On this page, one will see snapshots of encounters Frank Nuyts made with great people.

KurtVan der ELst took the official press photo for 'Middle East'
produced by production centre LOD (B).
FN with stage director Johan Dehollander

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Pete Harden, leader of Ensemble Klang (photo left) and percussionist Joey Mareys (photo right) preparing themselves for 'Sacha' in Leuven for the Transit festival.

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On October 6th, the famous English artists 'Gilbert and George',
1st recipients of the
Magister Artium Gandesis,
receive the score 'Stained Staves' composed for this occasion by Frank Nuyts,
from the hands of Mr. Bert Hoogewijs, head of University College Ghent

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My wife Iris made the long trip to New Zealand,
in order to follow the Song Company on their tour
over there.Here a picture of Iris and Roland Peelman,
the conductor of this formidable vocal ensemble,
in Christchurch (NZ)

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Roland Peelman (with my wife Iris De Blaere)
and the singers of 'The Song Company (Australia)
are ready to record 'Old Airs' for a radio station in New Zealand
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Here another picture of the happy singers and
a radiant Iris De Blaere (third of right)

Philippe Blasband (with grey pullover), the writer of 'Middle East', visits Ghent with his family during the summer of 2010

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'Voorwaarts Maart/ En Avant Mars' Festival 2010
Benjamin Van Esser, pianist of the 3rd & 6the Sonata, composer and computer wizzard, readying himself to face the first performance of his 'A different machine' by Emanon Ensemble (right).
On the left comics authors Randall Casaer and Brecht Evens

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'Voorwaarts Maart/ En Avant Mars' Festival 2010
One live photo and one rehearsal photo of the street opera 'The marriage of Mira and Miro'
Kathy Van Roy (sop), Benoît Deleersnyder (bar)
Gwendolyn Desmet (vl), Niels Hap (clar), Marjolijn Gerets (bsn)

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'Voorwaarts Maart/ En avant Mars' Festival 2010
Elisa Medinilla (pno) plays the "8th Piano sonata" in the choreography 'Mur percé' van Eddy Becquart.
Andreiah Rodriguez (Portugal), Parwahne Tomiko Frei (Germany), Milla Virtanen (Finland) were the dancers

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'Voorwaarts Maart' Festival 2010
Peter Dejans conducts Musa Hortis in "The Accidental Martyr"

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Anthony Fiumara and Frank Nuyts during the rehearsal of Anthony's 'Ponts de ténèbres' '
in De Bijloke Ghent

Frank and choreographer Eddy Becquart (left)
Dirk Opstaele (in costume) and Iris De Blaere & Frank Nuyts in the Belgian Pavilion Zaragoza 2008 with 'The Wider World of Water' (right)

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Frank conducts I Solisti del Vento during the rehearsal of '... where the wind goes...' (left)
Frank and Iris leaving Zaragoza for Belgium (right)

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Frank during the recording of Sonatas 4,5&6 in the Royal Conservatory Brussels (left)
Pianist Marc Masson recording the 5th Sonata (right)

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