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Ranges of Robustness Tour
Belgian composer Wim Mertens is an international recording and performing artist who has given countless concerts as a soloist and with his ensemble, all over Europe, North, Central America, Japan, Thailand and in Russia. After performing the Inescapable Tour (1980-2020) in which composer Wim Mertens celebrated his 40-year-long career, the acclaimed musician returns to Madrid to perform his new album Ranges of Robustness.
His repertoire consists of new songs that will premiere for the first time in the Netherlands, as well as a selection of his most emblematic songs such as Humility, Close Cover, Far, The Scene or Struggle for Pleasure. He will also perform more recent songs such as Glossary Raisonné, On the Zephyrous Peak and Sappho. www.wimmertens.com
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Dirk
March 8th 2023
Very beautiful and inspiring concert. He played with a cellist and violinist.
Da Groningen, Netherlands@De Oosterpoort
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Wim Mertens Biography
Wim Mertens started his career in 1980 after working as a musicologist and radio producer. His first release For Amusement Only consists only of the sound of pinball machines.
This album was followed by At Home-Not at Home(1981), Vergessen (1982), Struggle for Pleasure (1983) and Maximizing the Audience in 1984.
Over the past 40 years Mertens developed his musical output into a carefully crafted personal language, writing for different ensembles. He has also composed for vocals and for symphonic orchestra.
Today Mertens has more than 70 albums to his name, the music which he regularly performs live throughout Europe, North and Central America, Japan, Thailand and Russia.
In 2019, he released the album Inescapable, a limited-edition box set that provides an overview of four decades of composition (1980-2020).
This release was followed by The Gaze of the West (2020), Heroides (2022), Voice of the Living (2023) and Ranges of Robustness (2024).
In his new opus 'Ranges of Robustness', Mertens explores the numerous forms and degrees of the notion of 'robustness’.
In only nine compositions all-or at least many-variants are presented “in the way that our time requires”, in the words of the composer.
The contemporary symphonic approach is in line with today's robust challenges. The first single 'Polytics' was released on May 3, 2024.
www.wimmertens.com
Read MoreThis album was followed by At Home-Not at Home(1981), Vergessen (1982), Struggle for Pleasure (1983) and Maximizing the Audience in 1984.
Over the past 40 years Mertens developed his musical output into a carefully crafted personal language, writing for different ensembles. He has also composed for vocals and for symphonic orchestra.
Today Mertens has more than 70 albums to his name, the music which he regularly performs live throughout Europe, North and Central America, Japan, Thailand and Russia.
In 2019, he released the album Inescapable, a limited-edition box set that provides an overview of four decades of composition (1980-2020).
This release was followed by The Gaze of the West (2020), Heroides (2022), Voice of the Living (2023) and Ranges of Robustness (2024).
In his new opus 'Ranges of Robustness', Mertens explores the numerous forms and degrees of the notion of 'robustness’.
In only nine compositions all-or at least many-variants are presented “in the way that our time requires”, in the words of the composer.
The contemporary symphonic approach is in line with today's robust challenges. The first single 'Polytics' was released on May 3, 2024.
www.wimmertens.com
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