Marco Vanoppen

Marco Vanoppen is a Belgian musician/deconstructivist.

His field of work includes avant-garde music, improvisation, industrial music, experimental music, ... . He is/was a (founding) member of multiple bands and/or music projects. 

Marco was born in Hasselt, Limburg and is also known as Spurck.

Emma Rawicz Quartet At Alter Schlachthof

by Matty Bannond
June 4, 2025

Emma Rawicz Quartet Alter Schlachthof Eupen, Belgium May 14, 2025 Foaming streams of clotted blood surged over the concrete floor of the Alter Schlachthof Eupen for almost a hundred years. Now, amber beer gushes into wide-bottomed goblets and catches the last sparkles of daylight as the sun sinks below large windows ...

Aka Moon alla Jazz Station, Bruxelles

by Mario Calvitti
March 26, 2025

Aka Moon Jazz Station Bruxelles 28 febbraio 2025 Non �� facile oggi assistere a un concerto degli Aka Moon. Il trio belga costituito dall'altosassofonista Fabrizio Cassol, il bassista Michel Hatzigeorgiou e il batterista Stéphane Galland, con alle spalle una carriera ultratrentennale, �� ben noto in patria e in alcuni dei paesi ...

Harold Widerik

Born: February 18, 1965

Harold Widerik, pseudonym for Wim Frederik Harold Pauwels, is a Belgian author, composer and musician. Although he received the highest award for four-part classical music writing, he has a strong preference for contemporary jazz. By combining aspects from different genres, he created his own jazzy style. Since early 2024, there has been a steady release of new songs.

Wajdi Riahi: Something That Feels Honest

by Ieva Pakalniskyte
March 15, 2025

Wajdi Riahi, a Tunisian-born, Brussels-based jazz pianist and composer, is rapidly emerging as a distinctive voice on the European jazz scene. His music, deeply rooted in the jazz tradition, is also infused with the rich melodic and rhythmic colors of his North African heritage, creating a captivating and highly personal sound. Riahi's playing is marked by ...

Rutger Mathys

Born: April 14, 2000

The Belgian-Dutch jazz scene hails Rutger Mathys as one of today’s most promising talents. A master of the chromatic harmonica, Rutger graduated Cum Laude in 2024 from the jazz department of the Conservatory of Rotterdam. He has performed with legends such as Philip Catherine and Bert Joris, played at major festivals like the Gent-, Brussels-, and North Sea Jazz Festivals, and won several prestigious awards, including the Toots Thielemans Challenge in 2022 and the Dinant Jazz Contest in 2023. In 2024, he was selected as one of the "Twintigers" by the Belgian radio station Klara, where his music is frequently featured

Wajdi Riahi at Brussels Centre for Fine Arts

by Ieva Pakalniskyte
March 8, 2025

Wajdi Riahi The Centre for Fine Arts Brussels, Belgium February 23, 2025 Brussels' Centre for Fine Arts, Henry Le Boeuf Hall, played host to Wajdi Riahi's solo piano concert last Sunday of February. The intimate atmosphere was further enhanced by the unusual seating arrangement, with audience members surrounding Riahi on ...

Wrapped in Rhythm: Tutu Puoane sings the poetry of Lebo Mashile

by Ngwako Malakalaka
October 1, 2024

Pretoria born, Antwerp based jazz vocal virtuoso Tutu Puoane's latest project Wrapped in Rhythm Vol 1. is inspired by a collection of poems by South Africa theatre producer and performer Lebo Mashile. Having spent a few years exploring Lebo's poems, Tutu responds and breathes new life into this body of work by singing these words that ...

European Jazz Conference 2024

by Ian Patterson
September 30, 2024

European Jazz Conference 2024 Music Centre De Bijloke/Various venues Ghent, Belgium September 12-15, 2024 For such a relatively young music it is ironic that one of the issues facing jazz is old age. Aging audiences to be precise. But let us be clear, it is a good thing jazz retains ...

Belgian Jazz Showcase: European Jazz Conference 2024

by Ian Patterson
September 30, 2024

Various Artists Music Centre De Bijloke/various venues European Jazz Conference Ghent, Belgium September 12-15, 2024 An important part of the annual European Jazz Conference (see separate article) is the space given over to music of the host country. In fact, it could be argued that more time is allotted ...