Benoît De Leersnyder has skilfully put together a varied programme featuring opera, operetta, art songs, chansons and musical theatre, performed by vocal students from KASK & Conservatorium. We couldn’t have imagined a more fitting opening to our festival.

Au Bain MIRY is a summer music festival featuring concerts by up-and-coming talent from KASK & Conservatorium during the Gentse Feesten. The concerts are free for students and staff of KASK & Conservatorium. We want to make the concerts accessible to everyone. For those who wish to contribute, we operate a Pay What You Can system: you choose how much to contribute – come for free or choose between a small, standard or support contribution.

Benoît De Leersnyder has skilfully put together a varied programme featuring opera, operetta, art songs, chansons and musical theatre, performed by vocal students from KASK & Conservatorium. We couldn’t have imagined a more fitting opening to our festival.

Au Bain MIRY is a summer music festival featuring concerts by up-and-coming talent from KASK & Conservatorium during the Gentse Feesten. The concerts are free for students and staff of KASK & Conservatorium. We want to make the concerts accessible to everyone. For those who wish to contribute, we operate a Pay What You Can system: you choose how much to contribute – come for free or choose between a small, standard or support contribution.

The French composer Olivier Messiaen is known for his great fondness for birdsong and his strong Catholic faith. Both interests feature prominently throughout his entire body of work. There are no bird sounds in Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant Jésus, but, as the title suggests, he sets to music various aspects of the birth of Jesus in twenty meditations. This grand and imposing work, lasting over two hours, is right up pianist Bert Lasseel’s street.

Au Bain MIRY is a summer music festival featuring concerts by up-and-coming talent from KASK & Conservatorium during the Gentse Feesten. The concerts are free for students and staff of KASK & Conservatorium. We want to make the concerts accessible to everyone. For those who wish to contribute, we operate a Pay What You Can system: you choose how much to contribute – come for free or choose between a small, standard or support contribution.