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Nicholas Lens | |
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| File:N. Lens (2007-Paris).jpg Nicholas Lens in Paris in 2007 | |
| Born | Nicholas Lens Noorenbergh 1957 (age 68–69) Ypres, Belgium |
| Occupations | Composer, librettist, author |
| Website | www |
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Nicholas Lens Noorenbergh (born 1957) is a Belgian composer of contemporary music, particularly known for his operas.[1][2] His work is published by Schott Music[1] and Mute Song[3] and distributed by Universal Music Group and Sony BMG. In 2020 Lens signed with Deutsche Grammophon. He lives alternately in Brussels and Venice,[4] and has one daughter, the Berlin-based painter Clara-Lane Lens[5][6]
Works
[edit | edit source]Operas
[edit | edit source]- Costello in limbo (Elizabeth Costello at the gate),[7][8] opera, world premiere 2028 at La Monnaie with libretto by John M. Coetzee in a staging by Barbora Horáková Joly and Allison Cook as soprano falcon in the title role [9]
- Is this the gate?,[10] chamber opera with libretto by J. M. Coetzee, world premiere at Adelaide Festival, Australia 2024
- L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S, trance-minimal chamber opera with libretto by Nick Cave, written and produced by Nicholas Lens & Nick Cave, release by Deutsche Grammophon 2021[11][12][13][14]
- Shell Shock, opera with libretto by Nick Cave, world premiere on 24 October 2014 at the Royal Theatre of La Monnaie[15][16][17][18]
- Slow Man,[19][20] opera with libretto by J. M. Coetzee based on his novel Slow Man,[21] world premiere on 5 July 2012 at the Malta Festival, Grand Theatre, Poznań[22][23][24][25][26][27][28]
Vocal and chamber music
[edit | edit source]- The Puppet Designer (Der Bashafer fun Marionetn) for baritone and chamber orchestra, live performance at UNESCO (The Power of Culture, Festival 18 June 1996), published by Schott Music 2006[29]
- Wired, theatrical chamber music for harp and soprano, premiered at Beijing, China on 5 December 2006.[2]
- The trilogy The Accacha Chronicles (2005),[30][31] for soprano, tenor, countertenor, mezzo-soprano, baritone, bass, male actor, small choir, mixed choir and chamber orchestra, Sony BMG 82876 66239 2, published by Schott Music[32]
- Flamma Flamma – The Fire Requiem (1994), Sony Classical SK 66293[33][34]
- Terra Terra – The Aquarius Era (1999), BMG Classics 74321 697182
- Amor Aeternus – Hymns of Love (2005), Sony BMG 82876 66238 2
- Orrori dell'Amore (1995) for soprano, baritone, counter tenor and chamber orchestra, CD release on Sony Classical (SK 62016), published by Schott Music.[35]
Study books
[edit | edit source]- 100 Etudes, Exercises and Simple Tonal Phrases for Piano (Volume I and volume II), published by Schott Music.[36]
- Venticinque Movimenti per Contrabbasso solo (25 Movements for solo double bass), published by Schott Music.[37]
Films and film scores
[edit | edit source]- The film (22 min.) Love Is the Only Master I'll Serve, premiered at the Brooklyn International Film Festival New York, June 2006, directing, script and music score[38]
- The soundtrack of Mein erstes Wunder, a film by Anne Wild, world premiere at Berlin International Film Festival, 2003[39]
- The soundtrack of ‘'Marie Antoinette is niet dood'’, a film by Irma Achten, world premiere at Rotterdam International Film Festival, 1996[40]
Novel publication
[edit | edit source]Nicholas Lens is the author of the novel (Dutch language) called Het bed van lucht released by Borgerhoff & Lamberights.[41]
Artistic residencies
[edit | edit source]- Academia Belgica, Rome 1 September 2021 – 31 January 2022[42]
- Geneva, Vandoeuvres, Fondation JAT - M.M., 6 residencies in 2023, 2024, 2025[43]
- Chang Mai, artistic residency at Prem Tinsulanonda - patronized by Mom Luang Tridhosyuth Devakul -, 2023 [44]
References
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- ^ https://www.bruzz.be/culture/music/nicholas-lens-aan-de-opera-met-nick-cave-2014-10-21
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- ^ https://www.opera-online.com/en/items/works/elizabeth-costello-in-limbo-coetzee-lens2028/
- ^ https://www.lamonnaiedemunt.be/en/news/3815-la-monnaie-to-create-an-opera-by-j-m-coetzee-2003-winner-of-the-nobel-prize-for-literature
- ^ https://www.rtbf.be/article/j-m-coetzee-prix-nobel-de-litterature-2003-ecrira-le-livret-d-une-creation-belge-a-la-monnaie-en-2028-11620391.
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- ^ Roszak, Joanna (July 2012). "And We Break Down Ourselves" Bi-Weekly, Polish National Audiovisual Institute
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Official website
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- Nicholas Lens at IMDb
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Categories:
- Belgian opera composers
- Belgian male opera composers
- Musicians from Ypres
- 20th-century Belgian classical composers
- 21st-century Belgian classical composers
- Belgian film score composers
- Belgian male film score composers
- Flemish composers
- Belgian writers
- Flemish writers
- 1957 births
- Postmodern artists
- Musicians from Brussels
- Living people
- Writers from Brussels
- Postmodern composers
- Composers from Venice
- 20th-century Italian male musicians
- 21st-century Italian male musicians