Michael Schmid
Artistic advisor
Michael Schmid is a musician and flutist specializing in contemporary experimental music. A fixed member of the Belgian Ictus Ensemble and as freelancer he has worked with most of the major European New Music Ensembles as chamber musician and soloist.
Next to his activity as flutist he appears as performer of concrete poetry, builds sound installations and writes sound pieces. He has a profound interest in the politics and communication processes of music making.
His latest solo appearances and creations took place at Kunstenfestival des Arts (Brussels) with “Breathcore” (2016) and “Beat fucked Elf” (2016) and “Krạchal” (2016) at BEAF – Bozar Electronic Arts Festival, Brussels (2016).
Recent collaborations include projects with choreographer Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker (Rosas), Boris Charmatz, Jerôme Bel, Manon de Boer (documenta 13), Georges Aperghis, Brynjar Sigurdarson and the Lafayette Anticipation Foundation (Paris).
He has recorded for cyprès, HAT records, cpo, WERGO, Stradivarius and has appeared on television and radio.
Appears in
Soundwalk
2023
DON GIOVANNI'S INFERNO
2022
The Rise (Reiter / Vandevelde)
2022
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PREY [Kris Verdonck & Annelies Van Parys]
2022
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Einstein on the beach [Tour 2022]
2021
International Young Composers Academy in Ticino, 2021
2020
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Holding Present [Ula Sickle]
2020
SPEECH
2019
No Fluxus Room
2019
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Ictus invites #4: [ARK]
2019
LIVER
2018
Darker than Black (Extended)
2018
Pneuma (25th Anniversary Edition)
2018
Liquid Room VIII : PHRASES
2017
Horizons
2017
Deploratio
2017
Donaueschingen : 4 premieres
2017
23 rue Couperin
2016
Stockhausen ! (II)
2016
Stockhausen ! (I)
2016
ARS NOVISSIMA (WITH CLUBMEDIEVAL & MICHAEL LIBERG)
2016
Sound & Vision (Liquid Room VII)
2016
BREATHCORE
2016
Jardin Des Secrets (A Nocturnal Journey)
2016
American Lament (Ensemble Version)
2015
WET
2015
Welcome to Caveland !
2015
Aspern Suite (Salvatore Sciarrino)
2015
MARTA (Mitterer | Steinbuch | Lagarde)
2015
CERCLES (in San Fedele, Milano)
2013
This Is Not A Pop Song (II)
2013
Dada Solfège
2013
Liquid Room V (Subtilior)
2013
A History of Synchronicity (Liquid Room IV)
2012
Vortex Temporum (with Rosas)
2012
Liquid Room III : Darmstadt 2012
2011
Professor (Maud Le Pladec)
2011
This is Not a Pop Song (I), 2012
2011
Saint John ( Liquid Room 433, for John Cage)
2011
Michael Levinas : La Métamorphose (opera)
2010
Liquid Room II
2010
Brewaeys : dubbelconcerto (premiere)
2009
Subtiele Lichamen | Corps Subtils
2009
Laborintus II (with Mike Patton)
2009
Liquid Room I
2008
Labyrinth Ligeti
2008
Mnemosyne
2007
Ma's Sequence 8
2007
Wagner Dream
2006
Matra
2006
Blazek (2006)
2005
With Toshio Hosokawa (2005)
2004
Avis de Tempête
2003
An Index of Metals (Fausto Romitelli, Paolo Pachini)
