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Irma Bilbao

​Composer / Singer / Actress

Compositions Irma Bilbao

INSTRUMENTAL

OUD, VIOLA AND CONTRABASS
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  • Out of Oud for Viola: 2018 - Oud (Arabic Lute) - Contrabass / Contest selection for 'Fingerprints', 3rd edition in collaboration with Klara, Componisten Archipel Vlaanderen (Comav) & Kunstenloket (audio).  More information on 'Fingerprints': visit the website.

PIANO, VIOLIN AND CELLO
  • Spirto 3: 2010 / dedicated to Lieven Debrauwer & Danielle Baas / First Performance 'Femmes du monde, sur les traces de Chopin', Centre Armillaire, 1090 Bruxelles.
    Performed by Trio Européen: Elisabeth Deletaille, violin - Bruno Espiola, cello - André Grignard, piano.                                         International performance: 2011, Philharmonic society in Yekaterinburg / chamber hall. Russian première of Liszt-trio: Eugenie Markov, violin - Natalia Kabilkova, cello - Vladimir Ignatenko, piano. The 2011 concert was recorded by Oleg Vachrushev.
  • Impression of the concert by Canary Burton (Seabird Studio, US Radio): "I am still glowing about the whole concert. A major event in my musical life. The musicians were wonderful. Rather like our Carnegie Hall. A big hall and a chamber hall both with the huge posters. Nice audience too." (audio)
PIANO
  • A-musette 2014 
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  • April 2014 : Piano Album, dedicated to king Filip of Belgium. Click here for an excerpt.

  • Uit mijn wereldje: 1971 Performed in Belgium
  • Musette: 1971
  • Romance-Romana: 1972 Performances in Belgium, Bulgaria (2010), 13th International Festival ppIANISSIMO, recording at the National Radio of Sofia (audio). Françoise Vanhecke performs Romance Romana by Irma Bilbao (video 1), (video 2)
  • Bim Bam-Bim Bam, children's music: 1972
  • ​Study: 1972
  • Finger exercises: A 1972
  • Finger exercises B with variations: 1972
FOUR HANDS
  • Baasmusette: 2018 Osmose Festival, Espace Toots Evere, Brussels. First performed 1/12/18 by Sachiko Yoshida and Fabio Schinazi and at La Boverie / Liège (Belgium). (Video).
  • A-musette: 2014
  • Shadows: 2007 First Performance: Festival de Musique Belge Contemporaine EMERGENCE 2007, Péniche Equisonnance, Ittre (Belgium) Performed by Anne van den Bossche and Jean-Noë Remiche.

INSTRUMENTAL WITH VOICE

  • Covid 19-Coronasong: 2020 for voice and piano (acoustic version) (video).
  • Covid 19-Coronasong: 2020 for voice and orchestra (orchestral version)
    • video: Covid 19 - Coronasong (Spirto7)
    • video; Bouwstof vol muzieknoten - Coronasong
    • video: Artivirals - Coronasong
  •  World Choir Games-song (sing-along song): 2020 
  • ICVT-song (sing-along song): 2017 First performance ICVT (International Congress of Voice Teachers Stockholm 2017. (Video).
  • Pevoc-song (sing-along song): 2017
  • Spirto 5: 2017 for soprano, ISFV® voice, oceandrum, tape, robots and inhaling singing ISFV® choir & tape
  • Wednesday 24 September 2014 - 20h00, Logos Tetraeder, Bomastraat 24-26-28, 9000 GHENT. Smile (alto and voice (ISFV) (first performance) by Irma Bilbao. Performers: Alto: Dominica Eyckmans & Voice (ISFV): Françoise Vanhecke.
  • Evta-song for Belgium (sing-along song) 2014, written for voice(s) and piano by Irma Bilbao.
  • Little but... : 2013. T"M: Irma Bilbao. Including the first notations made especially for ISFV, Inhaling Singing by Françoise for voice (ISFV), Mini Dan Trung (bamboo xylophone), piano or + ad libitum strings such as cello, contrabass, basson, (bass)clarinet, bass-flute or robot (f.e. Klar, Horni, Fa, Heli, Bono) and laughtersack. First performance by Françoise Vanhecke and Katrijn Friant in December 2013. Click here for the music score.
  • Flexavoice for voice and flexatone: 2013 (including ISFV, Inhaling Singing by Françoise Vanhecke). First performance by Françoise Vanhecke at Ghent Logosfoundation in 2013 (Video).
  • Lascia ch'io pianga (Händel/Bilbao): 2006 for voice and piano.
  • Rencontre (mélodie): 2007 First Performance / France, for voice and piano.
  • Joyeux Anniversaire (mélodie): 2007 for voice, piano and bongo (or small percussion): First Performance / France.
  • 'Jong Bloed': 1995 / Text: Guido Gezelle for voice, piano and bongo. First Performance Radio Klara.
  • Ku Soko: 2003 for a solo performance. Text: Swahili. First Performance in Belgium, USA, Italy, Germany. Jacqueline Fontyn/Irma Bilbao, for voice, piano and bongo (or little percussion)​ (audio).
  • Spirto: 2005 (dedicated to Karmella Tsepkolenko), text: 'the Tyger' from William Blake & Irma Bilbao. First Performance for the 11th International Festival of Modern Art, April, 22-24, 2005, Odessa, Ukraine / 2D2N 'Two Days and Two Nights of New Music'. Performed by Françoise Vanhecke. For voice, bongo (or little percussion) and torch.
  • Smek: 2008 (dedicated to Stephan Vermeersch in memoriam Karlheinz Stockhausen) (audio), (video: Duo Phoenix performing Smek). First Performance at Logos Foundation/Gent/Belgium. Performed in Ukraine (International festival 2D2N Odessa), the Netherlands, Bulgary (13th International Festival of Contemporary Music/Bulgarian National Radio Concert Studio in Sofia, Lithuanya. For voice, Clarinet Sib, bongo (or little percussion) and torch.
  • Spirto 2: 2010 (dedicated to Milen Panayotov and Stephan Vermeersch) First Performance at the 13th International Festival of Contemporary music/Bulgarian National Radio Concert Studio in Sofia. For voice, piano, Clarinet Sib, bongo (or little percussion) and torch (audio).
  • Souterliedekens: 2011. An assignment as composer to re-invent the 150 'Souterliedekens' from Clemens non Papa, respecting the original cantus firmus and the Dutch language. (See also the website.) (Audio sample with voice); (instrumental audio fragment).

VOICE(S)

  • Bird song: 2014 for ISFV® voice.  Subtittle 1 minute piece /subtittle De Dode vogel implemented in the song De Dode vogel by Steef Verwée (CD”Oudenaarde”, een Hymne (2014)  (audio)
  • 2V2P (2 Voices, 2 Persons and 2 fingerwalking puppets: 2010 (for Moniek Darge & Françoise Vanhecke). First Performance, Logos Foundation Gent 2010. You Tube videos: poppentheater FraMon, Voice and hand puppets (Françoise Vanhecke & Katrijn Friant).
  • Roll Up (for 3 voices/performers): first performance at Performedia Festival 2011/Ponte Nossa in Italy.
  • Bossa Bama: voice poetry for 2 voice performers. Creation at the Audio Art Festival in Krakow 2012, in collaboration with Moniek Darge.

CHOIR MUSIC

  • Covid 19 - Coronasong (Spirto 7) for mixed choir: 2020
  • Spirto 6: 2020 for mixed choir (dedicated to the 2de Adem & Maarten Van Ingelgem): : "including extended vocal techniques”.
  • Patchwork: 2017 for ISFV® voice. Recording included in Spirto 5 (2017) Creation 21/06/17- Logos Foundation Ghent.
  • Kritsa - First performance: 2008 for SATB.

THEATRE MUSIC

  • Basta Diva: 2011 in collaboration with Lieven Debrauwer.
  • Club Medea 2005, theatre music for object theatre for soprano, voice and seadrum/Oceandrum. First Performance at the Internationaal Poppentheaterfestival in Belgium and the Netherlands, Germany, Indonesia and Austria. You Tube: Club Medea.

POETRY

  • Kunst: 2000.
  • Waar is Fleury Rose: 2001.
  • Over the Hills: 2007
  • Mai wei: 2013.
  • Laat me uitspatten: 2009 (exposition Zee).  www.ingedepraetere.be
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SOUNDSCAPE

  • East Crete, Mother Goddess (composed by Françoise Vanhecke/Moniek Darge): 2008-2009. First Performance was played at The Experimental Intermedia Foundation NYC. They (duo Framon) did a live performance at the International festival Colour out of Space in Brighton, Sallis Benney Theatre 2009/England (+ on CD 'Crete Soundies' Moniek Darge, edited by Kye, New York). First Performance in Belgium at Logos Foundation / Gent in 2010.
  • Gallop (a composition by Françoise Vanhecke and Moniek Darge) : 2011 First Performance on the occasion of the Concert at "ISSUE Project Room" in Brooklyn / New York, November 2011. Performance at the Audio Art Festival in Krakow / Poland (2012). 

IMPROVISATIONS

  • IMPRO MPAA: 2009 Auditorium Saint-Germain des Pres/ Paris/ France. Improvisations including ISFV.
  • Free Breeze: 2007 (together with Etienne Rolin) and many others used for contemporary performings and CD's. 

ELECTRO POP

  • Dona Nobis: all songs on AppleMusic 
  • Dona Nobis: complete album on Spotify
  • Dona Nobis CD (text & music project) together with Peter Clasen (MySpace Dona Nobis).
  • Dona Nobis - Live in concert - Compilation (video on You Tube)

ELECTRO & VOICE

​A Journey Into The Universe.
Music composed and arranged (score) by Pascal Coppé.
Vocals and improvisations by Soprano Dr. Françoise Vanhecke.
**Co-composed vocals and *vocal arrangements by Irma Bilbao

Part I
Our Solar System
Part II
Deep Space Exploration
1. The Sun* 1. Voyager I*
2. Mercury* 2. Exoplanets *
3. Venus* (ISFV® Inhaling Singing by Françoise Vanhecke) 3. Giant Stars*
4. Earth** – The moon 4. Galactic Centre*
5. Mars* 5. Black Hole** (ISFV® Inhaling Singing by Françoise Vanhecke)
(Video)
6. Jupiter – IO – Europa* 6. The Milky Way Galaxy**
7. Saturn – Titan* 7. Nebulas*
8. Uranus* 8. Galaxies*
9. Neptune* 9. Hubble Space Telescope*
10. Pluto* 10. End Credits*

​FILM / ANIMATION FILM MUSIC

  • 'OUT OF OUD FOR THE LAST SUPPER’: composition by Irma Bilbao for an Animation film. "THE LAST SUPPER” by Leo Reijnders. This is an animation film / International digital artproject - Muhka (Museum voor hedendaagse kunst van Antwerpen) 

Get In Touch

Contact: +32 (0)475 64 41 07
francoise.vanhecke@telenet.be ​
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