For over twenty years, the Foundation of the Swiss Violin Making School has honoured renowned artists with the «Golden Bow» for outstanding achievements. The winner of the Golden Bow 2024 is Meret Lüthi, violinist and artistic director of the early music orchestra «Les Passions de l'Âme».
During Musica Divina, she will perform with Les Passions de l'Âme in Geel on Thursday 26 September 2024.
The Canadian ensemble Constantinople, consisting of Kiya Tabassian and Patrick Graham, will be guests for 2 days during Musica Divina. In Lier, they join forces with Benedicte Maurseth in Nordic Lights in Persian Sky. The following day, in Heist-op-den-Berg, Ablaye Cissoko joins the duo in Jardins migrateurs. This special concert will be recorded and broadcast by radio Klara.
On the occasion of Musica Divina, a selection of visual scores by Frie J. Jacobs will be presented at the Galerie Wouter De Bruyckere in Antwerp. Several of the scores will be performed live at 16:30 by Floris De Rycker (lute) and Sebastian Enriques (accordion). They will also feature at Musica Divina: on 18 September at the public psychiatric care centre in Geel, on 19 September at Averbode Abbey (fully booked) and on 22 September at Postel Abbey.