In 2021 the artistic research festival Polyphonic Performance Spaces enters its third edition. An international lineup of researchers and PhD students once more descends on the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel to challenge our preconceptions of musical practice.
In a polyphony of partly streamed lectures, concerts, workshops, and discussions they will cover topics ranging from music in a digital reality, the reconfiguration of musical instruments, the current state of historical performance practice, and the music as 'the art of time'.
Artistic research is part of everyday life at KCB. It does not only take place in doctoral programmes or conferences, but also in rehearsals, conversations...
Brussels-based pianist, composer and researcher Piergiorgio Pirro moves fluently between jazz performance and artistic research. He completed his doctorate...