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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[1] 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. 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

Needcompany

References

  1. ^ Simon Lenski at Discogs
  2. ^ Bo Wiget biography Archived 8 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ (in Dutch) review Die Vögelein schweigen im Walde
  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. ^ "DPG Media Privacy Gate". April 2018.
  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. ^ http://english.hebbel-am-ufer.de/programme/schedule/andcompany-der-kommende-aufstand/
  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".
  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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