This project brings together a choir of 80 children and HERMESensemble directed by Steven Verhaert to create new works by young French and Belgian composers: Les Villes endormies by Karl Naegelen and Poppy by Hanne Deneire, both composed around the theme of peace.

Under the supervision of MUS- E Belgium, a bilingual artistic organization and member of the International Yehudi Menuhin Foundation, 80 children aged 11 to 14 have been working throughout the year to work on this project. MUS- E provides a Belgium-based platform for professional artists who express their artistic practice in co-creative projects for the educational, non-formal or lifelong learning sector. In this respect, the association coordinates the working sessions of the classes with the HERMESensemble to establish a long-term creative process and group dynamics based on openness and respect.

The HERMESensemble is an Antwerp-based collective for contemporary music and art. The repertoire and performance practice of the classical avant-garde are the starting points of the productions, but the ensemble consciously aims to cross artistic borders.

With children from the schools:

De Mozaïek, Schaerbeek
Les Jardins d'Elise, Ixelles

Flagey, HERMESensemble, MUS-E, Ulysses, Nice Price by BNP Paribas Fortis
With the support of the Cultural Program of the European Union.