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The Sinking of the Titanic

Composer

Gavin Bryars

Concept & Direction

Gavin Bryars

Lise Bruyneel, Geert Callaert & HERMESensemble

Score Arrangements

Geert Callaert

Visuals & Live Video

Lise Bruyneel

Scenography

Lise Bruyneel & Wim Piqueur

Performers

HERMESensemble

Karin de Fleyt (Flute)
Peter Merckx (Clarinet)
Ntb (Violin)
Marc Tooten (Viola)
Ntb (Violoncello)
Gaetan La Mela (Percussion)
Geert Callaert (Piano/keyboard)
Dr. Juan Parra (Electric Guitar & Electronics)

International Opera Academy (IOA) (singers)

Partners

HERMESensemble

Festival 20.21

Het Laatste Bedrijf (Casa Kafka)

This production was made possible with the support of the Tax Shelter measure of the Belgian Federal Government.

The Sinking of the Titanic

 

A new staging of Gavin Bryars’ seminal work The Sinking of the Titanic, reimagined for live ensemble, video projection, and spatial sound. This 60-minute performance immerses the audience in a haunting meditation on loss, endurance, and memory – where sound and image dissolve into the depths.

Performed without a conductor, the musicians of HERMESensemble inhabit the visual world of the piece, gradually submerged both sonically and scenographically. The result is a living requiem—an elegy that transforms historical tragedy into poetic resonance.