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# Karavan Ensemble - Lorenzo Gatto

Bach meets East

Date
                        
[August 13 2026 -  11:00](/festival-concerts/karavan-ensemble-simon-leleux/13342/)

Place
                        [The Monk's Refectory](/halls/refectoire-des-moines/)

[Other ways to book your seat](/information/bookings/)

Full price: 17€  
Price under 26s: 8€  
Season ticket 4 morning concerts: 60€ / 28€ (- 26s)  
Phone:  
Festival office: +32 (0)80 86 27 34 from 14/7 to 15/8 (10.00 – 12.30), excl. Sundays and public holidays  
  
!! Morning concerts – Special offer for under-16s: Free admission, provided the child or teenager is accompanied by an adult who purchases a full-price ticket. In this specific case, bookings cannot be made online. Please contact us by email or telephone.

[![Karavan (c) DR - Karavan Ensemble - Lorenzo Gatto](/thumbnails/124243-1000-1000-Max.jpg)](/files/124243.jpg "Karavan (c) DR - Karavan Ensemble - Lorenzo Gatto")

**Bach meets East**

[Ensemble Karavan](/artists/ensemble-karavan-b/)  
     Lorenzo Gatto, violin & conductor  
     Julia Kotarba, cello  
     Natalia Kotarba, violin  
     Mikko Pablo, cello  
     Anouchka Scaillet, violin  
     Diede Verpoest, viola

With       
Ambi Subramaniam, violin  
Simon Leleux, percussion

Founded in 2024 by Lorenzo Gatto, the Karavan Ensemble views music as a journey, where rhythm carries the narrative and sound becomes a meeting place — as evidenced by their debut album *Open Road*.  
In Stavelot, the ensemble presents the *Bach meets East* project for the first time in Belgium, alongside violinist Ambi Subramaniam and percussionist Simon Leleux. This encounter gives rise to a lively dialogue between two musical worlds.  
At the heart of the programme is a reinterpretation of Bach’s Second Partita for solo violin. The famous Chaconne becomes an open space, where the composition flows naturally into improvisation. The lines evolve, the rhythms breathe differently, and new colours emerge — until the result is music that is both unexpected and familiar.

**Programme:**

Surprise !