BL!NDMAN [strings]

In April 2008, 4 young musicians of the Antwerp Conservatory take part at a BL!NDMAN-workshop for string quartet (in collaboration with Fraçois Deppe) and are being selected to work for 2 years with the BL!NDMAN-collective, as part of the BL!NDMAN- educational projects.

As the educational project ends in June 2011, the musicians of BL!NDMAN [strings] become permanent members of the BL!NDMAN-collective.

In September 2009, their first production has its premiere at the Ruhrtriennale: Teorema, a collaboration with Toneelgroep Amsterdam, directed by Ivo van Hove and with music by Eric Sleichim. In June 2010 the same production is presented at the Lincoln Center Festival in New York.
In October 2009 BL!NDMAN [strings] presents their program Eclectic at Studio 1 of the Flagey (Brussels).
From January 2010 on, BL!NDMAN [strings] presents Kwadratur #2/Transfo together with the other BL!NDMAN-quartets and in autumn 2010 Totem, a production for 8 turntables, is created together with the four percussionists of BL!NDMAN [drums].
In April 2011, BL!NDMAN [strings] is featuring in the new show Virus on the Dutch Radio 4; the program is, apart from being broadcasted on the radio, also streamed live on the internet.
For the season 2011-12, BL!NDMAN [strings] presents in October 2011 an American program: Requiem for Adam, as part of the Scoop-concerts at Concertgebouw Brugge. In 2012, Kwadratur #3/Cube and Cross Talks are scheduled, both productions by the entire BL!NDMAN-collective.

BL!NDMAN (strings] has followed masterclasses with the Altenberg Trio, Qasalq Quartett and the Henschel Quarttett.

(update: 15/9/2011)