Groslot & Stravinsky

Robert Groslot’s Concerto for Bass Guitar and Orchestra represents the next step in the evolution of the bass guitar. Groslot’s composition pushes the instrument to its technical limits while creating a unique symbiosis between the soloist and the orchestra. Soloist Thomas Fiorini: "The idea of a concerto for bass guitar is something that I have been dreaming of for decades. Since its invention, the instrument has firmly established itself as an essential and integral part of practically every genre of music. The bass guitar is now finally finding its way into contemporary classical music."

Writing Petrushka liberated Stravinsky: he found his own voice and self-confidence to deal with harmony and tonality in a radically different way. He mixed folk tunes, popular French chanson and Viennese waltzes in a colourful orchestration, used sharp dissonances and contrasting rhythms, making the orchestra sound like a gigantic accordion one minute and a balalaika the next. A real tour de force and the creation of the exciting and unprecedented soundscape with which Stravinsky would change the world forever.

['tactus] Young Composers Forum gives young composers the opportunity to develop their craftsmanship together with orchestras.The composition 'Aeolian dust' of the 26-year-old American composer Natalie Dietterich was selected the eighth edition of ['tactus] (2019) to be performed by Brussels Philharmonic.Performance Today described her music as “pulsatingly beautiful and moving”: The 26-year-old Natalie Dietterich is a composer, violinist and vocalist from Harleysville, PA, and is known for her orchestral and choir music, her rhythmic stratification, and her creative use of unconventional texts.

Flagey, Brussels Philharmonic, [‘tactus]