FESTA DO JAZZ 2026 | FES
Live music 20€
Wednesday 4 November · 22:15
To mark the centenary of John Coltrane's birth, the Flat Earth Society Orchestra performs 'The Coltrane Mutations', deconstructing and reinventing Coltrane classics through its eccentric, experimental orchestral language alongside new compositions touched by the 'Trane virus'.
Synopsis In 2026, John Coltrane would have turned 100. To mark the centenary of one of the most influential figures in the history of jazz, the Flat Earth Society Orchestra (FES) accepted the invitation from Bozar to dive into Coltrane's musical universe and create a tribute worthy of his work — free, restless and impossible to catalogue. In The Coltrane Mutations, FES approaches Coltrane's legacy from its own territory: an eccentric, unpredictable orchestral universe, deeply rooted in experimentation. His classics are deconstructed, reinvented and traversed by the orchestra's singular language, alongside new compositions contaminated by the so-called 'Trane virus'. Coltrane was a tireless explorer. Throughout his career, he defied conventions, expanded the possibilities of jazz and continually sought new forms of expression. It is precisely that restlessness — the desire to question, search and move into unknown territories — that brings his work close to the identity of the Flat Earth Society Orchestra. The result is much more than a conventional tribute. The Coltrane Mutations is a meeting between two free spirits: that of a musician who radically transformed the language of jazz and that of an orchestra that continues to challenge the boundaries between composition, improvisation, jazz and contemporary music. Intense, spiritual and borderless, Coltrane's music takes on new forms in FES's hands, in a celebration at once respectful and irreverent. A concert where the past is not simply revisited, but set in motion — transformed, expanded and returned to the present. Artistic credits Piano and Keyboard Peter Vandenberghe Double Bass Cyrille Obermüller Drums Gert-Jan Dreessen Guitar Maarten Flamand Vibraphone Wim Segers Bass Clarinet Rob Banken and Martí Melià Margaño Alto Saxophone Benjamin Boutreur Tenor Saxophone Michel Mast Baritone Saxophone and Flute Bruno Vansina Trumpet Bart Maris and Pauline Leblond Trombone Peter Delannoye and Marc Meeuwissen Tuba Berlinde Deman Production Associação Sons da Lusofonia Additional information The Fundação Centro Cultural de Belém reserves the right to capture, store and use image, sound and voice recordings, for the purpose of disseminating and preserving the memory of its cultural and artistic activities as well as its venues. For any further clarification, use the email address Prices Stalls - 20€ Left Side - 20€ Right Side - 20€ Wheelchair Seats and Companion | Stalls - 20€ Discounts CCB Card 2-Concert Pack Discount Unemployed Student Groups + 20PAX Over 65 Under 30 Person w/ Specific Needs Show Professional