Answer Songs
When you write a song in answer to an existing song, you get an answer song. Gerda Dendooven, Rokus Hofstede, Jef Neve, Corrie van Binsbergen, Peter Vandenberghe, Bruno Vansina, Peter Verhelst, Peter Vermeersch and Tom Wouters worked on lyrics and music for a dozen songs for FES. Among others, Esther Lybeert performs as singer.
Existing songs, susceptible to or screaming for an answer were longlisted (a.o. ‘Song to the Siren’, ‘Should I stay or should I go’, My funny Valentine’ and ‘Poupée de cire’). Style, age, language were of no importance. Usually the text was decisive, but also instrumental songs were considered. There were no limits to how close the adaptation had to refer to the original, the new composition didn’t even have to be in the same style. But new lyrics on an existing song were out of the question. The result had to be a completely autonomous song, and couldn’t depend on its reference to the original. The reference could go from 0 to 100 %, but it couldn’t become a cover-evening.
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Coproduction: Bonk vzw, KlaraFestival and deSingel.
Past dates
4 November 2009
Schouwburg Brugge, Belgium
3 November 2009
CC Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium
30 October 2009
Handelsbeurs, Ghent, Belgium
29 October 2009
Ab club, Brussels, Belgium
28 October 2009
De Singer, Rijkevorsel, Belgium
30 April 2009
CC Strombeek, Grimbergen, Belgium
10 January 2009
CC Mechelen, Mechelen, Belgium
03 October 2007
De Singel, Antwerpe, Belgium
15 September 2007
OdeGand, Ghent, Belgium
14 September 2007
KlaraFestival, Bozar, Brussels, Belgium (premiere)