Werkplaats Walter

Werkplaats Walter Werkplaats Walter is a work and performance place for creative art and music in Brussels.

With the support of the Flemish Government and the Flemish Community Commission. Currently, we have some workspaces available for artists and creative professionals; More info: https://www.werkplaatswalter.be/news/2025-11-14-gedeelde-atelierruimtes-beschikbaar-vanaf-1-december/

Last call // Werkplaats Walter will be the guest editor for the next issue of Jazz & Mo' magazine (publication in Octobe...
24/08/2026

Last call // Werkplaats Walter will be the guest editor for the next issue of Jazz & Mo' magazine (publication in October), with a focus on Brussels. We're compiling a handy up-to-date jazz map with the best spots for jazz & improvised music in the capital. Help us out, so we don't forget anything!

Send us your favorites here:
https://acesse.one/17o6ucc

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—น // Beautiful sounds at Walter today, with ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ (mridangam/percussion), ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ถ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—บ (vio...
19/08/2026

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—น // Beautiful sounds at Walter today, with ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ (mridangam/percussion), ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ถ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—บ (violin) and ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜‚ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฎ (flute/soprano saxophone).

19/08/2026

๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ // Wondering who's working at Walter nowadays? A while ago, Lieven Van Assche came over to make some photos and short clips. Meet ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, an all-rounder who found his spot here.

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ // The past season, we hosted a series of ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ & ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†-sessions, that turned into explosions of c...
14/08/2026

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ // The past season, we hosted a series of ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ & ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†-sessions, that turned into explosions of creativity, with improvised music and visual art. The first of two sets consisted of smaller line-ups, the second one evolved organically and was open to anyone willing to join in. For several of these events, the audience was invited to join 'Walter artists' ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒฬ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ and ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€ in translating the music into drawings, sketches and paintings, from abstract to figurative.
Entrance during these nights was free, but those attending could donate for a good cause.

๐Ÿ”˜ a huge thanks to curator ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜, for bringing together ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ from the thriving Brussels scene, but also from abroad
๐Ÿ”˜ thank you as well to the ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜ for their valuable and appreciated support
๐Ÿ”˜ the audience donated ๐Ÿญ.๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฏโ‚ฌ, which was transferred to ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฏ (๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ & ๐—•๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ), ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ and ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—จ๐—ธ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ
๐Ÿ”˜ thank you to photographer ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜‚ for being a most excellent witness
๐Ÿ”˜ and of course: thank you to ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, the sense of community and creativity during these nights was beautiful!

And... we're picking up the series in our ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป. More about that soon!

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๐Ÿ”˜ For more info about the organisations:
https://karama-solidarity.be/fr/
https://www.fondationmariusjacob.org/en/marius-jacob-fondation/
https://www.instagram.com/sudan_solidarity_network/
https://www.instagram.com/brussels4palestine
https://mamasforafrica.be/en/
https://www.beforua.be/

๐Ÿ”˜ More of Laurent Orseau's photos at Walter
https://lorseau.hinah.com/venue-concert/Werkplaats+Walter

Karama Solidarity - Islamic Relief Belgium - Mamas for Africa - Fondation Marius Jacob - 1070 Anderlecht - Laurent Orseau

Residency // Today, we welcomed ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฝ and Coline Cornรฉlis at Werkplaats Walter. This week, these two composers and...
10/08/2026

Residency // Today, we welcomed ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฝ and Coline Cornรฉlis at Werkplaats Walter. This week, these two composers and sound artists will create a hybrid concert installation centred on resonance. The results can be experienced during the Total Immersion Festival at Bozar in January 2027. More about this soon! ๐ŸŒ€

Exploring a part of Cureghem, and an excellent lunch at Cultureghem with SLRB - BGHM.Now back to work at Walter. โ˜€๏ธ     ...
09/07/2026

Exploring a part of Cureghem, and an excellent lunch at Cultureghem with SLRB - BGHM.
Now back to work at Walter. โ˜€๏ธ

Another recording session, with Erwin Deleux (piano) and Cyrille Obermรผller (sound). And coffee. Lots of coffee. ๐ŸŽนโ˜•     ...
29/06/2026

Another recording session, with Erwin Deleux (piano) and Cyrille Obermรผller (sound). And coffee. Lots of coffee. ๐ŸŽนโ˜•

A horn from 1938, Walterโ€™s own August Fรถrster piano, a bunch of microphones. Tom Bourgeois, Yu-Ting Li and sound enginee...
24/06/2026

A horn from 1938, Walterโ€™s own August Fรถrster piano, a bunch of microphones. Tom Bourgeois, Yu-Ting Li and sound engineer Johannes Bellinck in the house for a recording session. ๐ŸŽถ

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ // This was the last double bill of our past concert season. Magnificent music by ๐—˜๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ž๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ธ and ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ...
18/06/2026

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ // This was the last double bill of our past concert season. Magnificent music by ๐—˜๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ž๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ธ and ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—™๐—ผ๐—น๐—ธ ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ (w/ Ches Smith and Chris Corsano). The images speak for themselves.

๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฃ: Check out Wooley's new album with ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—œ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฑ. It's another stunner:
https://outofyourheadrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-silence-opens

๐Ÿ“ท by Laurent Orseau ๐Ÿ™

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