Simon Lenski is a

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...

player from Antwerp,

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. His main activity lies within the band

DAAU DAAU (short for Die Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung) is a classical, jazz, experimental and multi-genre music group from Antwerp, Belgium. The band was founded in 1992 and borrowed its name from the novel ''Der Steppenwolf'' (1927) by Hermann ...

which he co-founded in 1992. As a cello player, he is a highly sought guest musician for other artists and music groups, often together with his brother

Buni Lenski Buni ( ur, ; also spelled Booni) is a town and the headquarters of Upper Chitral District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Demography The residents of Buni are Khos, and they speak Khowar which is spoken and understood throughout Chitral valley ...

. In 2004 he set up a collaboration with Swiss avant-garde cello player Bo Wiget. Together they released an album ''Die Vögelein schweigen im Walde''. In 2008 Simon Lenski composed the soundtrack for the movie

Left Bank Linkeroever ''Left Bank'' ( nl, Linkeroever) is a 2008 Belgian horror film directed by Pieter Van Hees, starring Eline Kuppens and Matthias Schoenaerts. Plot Marie, an aspiring track star on her way to the European Championships, suffers a devastating s ...

. 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

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. 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, key's & 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.

Discography

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

''. * Simon Lenski / Bo Wiget - ''Die Vögelein schweigen im Walde'' (2007) * Laïs Lenski - ''Laïs Lenski'' (2009), together with Laïs * Simon Lenski: Oh City (solo EP 2016
Simon Lenski

Collaborations

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Kiss My Jazz A kiss is the touch or pressing of one's lips against another person or an object. Cultural connotations of kissing vary widely. Depending on the culture and context, a kiss can express sentiments of love, passion, romance, sexual attractio ...

'' *'' Bettie Serveert'' *'' Ez3Kiel'' *'' Think of One'' *''

Flowers for Breakfast A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae). The biological function of a flower is to facilitate reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism ...

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Mintzkov Luna Mintzkov is a Belgian rock band from Lier, formally known as Mintzkov Luna. They won first place in Humo's Rock Rally in 2000. Discography Albums * ''M for Means and L for Love'' (2003) (as Mintzkov Luna) * ''360°'' (2007) * ''Rising Sun, Setti ...

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Donkey Diesel The domestic donkey is a hoofed mammal in the family Equidae, the same family as the horse. It derives from the African wild ass, ''Equus africanus'', and may be classified either as a subspecies thereof, ''Equus africanus asinus'', or as a ...

'' *'' Mauro'' - '' Songs from a Bad Hat'' *'' Gitbox'' *'' Zita Swoon'' *''

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'' *'' Cinérex'' *'' An Pierlé'' *'' Millionaire'' *''

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'' *'' Paramount Styles'' *''

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'' *'' Magnus'' *'' Gorki / Luk De Vos'' *Needcompany *Selah Sue

Film and theatre scores

*'' / Venlo'', Theatre Score *'' / The Haunted House of History'', Theatre Score and performer *'' /

Meg Stuart Meg Stuart (born 1965 in New Orleans) is an American choreographer and dancer who lives and works in Brussels and Berlin. Her company, Damaged Goods, operates from Brussels since 1994. Start as a dancer and choreographer Stuart moved to New York ...

'' : Revisited, performer *'' Eisbär / Collateral Damage'', Theatre Score *'' Andcompany & Co / Der (kommende) Aufstand'', performer *'' Andcompany & Co / Orpheus in der Oberwelt'', Theatre Score / performer *"

Theater Froefroe Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actor, actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The p ...

Macbeth ''Macbeth'' (, full title ''The Tragedie of Macbeth'') is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those w ...

, Theatre Score and performer *''

'', soundtrack *'' Waste Land'', soundtrack *'' Needcompany / O, Or The Challenge of This Particular Show Was To Have Words Ending in O'', Performer / Theatre Score *''

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& CAMPO/ Hello Useless, for W and friends'', Theatre Score *'' / The Future of Sex'' , Theatre Score / Performer

Needcompany

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War And Turpentine

All The Good

The House Of Our Fathers / Mothers Of Invention

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