Context

In 2022, we will celebrate the 100th birthday of Toots Thielemans with a real ‘Toots Year’. Various events will take place in Belgium, including the immersive exhibition Toots 100. The Sound of a Belgian Legend, from 22 April 2022 until 31 August 2022 at KBR.

KBR will also host a colloquium devoted to research on and around Toots Thielemans. Besides the academic part, a special concert has been scheduled, in collaboration with the jazz departments of Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel and Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles.

We welcome all research into the various aspects of Toots Thielemans, his life, work, reception, and the multicultural contexts in which they took place. We encourage multidisciplinary approaches and a diversity of perspectives.

Programme

The full programme is now available for download (PDF file).

Practical information

• The languages of the conference are French, Dutch and English.
• Due to the covid-19 pandemic, virtual presentations (by video) are possible, but we encourage live presence of the participants.
• A publication will follow based on the conference presentations.

Organising committee

• Hugo Rodriguez (KBR)
• Hélène Sechehaye (Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles, ICTM Belgium)
• Matthias Heyman (UAntwerpen, IASPM Benelux)
• Géry Dumoulin (MIM)
• Anaïs Verhulst (Cemper, ICTM Belgium)
• Valérie Dufour (ULB, FNRS)
• Christophe Pirenne (ULiège, Académie royale de Belgique)
• Jeroen D’hoe (KULeuven, LUCA School of Arts)
• Henri Vanhulst (ULB, Académie royale de Belgique)

Academic committee

• Hugo Rodriguez (KBR)
• Hélène Sechehaye (Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles, ICTM Belgium)
• Matthias Heyman (UAntwerpen, IASPM Benelux)
• Géry Dumoulin (MIM)
• Marie Cornaz (KBR)
• Christophe Pirenne (ULiège, Académie royale de Belgique)
• Nicholas Cooper (University College, Dublin)
• Martin Guerpin (Université d’Évry-Val-d’Essonne, Paris-Saclay)