For musicians
A collaboration, not a booking
You have an idea, we have the places: abbeys, chapels, a music museum and the Merode landscape. You spend a week there in residency, play the premiere on one of our stages and then play on, with us and elsewhere. It all starts with a conversation, not a contract.
From residency to premiere, and beyond
A conversation
You tell us what you want to make. We find the place that fits.
A week’s residency
In an abbey, a museum or the landscape, with accommodation and technical support.
The premiere
At one of our festivals or series, recorded in sound and image, with programmers in the audience.
Playing on
With us and elsewhere. If you like, we book your creation too.
Our creation venues
- Park Abbey, Leuven
- Duos and soloists work on new repertoire, with a premiere at Park Festival or during the Park Sessions.
- Averbode Abbey
- Women’s voices under the abbey vaults, with a concert on site.
- In collaboration with Museum Vleeshuis, Antwerp
- Each creation starts from an instrument or a story in the museum’s collection. The residency venue is still to be decided.
- The Wolfsdonk Pond
- Music inspired by the nature of the landscape park, with a premiere at Merodefestival.
- A large holiday house in the Merode landscape park
- A Flemish musician meets an international guest, with a premiere at Merodefestival.
Who has been in residence with us
2026
Hartwin & the Unfolders
Nieuw materiaal
Park Festival 2026, Merodefestival 2026
Triveni (met Barbara Ardénois)
In residentie
Park Festival 2026
Bipolar Bows × Vinayak Nettke & Sabiha Khan (India)
Twee residenties
Merodefestival 2026
MOTYK × Sathanao (Georgië)
Crossroads
Merodefestival 2026
Sara Salvérius
Schrijfresidentie Adem
Park Festival 2027
2025
Airboxes × Eilidh Shaw, Ross Martin & Amy Henderson (SCO)
Highland Harmonies
Première Merodefestival 2025, herneming Park Festival 2025
GFVP met Cristina Vetrone & Livia Giaffreda
Nieuw repertoire
Première Merodefestival 2025
Enara Navaira (met Oscar Beerten, Rafaël De Cock, Robbe Broeckx, Wolf De Backer)
Nieuw repertoire
Park Festival 2025, opener kerkseizoen 2025 van Merodefestival
Kabál, 3’Ain en Aurélie Charneux
Elk een nieuw nummer
Park Festival 2025, Park Sessies 2026, Holsbeek Sessies 2026
Derroll Adams-project
Acht nieuwe songs, productie Laura Cortese, o.a. met Björn Eriksson, Meskerem Mees, Rowan Rheingans, Kaïa Kater
Andries Boone
Rhagium Inquisitor
Première Merodefestival 2026
Amber Haddad Trio
Nieuw materiaal
Park Festival 2026, Klara in concert, kerkconcert Merodefestival 2026
2024
Duo Deschepper–Sanczuk
Bamako Express
Park Festival 2026
Airboxes (Guus Herremans & Bert Leemans)
Nieuw werk in de Abdij van Park
Kerkconcert Merodefestival 2024, Park Festival 2024
Stijn Kuppens & Myrddin
Nieuw werk in de Abdij van Park
Park Festival 2024, kerkconcert Merodefestival 2026
Christy Collet met Rénélius Ensemble
Nieuw werk in de Abdij van Park
Park Festival 2024
Wannes Raps
Herwerkt door Reineke Van Hooreweghe, muziek van Toon Van Mierlo, orkest van veertien
Folkwaarts 2025, wandelsessie Holsbeek Sessies 2025
2023
Damast Duo (Shalan Alhamwy & Jonas Malfliet) met Sophie Van den Eynde & Léa Besançon
Hoort mi aen
Holsbeek Sessies 2024, Park Festival 2025, kerkconcert Merodefestival 2025
Sophia Ammann
Inspiratie rond de Abdij van Park
Park Festival 2023
Sara Salvérius
Nieuwe composities voor Pendulum
Park Festival 2023, kerkconcert Merodefestival 2024
GFVP
Herstart in de Abdij van Averbode (Wouter Vandenabeele, Lotte Remmen, Naomi Vercauteren, Anouk Sanczuk, Jeroen Knapen)
Park Festival 2024
Siger × Northern Resonance (ZWE)
Trail up North
Merodefestival, Holsbeek Sessies 2023
WÖR × Kongero (ZWE)
Nieuwe samenwerking
Merodefestival 2024, Park Festival 2024. Nadien: tournee op meer dan 20 plekken en cd-opname Songbooks
2022
Bert Ruymbeek & Laura Cortese
Holsbeek Sessies 2026
Kardemimmit (FI) met Spilar
Merodefestival 2022
Tell us your plans
Send us a few sentences about your plan and a link to your music. We read everything, but can’t take up every proposal. We often invite musicians ourselves, when place, moment and music come together.