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Thomas Smetryns

Thomas Smetryns studied composition at the Ghent Conservatoire. As a composer, he is immensely interested in the search for a new, experimental musical practice which is rooted in a historical or social consciousness. A broad range of instruments is used in his projects (from ophicleide to electronics to turntables) as well as a wide variety of performers (professionally schooled classical musicians, improvisers, amateurs and youngsters).


Even in his activities as a DJ (only with 78 rpm records), setting the musical past in a contemporary context is central to his work. He often employs alternative notation systems (relative notation, graphic scores) in his pieces as an implementation of this basic principle.

Since 2008 he has been collaborating with LOD. He wrote the music for The Devil Bedevilled, commissioned by LOD, as well as a contribution to Lecture Songs 1 and 2. In 2013 he also composed for the music for the LOD production The Incredible Changes of Mister Afzal (we won’t mention his glass leg). February 2015 saw the premiere of the LODproduction Snow, Smetryns' first joint venture with Inne Goris. In 2016 he created the production Paradis together with Hof van Eede and in 2017 he composed the music for the LODproduction In between violet & green in collaboration with Atelier Bildraum. At Oerol Festival 2019, 15 419ft, a collaboration with Post Uit Hessdalen, premiered on the beach. In 2019, as long as we are playing, his first collaboration with kabinet k, premiered at hetpaleis. In 2021, Thomas joined forces with Lies Pauwels for the first time for Pleidooi voor de Zonde. The same year, he composed the music for Ophelia by Inne Goris, a co-production by LOD, hetpaleis and Opera Ballet Vlaanderen. 

In November 2023, Thomas presents the LOD production Hink Stap Spring together with director Inne Goris and author Pieter Delfosse. It is a unique collaboration between children and adults, because young and old go all the way together: from the text to the music, from the technique to the photography. The result is a joint quest for growing up, being a child, being the boss and setting boundaries.

 

Productions

  • Hink Stap Spring

    LOD / Inne Goris
    Sat 4 Nov - Wed 19 Feb
    4 Nov
    -
    19 Feb
    Dates
    • 2 Dec
      13:40
      On tour,
      CC De Spil - Roeselare (BE)
      Tickets
    • 17 Feb
      10:00
      schoolvoorstelling
      in, Gent
      Ha Concerts, Gent (BE)
      Tickets
    • 19 Feb
      14:00
      in, Gent
      Ha Concerts, Gent (BE)
      Tickets
    • 4 Nov
      19:00
      LOD Studio, Gent (BE)
      LOD
      Past event
    • 5 Nov
      15:00
      LOD Studio, Gent (BE)
      LOD
      Past event
    • 5 Nov
      19:00
      LOD Studio, Gent (BE)
      LOD
      Past event
    • 7 Nov
      10:00
      Schoolvoorstelling - mail naar tickets@lod.be
      LOD Studio, Gent (BE)
      LOD
      Past event
    • 7 Nov
      14:00
      Schoolvoorstelling - mail naar tickets@lod.be
      LOD Studio, Gent (BE)
      LOD
      Past event
    • 8 Nov
      10:00
      Schoolvoorstelling - mail naar tickets@lod.be
      LOD Studio, Gent (BE)
      LOD
      Past event
    • 9 Nov
      10:00
      Schoolvoorstelling - mail naar tickets@lod.be
      LOD Studio, Gent (BE)
      LOD
      Past event
    • 10 Nov
      19:30
      On tour,
      CC Westrand - Dilbeek (BE)
      Past event
    • 2 Dec
      19:00
      On tour,
      CC Berchem (BE)
      Past event
    • 10 Dec
      17:00
      On tour,
      CC De Spil - Roeselare (BE)
      Past event
    • 8 Feb
      13:30
      On tour,
      hetpaleis - Antwerp (BE)
      Past event
    • 9 Feb
      10:00
      On tour,
      hetpaleis - Antwerp (BE)
      Past event
    • 9 Feb
      13:30
      On tour,
      hetpaleis - Antwerp (BE)
      Past event
    • 10 Feb
      15:15
      On tour,
      hetpaleis - Antwerp (BE)
      Past event
    • 15 Feb
      14:00 - 15:00
      On tour,
      Krokusfestival, Hasselt (BE)
      Past event
    • 15 Feb
      17:00 - 18:00
      On tour,
      Krokusfestival, Hasselt (BE)
      Past event
    • 28 Apr
      17:00
      On tour,
      Leietheater - Deinze (BE)
      Past event

  • Pleidooi voor de Zonde

    Lies Pauwels & Thomas Smetryns
    Thu 12 Aug - Fri 27 Aug
    in, Gent
    Bijloke Wonderland - Buitenpodium - Ghent (BE)
    12 Aug
    -
    27 Aug
    Past event
    • 12 Aug
      12:00 - 13:00
      BIJLOKE WONDERLAND 2021
      in, Gent
      Bijloke Wonderland - Buitenpodium - Ghent (BE)
      Past event
    • 13 Aug
      12:00 - 13:00
      BIJLOKE WONDERLAND 2021
      in, Gent
      Bijloke Wonderland - Buitenpodium - Ghent (BE)
      Past event
    • 19 Aug
      12:00 - 13:00
      BIJLOKE WONDERLAND 2021
      in, Gent
      Bijloke Wonderland - Buitenpodium - Ghent (BE)
      Past event
    • 26 Aug
      12:00 - 13:00
      BIJLOKE WONDERLAND 2021
      in, Gent
      Bijloke Wonderland - Buitenpodium - Ghent (BE)
      Past event
    • 27 Aug
      12:00 - 13:00
      BIJLOKE WONDERLAND 2021
      in, Gent
      Bijloke Wonderland - Buitenpodium - Ghent (BE)
      Past event

  • as long as we are playing (8+)

    kabinet k, LOD & hetpaleis / kabinet k & Thomas Smetryns
    Fri 1 Nov - Sat 21 Aug
    1 Nov
    -
    21 Aug
    Past event
    • 1 Nov
      19:00
      Premiere
      On tour,
      hetpaleis - Antwerp (BE)
      Past event
    • 3 Nov
      15:00
      On tour,
      hetpaleis - Antwerp (BE)
      Past event
    • 7 Nov
      10:00
      For schools
      On tour,
      hetpaleis - Antwerp (BE)
      Past event
    • 7 Nov
      13:30
      For schools
      On tour,
      hetpaleis - Antwerp (BE)
      Past event
    • 8 Nov
      19:00
      On tour,
      hetpaleis - Antwerp (BE)
      Past event
    • 9 Nov
      19:00
      On tour,
      hetpaleis - Antwerp (BE)
      Past event
    • 10 Nov
      15:00
      On tour,
      hetpaleis - Antwerp (BE)
      Past event
    • 12 Nov
      10:00
      For schools
      On tour,
      hetpaleis - Antwerp (BE)
      Past event
    • 12 Nov
      13:30
      For schools
      On tour,
      hetpaleis - Antwerp (BE)
      Past event
    • 16 Nov
      20:00
      LOD Studio, Gent (BE)
      LOD
      Past event
    • 17 Nov
      15:00
      LOD Studio, Gent (BE)
      LOD
      Past event
    • 20 Nov
      20:00
      LOD Studio, Gent (BE)
      LOD
      Past event
    • 23 Nov
      20:00
      LOD Studio, Gent (BE)
      LOD
      Past event
    • 24 Nov
      15:00
      LOD Studio, Gent (BE)
      LOD
      Past event
    • 29 Nov
      19:00
      On tour,
      Le Grand Bleu, Lille (FR)
      Past event
    • 30 Nov
      18:00
      On tour,
      Le Grand Bleu, Lille (FR)
      Past event
    • 5 Jan
      15:00
      On tour,
      C-mine Cultuurcentrum - Genk (BE)
      Past event
    • 6 Jan
      10:00
      for schools
      On tour,
      C-mine Cultuurcentrum - Genk (BE)
      Past event
    • 6 Jan
      13:30
      for schools
      On tour,
      C-mine Cultuurcentrum - Genk (BE)
      Past event
    • 12 Jan
      15:00
      On tour,
      Leietheater - Deinze (BE)
      Past event
    • 19 Jan
      14:00
      On tour,
      de Warande - Turnhout (BE)
      Past event
    • 9 Feb
      16:00
      On tour,
      Theater Rotterdam (NL)
      Past event
    • 14 Feb
      20:30
      On tour,
      de Brakke Grond - Amsterdam (NL)
      Past event
    • 15 Feb
      19:00
      On tour,
      de Brakke Grond - Amsterdam (NL)
      Past event
    • 21 Feb
      19:00
      On tour,
      De Velinx, Tongeren (BE)
      Past event
    • 22 Feb
      19:30
      On tour,
      CC De Herbakker - Eeklo (BE)
      Past event
    • 25 Feb
      19:30
      On tour,
      Krokusfestival, Hasselt (BE)
      Past event
    • 6 Mar
      20:00
      On tour,
      CC De Schakel - Waregem (BE)
      Past event
    • 21 Mar
      19:00
      On tour,
      La Villette - Paris (FR)
      Past event
    • 22 Mar
      16:00
      On tour,
      La Villette - Paris (FR)
      Past event
    • 23 Mar
      10:00
      for schools
      On tour,
      La Villette - Paris (FR)
      Past event
    • 23 Mar
      14:30
      for schools
      On tour,
      La Villette - Paris (FR)
      Past event
    • 26 Mar
      19:00
      On tour,
      STUK - Leuven (BE)
      Past event
    • 27 Mar
      14:00
      for schools
      On tour,
      STUK - Leuven (BE)
      Past event
    • 27 Mar
      19:00
      On tour,
      STUK - Leuven (BE)
      Past event
    • 3 Apr
      20:00
      On tour,
      CC Sint-Niklaas (BE)
      Past event
    • 5 Apr
      17:00
      On tour,
      Tweetakt - Utrecht (NL)
      Past event
    • 9 Apr
      19:30
      On tour,
      CC De Werft - Geel (BE)
      Past event
    • 16 Apr
      17:00
      On tour,
      Centre André Malraux - Haezebrouck (FR)
      Past event
    • 17 Apr
      19:00
      On tour,
      Centre André Malraux - Haezebrouck (FR)
      Past event
    • 18 Apr
      17:00
      On tour,
      Centre André Malraux - Haezebrouck (FR)
      Past event
    • 26 Apr
      15:00
      On tour,
      CC De Factorij - Zaventem (BE)
      Past event
    • 15 Jul
      19:00
      On tour,
      Think Big Festival - München (DE)
      Past event
    • 16 Jul
      13:00
      On tour,
      Think Big Festival - München (DE)
      Past event
    • 13 Feb
      20:00
      On tour,
      CC Lier (BE)
      Past event
    • 21 Mar
      20:00
      On tour,
      CC De Spil - Roeselare (BE)
      Past event
    • 26 Mar
      20:00
      On tour,
      CC Nova - Wetteren (BE)
      Past event
    • 24 Apr
      20:00
      On tour,
      CC Ter Vesten - Beveren (BE)
      Past event
    • 20 Aug
      20:30 - 22:00
      BIJLOKE WONDERLAND 2021
      in, Gent
      Bijloke Wonderland - Buitenpodium - Ghent (BE)
      Past event
    • 21 Aug
      20:30 - 22:00
      BIJLOKE WONDERLAND 2021
      in, Gent
      Bijloke Wonderland - Buitenpodium - Ghent (BE)
      Past event

  • Ophelia

    LOD, hetpaleis & Opera Ballet Vlaanderen / Inne Goris
    coproduction Silbersee & SPECTRA
    Wed 29 Sep - Mon 13 Dec
    29 Sep
    -
    13 Dec
    Past event
    • 29 Sep
      19:00
      Première
      On tour,
      hetpaleis - Antwerp (BE)
      Past event
    • 30 Sep
      20:00
      On tour,
      hetpaleis - Antwerp (BE)
      Past event
    • 1 Oct
      19:00
      On tour,
      hetpaleis - Antwerp (BE)
      Past event
    • 2 Oct
      19:00
      On tour,
      hetpaleis - Antwerp (BE)
      Past event
    • 3 Oct
      15:00
      On tour,
      hetpaleis - Antwerp (BE)
      Past event
    • 28 Oct
      10:30
      in, Gent
      Opera Ballet Vlaanderen - Gent (BE)
      Past event
    • 28 Oct
      13:30
      in, Gent
      Opera Ballet Vlaanderen - Gent (BE)
      Past event
    • 29 Oct
      19:00
      in, Gent
      Opera Ballet Vlaanderen - Gent (BE)
      Past event
    • 30 Oct
      19:00
      in, Gent
      Opera Ballet Vlaanderen - Gent (BE)
      Past event
    • 31 Oct
      15:00
      in, Gent
      Opera Ballet Vlaanderen - Gent (BE)
      Past event
    • 2 Nov
      15:00
      in, Gent
      Opera Ballet Vlaanderen - Gent (BE)
      Past event
    • 2 Nov
      19:00
      in, Gent
      Opera Ballet Vlaanderen - Gent (BE)
      Past event
    • 3 Nov
      15:00
      in, Gent
      Opera Ballet Vlaanderen - Gent (BE)
      Past event
    • 3 Nov
      19:00
      in, Gent
      Opera Ballet Vlaanderen - Gent (BE)
      Past event
    • 11 Dec
      17:00
      On tour,
      CC Westrand - Dilbeek (BE)
      Past event
    • 11 Dec
      19:30
      On tour,
      CC Westrand - Dilbeek (BE)
      Past event
    • 12 Dec
      11:00
      On tour,
      CC Westrand - Dilbeek (BE)
      Past event
    • 12 Dec
      15:00
      On tour,
      CC Westrand - Dilbeek (BE)
      Past event
    • 13 Dec
      11:00
      School performance
      On tour,
      CC Westrand - Dilbeek (BE)
      Past event
    • 13 Dec
      13:30
      School performance
      On tour,
      CC Westrand - Dilbeek (BE)
      Past event

  • In between violet and green

    LOD / Atelier Bildraum (Steve Salembier & Charlotte Bouckaert)
    Thu 10 Oct - Thu 7 May
    10 Oct
    -
    7 May
    Past event
    • 10 Oct
      20:30
      On tour,
      CC Westrand - Dilbeek (BE)
      Past event
    • 5 May
      20:30
      On tour,
      Maillon - Strasbourg (FR)
      Past event
    • 6 May
      20:30
      On tour,
      Maillon - Strasbourg (FR)
      Past event
    • 7 May
      20:30
      On tour,
      Maillon - Strasbourg (FR)
      Past event