Quotes

The ethereal violin and the whistling clarinet in Music for 3 Instruments ingeniously cheat on sense by becoming more and more alike.
(De Volkskrant)
Van Camp appeals to a wide audience without compromising authenticity
(Sabam for Culture Award)
His Scherzo-Bagatelle fits seamlessly with the great compositions in the violin repertoire.
(Gilles Ledure, jury chairman of the Queen Elisabeth Competition)
Next to composer Van Camp is a scenographer of the imagination.
(Tom Janssens)
… as if Bach and Lachenmann had been brought into an unlikely yet productive accord.
(Richard Whitehouse, The Gramophone 2014, on 'Improvisations')
… an exceptionally beautiful orchestration where the music very smoothly changes from fast, spindly movements to a frozen standstill and pending excitement.
(Koen Van Meel, Kwadratuur 2014, on 'The Feasts of Fear and Agony')
… the music of Bram Van Camp testifies to great mastery of the instrumental writing.
(Pierre Rigaudière, Diapason 2014)
… a composer who has his own consistent voice.
(Véronique Rubens, Staalkaart #25, 2014)
… a promising and versatile composer with a distinctive, highly personal discourse.
(Youth & Music Prize for Composition 2007)
... a composer of no mean distinctiveness (...) whose music is worth getting to know.
(Richard Whitehouse, The Gramophone 2014)

Recordings

Queen Elisabeth Competition 2019

Scherzo - Bagatelle

Scherzo-Bagatelle for violin and piano (2018)
Luke Hsu, violin - Takashi Sato, piano

Violin Faces II - Wibert Aerts (2018)

Concerto

Concerto for violin and ensemble (2008)
Wibert Aerts, violin - HERMESensemble, cond. Frank Agsteribbe

Focus Wind Quintet (2018)

Hidden Facts

Recording of Hidden Facts for wind quintet (2004)

CD Portret Bram Van Camp 2013

Improvisations

The Feasts of Fear and Agony

Music for 3 instruments

Liesbeth Devos - Soprano, Het Collectief, Vykintas Baltakas cond.

Press

Reviews

23/12/2020

Jury report Sabam For Culture Award 2019

11/05/2019

Gilles Ledure, jury chairman of the Queen Elisabeth Competition praises Bram Van Camp for 'Scherzo-Bagatelle'

01/06/2014

Staalkaart (B) - Véronique Rubens on the CD Portret Bram Van Camp 2013

24/04/2014

Kwadratuur (B) - Koen Van Meel on the CD Portret Bram Van Camp 2013

01/03/2014

The Gramophone (UK) - Richard Whitehouse on the CD Portret Bram Van Camp 2013

13/12/2013

Pointculture (B) - On the CD Portret Bram Van Camp 2013

01/12/2013

Diapason (Fr) - Pierre Rigaudière on the CD Portret Bram Van Camp 2013

26/10/2010

Kwadratuur (B) - Gilles Helsen on the premiere of 'Three Songs' - TRANSIT Festival 2010

Articles / interviews

30/04/2021

Interview in Magazine Antwerp Symphony Orchestra on Ouverture (NL)

23/12/2020

Interview by Thomas Vanderveken - Sabam for Culture Award 2019 (Dutch)

25/02/2018

Interview with Bram Van Camp in the newspapert of AMUZ on the occasion of 10 years The Times, forum for young composers. Bram Van Camp was the initiator of the forum and an annual coach.

Interview The Times AMUZ.pdf

16/11/2017