Een lege doos melk is vol van niets

2026

for piano and speaker (18′)
Composed for Fien Dhont
Dedicated to Manuel Abrantes
Also available in Portugese

The (abbreviated) ballad of Mable Clare

2026

The (abbreviated) ballad of Mable Clare for 6 voices: sopr, mezzo-sopr, alt, tenor, baritone, bass. (9’30”)
Dedicated to Joris Derder.

Work 2026

Geigen an fremden Orten

2025

For violin solo
Part 1: 6′
Part 2: 5’45”
total duration about 12′.

Composed for Maximilian Lohse

Canto catártico II

2025

Canto catártico for alto flute/flute solo

Recomposition of Canto catártico for contrabas flute

This piece is dedicated to the many flutists
whom I professionally met since my first contact with the flute, writing for and playing with the late Eric Dequeker.

(8’15”)

Ringing in the party

2025

For 10 sound tubes (and soprano saxophone ad lib.)

For 3 players (4′)
Dedicated to Geert Dhondt for his 60th birthday.

28th Sonata ‘the nine principles’

2025

28th sonata for piano solo

Dedicated to Pascal Paulus (20′)

Commissioned by Geert Callaert.

Up to scratch 3

2025

for flute, violin and piano (14′)
Commissioned by Femke Van Leuven, max Lohse and Geert Callaert
Dedicated to Trio Localeu

Radical Risk (version 6 players)

2025

Radical Risk (2021) arranged in 2025

2nd piano concerto for piano, saxophone, marimba, synthesizer, el bass and drums (all  amplified) (23′)
Dedicated to Rafa Dorado

Y X Songs?

2025

For Low voice, marimba and piano (30′)
lyrics: Frank Nuyts
5 Dutch & 5 English songs

Suggested by A.J America
Dedicated to Rolan Peelman for his 70th birthday

27th Sonata (Ligne Cl a.i. re)

2025

For piano solo (18′)

Commissioned by Geert Callaert
Dedicated to Rudolf Werthen & France Springuel

10 x X

2025

10 x X for sop-mezzo-alt-ten-bar-bass a cappella

Composed fro Luminescence 10 years

Dedicated to AJ America

Lass uns etwas im Trio spielen

2025

Trio for fl- hrn-vlc) (3’45”)

Anke, Noah und Anouk (Dierickx) gewidmet

Zappropriations

2025

Piano Quintet (13′)

Commissioned by Casco Phil

(Adaptation of ‘Don’t count non us ‘ & ‘Lateral strik strip’ from Beat Love Oracle repertoire)

Pim Pernuckle

2025

For children’s choir – mar (+small perc) (12′)
Lyrics: Jelle Meander (poems translated by Frank Nuyts)
Dedicated to Els ‘T Seyen
Composed for Luminescence (Australia)(cond: AJ America)
And Flanders Boys Choir (cond: Dieter Vanhandenhoven)
Drawings: Frank Nuyts

Dou(x)ze

2025

for piano solo (12′)

Dedicated to Frank Agsteribbe

Low pressure music (Too late music N°3)

2025

for piano solo (± 18′)

Composed for Maï Nuyts

Dedicated to Piet Kuijken

26th Sonata (Too late music N°.2)

2024

Piano solo (± 13′)

Dedicated to Frank Agsteribbe

25th Sonata (Too late music) N°.1

2024

Piano solo (± 13′)

Dedicated to Jan Van den Bossche

Zoo more or less

2024

Low voice – mar (26′)
Lyrics: Jelle Meander (in English)
Dedicated to: Anke Buckentin
Drawings: Frank Nuyts
Poems translated by Frank Nuyts
1.  The sometimes slug
2.  The beaming bee
3.  The Who knows water buffalo
4. The wavering amoeba
5.  The tentative tit
6.  The all but sea lion
7.  Interlude
8.  The circa cat
9.  The pretty much perky parot
10. The cheating shelfish
11. The plus/minus gull
12. The about ewe
13. The 
indefinite water thing

Lateral strike-slip

2024

Lateral strike-slip
(t.sax, mar+synth, pno, e.bass, drums) (9′)
Composed for Beat Love Oracle with Andreas Bral

Breezy calypso

2024

(fl, 2ob, clar, b.clar, 2 bun, 2hrn) (5′)
Commissioned by Piet Van Bockstal
Composed for Mechels Kamerorkest

Zoo ongeveer

2024

For Low voice and marimba (26′)
Lyrics: Jelle Meander
Dedicated to: Anke Buckentin
Drawings: Frank Nuyts

  1. De soms slak (1’50”)
  2. De bijna bij (1’55”)
  3. De wie weet waterbuffel (1’50”)
  4. De aarzelende amoebe (1’55”)
  5. De meestal mees (1’55”)
  6. De zowat zeeleeuw (2’10”)
  7. Interlude
  8. De circa kat (2’15”)
  9. De pakweg papegaai (1’35”)
  10. De naar schatting schaaldieren (1’30”)
  11. De naar schatting schaaldieren (1’30”)
  12. De omstreeks ooi (1’30”)
  13. Het bij benadering waterding (1’50”)

The Gilbreth patterns

2024

for marimba and piano (19′)

Dedicated to Daan Bauwens
Composed for Iris De Blaere & Frank Nuyts

Car scars

2023

for sopr sax, mar+synth, ebass, drums & multipad (5′)

Composed for Beat Love Oracle
(Arrangement of ‘Love to hate’ from Carbon Fixation.

3 Songs from Carbon fixation (2015-’23)

2023

for Alto voice and piano
– Calling names (6’30”)
– Convertible superstar (4’15”)
– Drawing up (5’45”)

lyrics: Frank Nuyts
(Arrangement from Carbon Fixation for Hardscore)

The Fairy Trios

2023

for sax(es) – mar – perc (=cajon with pedal, snare drum, cymbal) (40′)

Composed for Beat Love Oracle Trio
Dedicated to Nelis Naessens and Valentine Wanders
– Brushing off the fairy dust (3’30”)
– Rapunzel’s comb out interlude 1 (3’20”)
– Eager frog shuffle (3’35”)
– Rapunzel’s comb out interlude 2 (3’25”)
– Tom Thumb gets a fine (3’35”)
– The Emperor’s dress (3’35”)
– Rapunzel’s comb out interlude 3 (3’25”)
– Goldilocks and the three Rastas (3’15”)
– Rapunzel’s comb out interlude 4 (3’15”)
– iPhone, iPhone who’s the fairest on Instagram? (3’40”)

Three arias and coda from Middle East

2023

Bass-bariton voice and piano (12’40”)
– Prelude and Nous allons nous asseoir (4’13”)
– L’homme au keffya (1’57”)
– Après tout ceci (3’32”)
– Coda: Paroles inutiles (2’32”)

Lyrics: Philippe Blasband
Dedicated to Paul Van Roey
Arranged for Wilfried Van den Brande
Arranged from the chamber opera ‘Middle East’

Oyster riffs

2023

for piano (6’45”)

Commissioned by Keiko Shichijo

Dedicated to Aïda Gabriels

Z8

2023

For Toy Piano (7’15”)

Commissioned by Keiko Shichijo

Dedicated to Kristiina Poska

3 4 2

2023

for oboe and cello

Dedicated to Lena Jooris

Resonance of life

2023

For oboe and piano. (3’15”)
Dedicated to Guy Coolen

Composed for Piet Van Bockstal and Gabi Sultana

The Seccotine Papers

2024

The Seccotine Papers for Vla and pno (23′)

Dedicated to and composed for Roland and Florian Peelman

Shattered Pieces

2024

Shattered pieces for (cl/bcl – hrp – 2vl – vla – vcl – db) (23′)

Dedicated to Yves Knockaert
Commissioned and composed for Rachel Talitman & Ensemble Mendelsohn.
Recomposition of ‘Ten minste houdbaar tot’ (2022)

Tien schetsen aan de vooravond van een geheim (en nawoord)

2024

Low voice – pno (20’)
Lyrics: Jelle Meander
Dedicated to Sylvia Broeckaert
Composed for Wilfried Van den Brande

  1.  Alles zal veranderen (1’40”)
  2.  Een hoorn blaast verleden tijden (1’45”)
  3.  We zullen vergeten (1’40”)
  4.  Ergens in een uithoek (1’45”)
  5.  Met helder weer (1’35”)
  6.  De man (1’35”)
  7.  Rode wolken (1’45”)
  8.  In de wei (1’55”)
  9.  Zwart is geen kleur (1’40”)
  10.  Een geheim (2’15”)
  11.  Nawoord (1’40”)

Een lege doos melk is vol van niets

2026

for piano and speaker (18′)
Composed for Fien Dhont
Dedicated to Manuel Abrantes
Also available in Portugese

The (abbreviated) ballad of Mable Clare

2026

The (abbreviated) ballad of Mable Clare for 6 voices: sopr, mezzo-sopr, alt, tenor, baritone, bass. (9’30”)
Dedicated to Joris Derder.

Work 2026

Geigen an fremden Orten

2025

For violin solo
Part 1: 6′
Part 2: 5’45”
total duration about 12′.

Composed for Maximilian Lohse

Canto catártico II

2025

Canto catártico for alto flute/flute solo

Recomposition of Canto catártico for contrabas flute

This piece is dedicated to the many flutists
whom I professionally met since my first contact with the flute, writing for and playing with the late Eric Dequeker.

(8’15”)

Ringing in the party

2025

For 10 sound tubes (and soprano saxophone ad lib.)

For 3 players (4′)
Dedicated to Geert Dhondt for his 60th birthday.

28th Sonata ‘the nine principles’

2025

28th sonata for piano solo

Dedicated to Pascal Paulus (20′)

Commissioned by Geert Callaert.

Up to scratch 3

2025

for flute, violin and piano (14′)
Commissioned by Femke Van Leuven, max Lohse and Geert Callaert
Dedicated to Trio Localeu

Radical Risk (version 6 players)

2025

Radical Risk (2021) arranged in 2025

2nd piano concerto for piano, saxophone, marimba, synthesizer, el bass and drums (all  amplified) (23′)
Dedicated to Rafa Dorado

Y X Songs?

2025

For Low voice, marimba and piano (30′)
lyrics: Frank Nuyts
5 Dutch & 5 English songs

Suggested by A.J America
Dedicated to Rolan Peelman for his 70th birthday

27th Sonata (Ligne Cl a.i. re)

2025

For piano solo (18′)

Commissioned by Geert Callaert
Dedicated to Rudolf Werthen & France Springuel

10 x X

2025

10 x X for sop-mezzo-alt-ten-bar-bass a cappella

Composed fro Luminescence 10 years

Dedicated to AJ America

Lass uns etwas im Trio spielen

2025

Trio for fl- hrn-vlc) (3’45”)

Anke, Noah und Anouk (Dierickx) gewidmet

Zappropriations

2025

Piano Quintet (13′)

Commissioned by Casco Phil

(Adaptation of ‘Don’t count non us ‘ & ‘Lateral strik strip’ from Beat Love Oracle repertoire)

Pim Pernuckle

2025

For children’s choir – mar (+small perc) (12′)
Lyrics: Jelle Meander (poems translated by Frank Nuyts)
Dedicated to Els ‘T Seyen
Composed for Luminescence (Australia)(cond: AJ America)
And Flanders Boys Choir (cond: Dieter Vanhandenhoven)
Drawings: Frank Nuyts

Dou(x)ze

2025

for piano solo (12′)

Dedicated to Frank Agsteribbe

Low pressure music (Too late music N°3)

2025

for piano solo (± 18′)

Composed for Maï Nuyts

Dedicated to Piet Kuijken

26th Sonata (Too late music N°.2)

2024

Piano solo (± 13′)

Dedicated to Frank Agsteribbe

25th Sonata (Too late music) N°.1

2024

Piano solo (± 13′)

Dedicated to Jan Van den Bossche

Zoo more or less

2024

Low voice – mar (26′)
Lyrics: Jelle Meander (in English)
Dedicated to: Anke Buckentin
Drawings: Frank Nuyts
Poems translated by Frank Nuyts
1.  The sometimes slug
2.  The beaming bee
3.  The Who knows water buffalo
4. The wavering amoeba
5.  The tentative tit
6.  The all but sea lion
7.  Interlude
8.  The circa cat
9.  The pretty much perky parot
10. The cheating shelfish
11. The plus/minus gull
12. The about ewe
13. The 
indefinite water thing

Een lege doos melk is vol van niets

2026

for piano and speaker (18′)
Composed for Fien Dhont
Dedicated to Manuel Abrantes
Also available in Portugese

The (abbreviated) ballad of Mable Clare

2026

The (abbreviated) ballad of Mable Clare for 6 voices: sopr, mezzo-sopr, alt, tenor, baritone, bass. (9’30”)
Dedicated to Joris Derder.

Work 2026

Geigen an fremden Orten

2025

For violin solo
Part 1: 6′
Part 2: 5’45”
total duration about 12′.

Composed for Maximilian Lohse

Canto catártico II

2025

Canto catártico for alto flute/flute solo

Recomposition of Canto catártico for contrabas flute

This piece is dedicated to the many flutists
whom I professionally met since my first contact with the flute, writing for and playing with the late Eric Dequeker.

(8’15”)

Ringing in the party

2025

For 10 sound tubes (and soprano saxophone ad lib.)

For 3 players (4′)
Dedicated to Geert Dhondt for his 60th birthday.

28th Sonata ‘the nine principles’

2025

28th sonata for piano solo

Dedicated to Pascal Paulus (20′)

Commissioned by Geert Callaert.

Up to scratch 3

2025

for flute, violin and piano (14′)
Commissioned by Femke Van Leuven, max Lohse and Geert Callaert
Dedicated to Trio Localeu

Radical Risk (version 6 players)

2025

Radical Risk (2021) arranged in 2025

2nd piano concerto for piano, saxophone, marimba, synthesizer, el bass and drums (all  amplified) (23′)
Dedicated to Rafa Dorado

Y X Songs?

2025

For Low voice, marimba and piano (30′)
lyrics: Frank Nuyts
5 Dutch & 5 English songs

Suggested by A.J America
Dedicated to Rolan Peelman for his 70th birthday

27th Sonata (Ligne Cl a.i. re)

2025

For piano solo (18′)

Commissioned by Geert Callaert
Dedicated to Rudolf Werthen & France Springuel

10 x X

2025

10 x X for sop-mezzo-alt-ten-bar-bass a cappella

Composed fro Luminescence 10 years

Dedicated to AJ America

Lass uns etwas im Trio spielen

2025

Trio for fl- hrn-vlc) (3’45”)

Anke, Noah und Anouk (Dierickx) gewidmet

Zappropriations

2025

Piano Quintet (13′)

Commissioned by Casco Phil

(Adaptation of ‘Don’t count non us ‘ & ‘Lateral strik strip’ from Beat Love Oracle repertoire)

Pim Pernuckle

2025

For children’s choir – mar (+small perc) (12′)
Lyrics: Jelle Meander (poems translated by Frank Nuyts)
Dedicated to Els ‘T Seyen
Composed for Luminescence (Australia)(cond: AJ America)
And Flanders Boys Choir (cond: Dieter Vanhandenhoven)
Drawings: Frank Nuyts

Dou(x)ze

2025

for piano solo (12′)

Dedicated to Frank Agsteribbe

Low pressure music (Too late music N°3)

2025

for piano solo (± 18′)

Composed for Maï Nuyts

Dedicated to Piet Kuijken

26th Sonata (Too late music N°.2)

2024

Piano solo (± 13′)

Dedicated to Frank Agsteribbe

25th Sonata (Too late music) N°.1

2024

Piano solo (± 13′)

Dedicated to Jan Van den Bossche

Zoo more or less

2024

Low voice – mar (26′)
Lyrics: Jelle Meander (in English)
Dedicated to: Anke Buckentin
Drawings: Frank Nuyts
Poems translated by Frank Nuyts
1.  The sometimes slug
2.  The beaming bee
3.  The Who knows water buffalo
4. The wavering amoeba
5.  The tentative tit
6.  The all but sea lion
7.  Interlude
8.  The circa cat
9.  The pretty much perky parot
10. The cheating shelfish
11. The plus/minus gull
12. The about ewe
13. The 
indefinite water thing

Lateral strike-slip

2024

Lateral strike-slip
(t.sax, mar+synth, pno, e.bass, drums) (9′)
Composed for Beat Love Oracle with Andreas Bral

Breezy calypso

2024

(fl, 2ob, clar, b.clar, 2 bun, 2hrn) (5′)
Commissioned by Piet Van Bockstal
Composed for Mechels Kamerorkest

Zoo ongeveer

2024

For Low voice and marimba (26′)
Lyrics: Jelle Meander
Dedicated to: Anke Buckentin
Drawings: Frank Nuyts

  1. De soms slak (1’50”)
  2. De bijna bij (1’55”)
  3. De wie weet waterbuffel (1’50”)
  4. De aarzelende amoebe (1’55”)
  5. De meestal mees (1’55”)
  6. De zowat zeeleeuw (2’10”)
  7. Interlude
  8. De circa kat (2’15”)
  9. De pakweg papegaai (1’35”)
  10. De naar schatting schaaldieren (1’30”)
  11. De naar schatting schaaldieren (1’30”)
  12. De omstreeks ooi (1’30”)
  13. Het bij benadering waterding (1’50”)

The Gilbreth patterns

2024

for marimba and piano (19′)

Dedicated to Daan Bauwens
Composed for Iris De Blaere & Frank Nuyts

Car scars

2023

for sopr sax, mar+synth, ebass, drums & multipad (5′)

Composed for Beat Love Oracle
(Arrangement of ‘Love to hate’ from Carbon Fixation.

3 Songs from Carbon fixation (2015-’23)

2023

for Alto voice and piano
– Calling names (6’30”)
– Convertible superstar (4’15”)
– Drawing up (5’45”)

lyrics: Frank Nuyts
(Arrangement from Carbon Fixation for Hardscore)

The Fairy Trios

2023

for sax(es) – mar – perc (=cajon with pedal, snare drum, cymbal) (40′)

Composed for Beat Love Oracle Trio
Dedicated to Nelis Naessens and Valentine Wanders
– Brushing off the fairy dust (3’30”)
– Rapunzel’s comb out interlude 1 (3’20”)
– Eager frog shuffle (3’35”)
– Rapunzel’s comb out interlude 2 (3’25”)
– Tom Thumb gets a fine (3’35”)
– The Emperor’s dress (3’35”)
– Rapunzel’s comb out interlude 3 (3’25”)
– Goldilocks and the three Rastas (3’15”)
– Rapunzel’s comb out interlude 4 (3’15”)
– iPhone, iPhone who’s the fairest on Instagram? (3’40”)

Three arias and coda from Middle East

2023

Bass-bariton voice and piano (12’40”)
– Prelude and Nous allons nous asseoir (4’13”)
– L’homme au keffya (1’57”)
– Après tout ceci (3’32”)
– Coda: Paroles inutiles (2’32”)

Lyrics: Philippe Blasband
Dedicated to Paul Van Roey
Arranged for Wilfried Van den Brande
Arranged from the chamber opera ‘Middle East’

Oyster riffs

2023

for piano (6’45”)

Commissioned by Keiko Shichijo

Dedicated to Aïda Gabriels

Z8

2023

For Toy Piano (7’15”)

Commissioned by Keiko Shichijo

Dedicated to Kristiina Poska