Res#19+ welcomes research projects that focus on the practice-based and current study of instrumental and vocal music during the long 19th century. Central to this focus are aspects such as materiality, historical development, repertoire, performance techniques, and usage. The research group was established in 2024 through the merger of two former groups: Contemporary Music Practices and OsiRiS-KCB research group for orchestral instruments.
The topics addressed within Res#19+ serve the artistic performance practice and/or its educational applications, relating to one or more musical instruments—or their related forms—taught as disciplines at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, including the orchestral ensemble as a performing instrument.
By definition, the research group operates in a multidisciplinary framework, with projects engaging at least two of the following research domains:
Performance practice from a historical, contemporary, or collaborative perspective
Reflection on instrumental technique and its development in relation to an evolving performance practice
Performance on orchestral instruments in solo, chamber, orchestral, or ensemble contexts
Organology and instrument making
Creative approaches to repertoire from the long 19th century (transcriptions, cadenzas, improvisations, etc.)
Contextual exploration of 19th-century repertoire and its original and contemporary performers
Researchers can join Res#19+ from both theoretical-reflective and artistic-performative profiles. Cross-pollination between Res#19+ projects and research conducted in other KCB research groups is actively encouraged.
Res#19+ aims to generate insights through artistic research into the knowledge and practice of orchestral instruments—past, present, and future. It supports the valorisation of this knowledge within the school and at (inter)national levels and seeks to enhance the integration of practice-based research across all layers of the educational process.
Contact
Chair of the reserach group: Jeroen Billiet
Coördination: Philippe Lamouris
