Simon Lenski

Simon Lenski is a cello player from Antwerp, Belgium. His main activity lies within the band DAAU which he co-founded in 1992.^[1]

As a cello player, he is a highly sought guest musician for other artists and music groups, often together with his brother Buni Lenski. In 2004 he set up a collaboration with Swiss avant-garde cello player Bo Wiget.^[2] Together they released an album Die Vögelein schweigen im Walde.^[3]

In 2008 Simon Lenski composed the soundtrack for the movie Left Bank Linkeroever by Pieter Van Hees.

Simon Lenski composed the music for several theater plays.

In 2011 Simon Lenski composed and recorded the soundtrack for the short movie Motor of Dutch movie maker Simone Bennett. For this musical piece a special electric twelve string violin was built for him by experimental luthier Yuri Landman.

Since 2017 Simon Lenski is a member of the Needcompany ensemble.

2018-19 he toured Europe with Selah Sue as member of an acoustic trio formation (guitar / vocal, keyboards & cello).

In 2019 he created, in collaboration with George van Dam a dance performance based on the Goldberg Variations in which George van Dam played the entire Variations and Simon Lenski danced to them. The piece premièred at the December Dance festival in Bruges on december 6th 2019.^[4]

Discography

For Simon Lenski's discography with DAAU, please see DAAU.

Simon Lenski / Bo Wiget - Die Vögelein schweigen im Walde (2007)
Laïs Lenski - Laïs Lenski^[5]^[6] (2009), together with Laïs
Simon Lenski: Oh City (solo EP 2016) Simon Lenski

Collaborations

Film and theatre scores

Wunderbaum [nl] / Venlo, Theatre Score^[10]
Wunderbaum [nl] / The Haunted House of History, Theatre Score and performer^[11]
Damaged Goods [nl] / Meg Stuart : Revisited, performer^[12]
Eisbär / Collateral Damage, Theatre Score
Andcompany & Co / Der (kommende) Aufstand, performer^[13]
Andcompany & Co / Orpheus in der Oberwelt, Theatre Score / performer^[14]
"Theater Froefroe / Macbeth, Theatre Score and performer^[15]
Left Bank Linkeroever, soundtrack^[16]
Waste Land, soundtrack^[17]
Needcompany / O, Or The Challenge of This Particular Show Was To Have Words Ending in O, Performer / Theatre Score^[18]
Benny Claessens & CAMPO/ Hello Useless, for W and friends, Theatre Score^[19]
Wunderbaum [nl] / The Future of Sex , Theatre Score / Performer^[20]

Needcompany

References

^ "Simon Lenski". www.begeerte.be (in Flemish). Retrieved 24 April 2024.
^ "Bo Wiget, cello player, live electronics, jazz, theater music". 21 July 2006. Archived from the original on 21 July 2006. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
^ "Bo Wiget & Simon Lenski - Die Vögelein Schweigen Im Walde". Kwadratuur (in Dutch). 29 April 2007. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
^ "Dance(R) (work in progress) / Goldberg Variations - Concertgebouw Brugge". www.concertgebouw.be. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
^ Ultratop charts
^ (in Dutch) review Laïs Lenski
^ "Eindelijk Vakantie!". 2 March 2015.
^ "Needcompany | Ensemble". www.needcompany.org. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
^ Van Assche, Gunter (1 April 2018). "Dit was misschien de mooiste en meest oprechte versie van Selah Sue die we ooit zagen". De Morgen (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 November 2023.
^ "Venlo". www.wunderbaum.nl. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016.
^ "Haunted house". www.wunderbaum.nl. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
^ "Vooruit – Meg Stuart / Damaged Goods: REVISITED" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 24 October 2008. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
^ Andcompany & Co. Der (kommende) Aufstand ^{[dead link]}
^ "Orpheus in der Oberwelt: Eine Schlepperoper – andcompany&Co".
^ (in Dutch)[1]
^ "Left Bank". 2008.
^ "Waste Land". 2014.
^ "Needcompany".
^ "Hello useless - for W and friends - Campo". 21 March 2016.
^ "The New Forest - Haal de natuur in huis!".
^ "Needcompany | O Or The Challenge Of This Particular Show Was To Have Words Ending In O". www.needcompany.org. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

External links

Simon Lenski

[1] "Simon Lenski". www.begeerte.be (in Flemish). Retrieved 24 April 2024.

[2] "Bo Wiget, cello player, live electronics, jazz, theater music". 21 July 2006. Archived from the original on 21 July 2006. Retrieved 24 April 2024.

[3] "Bo Wiget & Simon Lenski - Die Vögelein Schweigen Im Walde". Kwadratuur (in Dutch). 29 April 2007. Retrieved 24 April 2024.

[4] "Dance(R) (work in progress) / Goldberg Variations - Concertgebouw Brugge". www.concertgebouw.be. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

[5] Ultratop charts

[6] (in Dutch) review Laïs Lenski

[7] "Eindelijk Vakantie!". 2 March 2015.

[8] "Needcompany | Ensemble". www.needcompany.org. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

[9] Van Assche, Gunter (1 April 2018). "Dit was misschien de mooiste en meest oprechte versie van Selah Sue die we ooit zagen". De Morgen (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 November 2023.

[10] "Venlo". www.wunderbaum.nl. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016.

[11] "Haunted house". www.wunderbaum.nl. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.

[12] "Vooruit – Meg Stuart / Damaged Goods: REVISITED" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 24 October 2008. Retrieved 10 March 2013.

[13] Andcompany & Co. Der (kommende) Aufstand ^{[dead link]}

[14] "Orpheus in der Oberwelt: Eine Schlepperoper – andcompany&Co".

[15] (in Dutch)[1]

[16] "Left Bank". 2008.

[17] "Waste Land". 2014.

[18] "Needcompany".

[19] "Hello useless - for W and friends - Campo". 21 March 2016.

[20] "The New Forest - Haal de natuur in huis!".

[21] "Needcompany | O Or The Challenge Of This Particular Show Was To Have Words Ending In O". www.needcompany.org. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

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