Simon Lenski
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Simon Lenski is a cello player from Antwerp, Belgium. His main activity lies within the band DAAU which he co-founded in 1992.{{Cite web |title=Simon Lenski |url=https://www.begeerte.be/a/simon-lenski-2 |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=www.begeerte.be |language=nl-BE}}
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.{{Cite web |date=2006-07-21 |title=Bo Wiget, cello player, live electronics, jazz, theater music |url=http://www.bowiget.com/en/biography.html |access-date=2024-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060721134249/http://www.bowiget.com/en/biography.html |archive-date=21 July 2006 }} Together they released an album Die Vögelein schweigen im Walde.{{Cite web |date=2007-04-29 |title=Bo Wiget & Simon Lenski - Die Vögelein Schweigen Im Walde |url=http://www.kwadratuur.be/CDBesprekingen/detail/bo_wiget_simon_lenski_-_die_voegelein_schweigen_im_walde |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=Kwadratuur |language=nl}}
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.{{Cite web|title=Dance(R) (work in progress) / Goldberg Variations - Concertgebouw Brugge|url=https://www.concertgebouw.be/en/dance-r-tunisia|access-date=2021-04-01|website=www.concertgebouw.be}}
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[http://www.ultratop.be/en/showitem.asp?interpret=La%EFs+Lenski&titel=La%EFs+Lenski&cat=a Ultratop charts]{{in lang|nl}} [http://damusic.be/cd/la%C3%AFs-lenski/la%C3%AFs-lenski review Laïs Lenski] (2009), together with Laïs
- Simon Lenski: Oh City (solo EP 2016) [http://www.simonlenski.com Simon Lenski]
Collaborations
- Kiss My Jazz
- Bettie Serveert
- Ez3Kiel
- Think of One
- Flowers for Breakfast
- Mintzkov Luna
- Donkey Diesel
- Mauro - Songs from a Bad Hat
- Gitbox
- Zita Swoon
- Maxon Blewitt
- Cinérex
- An Pierlé
- Millionaire
- Soul Sucker
- I Hate Camera
- Paramount Styles
- Ellen Schoenaerts Kwartet
- Magnus
- Gorki / Luk De Vos{{Cite web|url=http://www.gorki.be/?portfolio=eindelijk-vakantie|title=Eindelijk Vakantie!|date=2 March 2015}}
- Needcompany{{Cite web|title=Needcompany {{!}} Ensemble|url=https://www.needcompany.org/nl/ensemble|access-date=2021-04-01|website=www.needcompany.org}}
- Selah Sue{{Cite web| last = Van Assche| first = Gunter| title = Dit was misschien de mooiste en meest oprechte versie van Selah Sue die we ooit zagen| work = De Morgen| access-date = 2023-11-22| date = 2018-04-01| url = https://www.demorgen.be/nieuws/dit-was-misschien-de-mooiste-en-meest-oprechte-versie-van-selah-sue-die-we-ooit-zagen~be336235/| language = nl}}
Film and theatre scores
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Wunderbaum (actors)|nl|3=Wunderbaum|lt=Wunderbaum}} / Venlo, Theatre Score{{cite web |url=http://www.wunderbaum.nl/Venlo1.html |title=Venlo |website=www.wunderbaum.nl |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924232113/http://www.wunderbaum.nl/Venlo1.html |archive-date=2016-09-24}}
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Wunderbaum (actors)|nl|3=Wunderbaum|lt=Wunderbaum}} / The Haunted House of History, Theatre Score and performer{{cite web |url=http://www.wunderbaum.nl/spookhuis1.html |title=Haunted house |website=www.wunderbaum.nl |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002353/http://www.wunderbaum.nl/spookhuis1.html |archive-date=2016-03-04}}
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Damaged Goods (dancers)|nl|3=Damaged Goods|lt=Damaged Goods}} / Meg Stuart : Revisited, performer{{cite web |url=http://vooruit.be/nl/event/1007 |title= Vooruit – Meg Stuart / Damaged Goods: REVISITED|accessdate=2013-03-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024213231/http://www.vooruit.be/nl/event/1007 |archivedate=24 October 2008|language=nl}}
- Eisbär / Collateral Damage, Theatre Score
- Andcompany & Co / Der (kommende) Aufstand, performer[https://web.archive.org/web/20130128161226/http://english.hebbel-am-ufer.de/programme/schedule/andcompany-der-kommende-aufstand/ Andcompany & Co. Der (kommende) Aufstand]
- Andcompany & Co / Orpheus in der Oberwelt, Theatre Score / performer{{Cite web|url=http://www.andco.de/?context=project_detail&id=7591|title = Orpheus in der Oberwelt: Eine Schlepperoper – andcompany&Co}}
- "Theater Froefroe / Macbeth, Theatre Score and performer{{in lang|nl}}[http://www.froefroe.be/nl/production/114/macbeth]
- Left Bank Linkeroever, soundtrack{{Cite web|url=http://www.flandersimage.com/browse-films/detail/left-bank|title=Left Bank|year=2008}}
- Waste Land, soundtrack{{Cite web|url=http://www.flandersimage.com/browse-titles/detail/waste-land|title = Waste Land|year = 2014}}
- Needcompany / O, Or The Challenge of This Particular Show Was To Have Words Ending in O, Performer / Theatre Score{{Cite web|url=http://www.needcompany.org/EN/o|title=Needcompany}}
- Benny Claessens & CAMPO/ Hello Useless, for W and friends, Theatre Score{{Cite web|url=http://www.campo.nu/nl/production/1954/hello-useless-for-w-and-friends|title=Hello useless - for W and friends - Campo|date=21 March 2016 }}
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Wunderbaum (actors)|nl|3=Wunderbaum|lt=Wunderbaum}} / The Future of Sex , Theatre Score / Performer{{Cite web|url=http://thenewforest.nl/en/show/the-new-forest-the-future-of-sex-2/|title = The New Forest - Haal de natuur in huis!}}
Needcompany
- [https://www.needcompany.org/en/o-or-the-challenge-of-this-particular-show-was-to-have-words-ending-in-o O, Or The Challenge Of This Show Was To Have Words Ending In O]{{Cite web|title=Needcompany {{!}} O Or The Challenge Of This Particular Show Was To Have Words Ending In O|url=https://www.needcompany.org/en/o-or-the-challenge-of-this-particular-show-was-to-have-words-ending-in-o|access-date=2021-04-01|website=www.needcompany.org}}
- [https://www.needcompany.org/en/war-and-turpentine War And Turpentine]
- [https://www.needcompany.org/en/all-the-good All The Good]
- [https://www.needcompany.org/en/the-house-of-our-fathers-mothers-of-inventions The House Of Our Fathers / Mothers Of Invention]
- [https://www.needcompany.org/en/probabilities-of-independent-events Probabilities Of Independent Events]
References
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External links
- [http://www.simonlenski.com Simon Lenski]
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