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Spem in alium
Teshigawara / Vox Luminis XL - Spem in alium
© Akihito Abe


Spem in alium is a collaboration featuring forty singers of Vox Luminis and four dancers of KARAS directed by Saburo Teshigawara.

Together they are presenting some gems of English music from the 16th to the 20th century:
Spem in Alium and The Lamentations of Jeremiah by Thomas Tallis
Funeral Sentences by Thomas Morley
Media Vita by John Sheppard
They Are at Rest by Edward Elgar

Premiere: 29 January 2026, Concertgebouw Brugge (BE)



Direction, choreography, lighting design, costume design: Saburo Teshigawara
Artistic collaboration: Rihoko Sato
Dance: Saburo Teshigawara, Rihoko Sat, and two Karas dancers
Choir: Vox Luminis XL
Artistic direction, bass: Lionel Meunier
Production: KARAS
Co-production : Bozar Brussels, Concertgebouw Brugge, Philharmonie de Paris
Production, tours for Saburo Teshigawara: Richard Castelli - EPIDEMIC