Discover Antwerp through creativity

Spotlight on diversity in music

 

17-19 November 2020, 21:00-22:00
Inspiring talks, performances by Belgian city Antwerp's bands and a glimpse behind the scenes of iconic locations
In 2014, This is Antwerp, a campaign by Visit Antwerp, launched the annual D.A.T.E (Discover Antwerp Through Experience) meeting. Every year creative talents from Antwerp are brought together with international guests. This year, there will be no physical meeting but there will be inspiring talks, live performances and reports which offer a glimpse behind the scenes of iconic locations.

On Tuesday 17, Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 November, from 9 pm to 10 pm, you can experience it all via www.thisisantwerp.be. Viewers from both home and abroad will be immersed in free content regarding the comings and goings of Antwerp's music scene. The programme is accessible both live and later on the This is Antwerp YouTube channel

With a special focus in diversity in music, the large European city wants to use their influence to discuss solutions to the unbalance internationally. The mics are given to the founder of Belgium's slam poetry Elisabeth Severino Fernandes, multi-disciplinary artist and LGBT activist Jaouad Alloul, master student with an upcoming thesis on the challenges of female musicians in the western world, Eline Cote, and artist manager, consultant and public speaker Dennis de Groot.

Programme

 

Tuesday 17 November

Antwerp Dance Legacy & international careers

Lola Haro (DJ - StuBru - Paradise City Festival)

Hans Machiels (DJ Murdock – Rampage)

Nikolai Pascual (WeAreVarious - USA import – MIKA, Middelheim Museum)

JD Twitch

Performance:

Borokov

Reports:

Festivals with Yves Massignani (Contrair) and Jim Van Eupen & Matthieu Bosmans (Klub Dramatik)

Wally’s Groove World with Koen Van Immerseel

 

Wednesday 18 November

Gentrification and biases in music, it’s a white white world … isn’t it?

Elisabeth Severino Fernandes - Mama’s Open Mic

Jaouad Alloul – theatre director & singer

Eline Cote - musician - Virago Symphonic Orchestra

Dennis de Groot - manager

Performance:

Hantrax

Reports:

Studio 2020 with Salahdine Ibnou Kacemi

Promoters with Beldeschocht, Soulful Sessions, Sweaty Palms

 

Thursday 19 November

Crossovers, when art and performance meet music

Nick Bril (DJ and chef from restaurant The Jane)

Marcel Vanthilt (journalist, singer & media creator)

Katrin Lohmann (actress & drama therapist - Radio Begijnenstraat)

Performance:

Toxic Shock

Reports:

Opera Royal Ballet Flanders with Kristie Su and Tiemen Bormans

Royal Conservatory Antwerp with Jeroen Malaise

Why Antwerp?

In the city, around 1 in 6 companies work in the creative business with as many as 18,000 professionals. It's not just famous names such as Van Dyck, the "Antwerp Six", Jan Fabre and Tomorrowland who found a creative basis in Antwerp; emerging innovators feel perfectly at home in this port city too. With the annual D.A.T.E. project, This is Antwerp endeavours to showcase talented people on an international stage and, in turn, convince young creatives to put Antwerp on their 'must visit' list.