Echo 2025: Classical music sector day
How do we make, play and experience classical music today? And what will the future bring? That is what Klarafestival, Flanders Arts Institute, Bozar, DE SINGEL, Concertgebouw Brugge and De Bijloke want to reflect on together with leading voices from the music sector. We therefore invite you to Bozar on Wednesday 26 March 2025 for the fourth edition of Echo, the sector moment for classical music.
Echo 2025 – Coming of Age
Century-old scores and never-before-heard sounds. Tradition and innovation. Bright-eyed prodigies and éminences grises. In classical music, old and new meet. Age is a central axis around which we think, play, create and experience. High time to reflect with young, old and mid on what age means for our sector.
How do we deal with musical legacies? What do we expect from the up-and-coming generation of musicians? How can we build sustainable careers in a caring way, even in old age? And how do we enthuse young audiences about classical music?
Keynotes and inspiring sessions
During Echo 2025, we put these questions to keynote speakers Anne La Berge and Diamanda La Berge Dramm. Both musicians operate at the intersection of contemporary and classical music and, as mother and daughter, have a very unique perspective on the intersections and fault lines between generations.
In addition to the keynotes, various experts and guests will seek answers to the questions above, in a series of panel discussions and inspiration sessions.
Discover the content of all sessions here.
An Evening with Patricia Kopatchinskaja
We close the day with An Evening with Patricia Kopatchinskaja by Brussels Philharmonic & Patrick Hahn at Flagey (Heilig-Kruisplein, 1050 Brussels).
Programme
10.30am – doors open and welcome with coffee
11am – start of the day with Christophe Slagmuylder & Joost Fonteyne
11.15am – States of the Youth & Union with music
12am – Sessions: Sonic Youth (in Dutch) & Next Generation (in English)
1pm – lunch
2pm – Sessions: Afterlife (in English) & Take care (in Dutch)
3pm – coffee break
3.30pm – Sessions: Kinder, macht Neues (in English) & Ending an Era (in Dutch)
4.30pm – State of the Union & Youth: reflection
5pm – reception
6.30pm – end
19.15 – concert An Evening with Patricia Kopatchinskaja by Brussels Philharmonic & Patrick Hahn
Discover the full programme here.
When and where
Wednesday 26 March 2025 from 10.30am until 6.30pm at Bozar, entrance Baron Hortastraat 11, 1000 Brussels. For the wheelchair accessible entrance, you can enter via Ravensteingalerij 23.
Please note: some sessions will take place at Atelier Bouwmeester (Ravensteingalerij 54-59, 1000 Brussels). This location is not wheelchair accessible. In the registration form you can inform us of any accessibility needs, we will take this into account while choosing the final location of our sessions.
Register
Register now via the button at the top right of this page.
More information
Do you have questions about this event? Contact our colleages Ward.
Image credits: Adel Setta
