Pierre Slinckx (* 1988)
C#1
Cindy Castillo, organ
Pierre Slinckx, live electronics
Orgelnacht January 18, 2025
St. Antonius, Düsseldorf-Oberkassel
live recording by Christoph Hilser
"C#1" is an original piece composed on the material from the choral for organ by Johann Sebastian Bach "Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott" BWV 721. This creation consists of several sections with diverse emotions and it centered on the main character, being the great organ. (...)
Pierre Slinckx (1988) is a guitarist and composer born in Brussels. He studied composition and music theory in the Royal Mons Conservatory (now ARTS2).
He mainly writes music blending live electronics and acoustic instruments. The Belgian record label Cyprès released four monographic albums showing the scope of his approach. He always plays the electronic part on his custom instruments (C#1, M#1 and C#2) but also likes to sneak little toy-synthesizer with built-in speakers in the hands of the musicians (H#1|2|3|4).
He teaches music theory in ARTS2 (Belgium) and he's one of the founders of SMOG, a concert place in Brussels focusing on new, alternative and experimental music (www.smogmusic.org).
Cindy Castillo stands out on the organ scene with programs that explore possible crossovers between the organ and other artistic languages such as dance, video or electronic music.
A graduate of the Conservatories of Brussels, Namur, Strasbourg and Paris, winner of the Rotary, Vocation, Wernaers and Lacour Foundations, First Prize of the National Axion Classics Competition (Belfius), she was designated artist in residence in 2008-2009 at the Sapporo Concert Hall ( Japan).
Cindy Castillo teaches organ at IMEP (Namur) as part of an educational project entitled “OrgueStudio” and is curator of the Thomas organ at the Saint-Loup church in Namur.
If her last discographic recordings were devoted to Belgian composers such as César Franck, Joseph Jongen, Jean-Pierre Deleuze and Pierre Slinckx, her new album is dedicated to the "Musikalisches Opfer" by Johann Sebastian Bach.
www.cindycastillo.eu