revue Blanche, Tom De Cock and Centre Henri Pousseur at De Singel Antwerp

22/09/20 – 24/09/20

Recording (Incipits) and (…sans rien dire…) with Hermes Ensemble & Koen Kessels at Concertgebouw Brugge

20/09/20 – 11.00

Flemish Radio Choir performs Di me… in Antwerp.

11/09/20 – 20.30

Myriam Garcia and Frederik Neyrinck perform (Paysage – études) I at Hörsturm 2020

24/08/20 – 28/08/20

Teaching during Nadar Summer Academy #10

16/08/20 – 21/08/20

Teaching during I Solisti composers Lab

02/08/20 – 20.00

Spectra Ensemble and Thomas Blondelle perform Eine schöne Müllerin at Bijloke Wonderland

01/08/20 – 20.00

Spectra Ensemble and Thomas Blondelle perform Eine schöne Müllerin at Bijloke Wonderland

05/03/20 – 19.00

Liselotte Sels performs (…presque pas.) for harpsichord during Belgian Music Days

05/03/20 – 12.00

Ensemble Hopper performs (Paysages – études) I & IV at Arsonic Mons during Belgian Music Days

29/02/20 – 10.00

Recording of (Paysage en attente…) with Elisa Medinilla, Frederik Croene & Centre Henri Pousseur at Concertgebouw Brugge

20/02/20 – 20.00

Etudes 1 for piano solo and Titan for violoncello and live-electronics premiered by Daan Vandewalle (pno), Arne Deforce (vc) and Centre Henri Pousseur at Concertgebouw Brugge

2019

26/11/19 – 20.00

(Paysage en attente…) broadcasted on Klara

21/11/19 – 20.00

(…sans rien dire…) for violoncello, five instruments and live-electronics premiered by Stijn Saeveniers, Hermes Ensemble, Koen Kessels

08/11/19 – 20.00

Menuet, opera after Louis Paul Boon (staging by F. Murgia) performed in Aalst

06/11/19 – 20.00

Menuet, opera after Louis Paul Boon (staging by F. Murgia) performed at Concertgebouw Brugge

18/10/19 – 20.00

(Paysage en attente…) premiered at TRANSIT Festival Leuven by Pianoguide and Centre Henri Pousseur

18/10/19 – 20.00

Premiere of (Paysage en attente…) live broadcasted on Klara

11/09/19

(face à moi), Tableau-Double-(Passages II), (Paysages – études) I & V performed by Katrien Gaelens, Gabi Sultana & Benjamin Glorieux at Concertgebouw Brugge

26/08/19 – 30/09/19

Teaching during Nadar Summer Academy 2019

2018

09/12/18 – 20.00

Thomas E. Bauer and Spectra Ensemble perform Eine schöne Müllerin in Blaibach

07/12/18 – 20.00

Thomas Bauer & Spectra Ensemble perform Eine Schöne Müllerin at Bijloke Ghent

31/10/18 – 20.00

Broadcast of Eine schöne Müllerin on KLARA

20/10/18 – 20.30

World premiere of Eine Schöne Müllerin by Thomas Bauer & Spectra Ensemble at Festival 20/21 Leuven

27/08/18

Teaching during Nadar Summer Academy

20/08/18 – 25/08/18

Teaching during I Solisti Young Composers Lab

21/03/18 – 20.00

Menuet, opera after Louis Paul Boon, performed at Les théâtres de la ville de luxembourg

20/03/18 – 20.00

Menuet, opera after Louis Paul Boon, performed at Les théâtres de la ville de luxembourg

15/03/18 – 20.00

Menuet, opera after Louis Paul Boon, performed at Le Maillon Strasbourg

14/03/18 – 20.00

Menuet, opera after Louis Paul Boon, performed at Le Maillon Strasbourg

17/02/18 – 20.00

Menuet, opera after Louis Paul Boon, performed at Theatre National Brussels

15/02/18 – 20.00

Menuet, opera after Louis Paul Boon, performed at Theatre National Brussels

14/02/18 – 20.00

Menuet, opera after Louis Paul Boon, performed at Theatre National Brussels

2017

24/11/17 – 20.00

Benjamin Glorieux, Elisa Medinilla and Wannes Gonnissen perform (…nada.) at Kunstkrak Geraardsbergen

23/11/17 – 20.00

Broadcast of (…à suivre…) on Klara.

17/11/17 – 20.00

New work for piano and fifteen instruments performed by Jan Michiels and I Solisti del Vento – cond. Etienne Siebens at De Bijloke Ghent

16/11/17 – 20.00

New work for piano and fifteen instruments performed by Jan Michiels and I Solisti del Vento – cond. Etienne Siebens at AMUZ Antwerp

20/08/17 – 24/08/17

Teaching at Nadar Summer School

03/07/17 – 07/07/17

Teaching at Nadar Summer Academy

31/05/17 – 20.00

Performing Alexander Schuberts Point Ones with Nadar Summer Academy Ensemble at Concertgebouw Brugge

19/05/17 – 20.00

Performance of Menuet, opera after Louis Paul Boon, at Operadagen Rotterdam

17/05/17 – 20.00

Performance of Menuet, opera after Louis Paul Boon, at Chassé Theater Breda

13/05/17 – 20.00

Performing Alexander Schuberts Point Ones with Nadar Ensemble at De Bijloke Ghent

27/04/17 – 20.00

Performance of Menuet, opera after Louis Paul Boon, at Opera Vlaanderen Gent

26/04/17 – 20.00

Performance of Menuet, opera after Louis Paul Boon, at Opera Vlaanderen Gent

20/04/17 – 20.00

Performance of Menuet, opera after Louis Paul Boon, at De Singel Antwerp

19/04/17 – 20.00

First performance of Menuet, opera after Louis Paul Boon, at De Singel Antwerp

09/02/17 – 18.00

Aton’ & Armide perform (…nada.) at Flagey

2016

12/10/16 – 20.00

Portrait Concert with Hermes Ensemble, Aton’ & Armide and Centre Henri Pousseur at Ghent Conservatory

15/06/16 – 18.00

Performance of Tristia for baritone, mezzo soprano and four instruments at Aldeburgh Festival

02/06/16 – 20.00

Aton’ & Armide and Centre Henri Pousseur perform (…nada.) at Espace Senghor Brussels

22/04/16 – 20.00

Performance of Tristia for baritone, mezzo soprano and four instruments at La Monnaie Brussels

29/03/16 – 20.30

Performance of Tristia for baritone, mezzo soprano and four instruments at Paris Philharmonie

17/03/16 – 20.00

first performance of (furioso) for saxophone quartet and string quartet

24/02/16 – 14.45

Aton’ & Armide and Centre Henri Pousseur perform (…nada.) at Flagey Brussels

2015