Kobe Van Cauwenberghe
Tutor "Creative Orchestra: Autoschediasms"
Born in 1984 in Antwerp. After studying in Ghent and New York City, guitarist Kobe Van Cauwenberghe currently lives in Brussels. He recently completed his doctorate at the Antwerp Conservatory with a thesis on the music of Anthony Braxton. His research included his acclaimed solo album Ghost Trance Solos (ATD10, 2020) and the double LP Ghost Trance Septet (eNR105, 2022).
In recent years, Kobe has given concerts worldwide, both as a soloist and in chamber music formations and large ensembles. As a soloist, he released his first solo album in 2015 (Give my Regards to 116th Street, Carrier Records). In 2017, he launched the solo project No [more] Pussyfooting with live arrangements of music by Brian Eno and Robert Fripp, with which he toured extensively. He is a founding member of the electric guitar quartet Zwerm, works regularly with Ictus and was a member of the Nadar Ensemble until 2021. As a freelance guitarist, he has performed with various groups and ensembles in France, the UK and the USA.
In 2023 he led a workshop on Anthony Braxton’s Creative Orchestra Music as part of the Darmstadt Summer Course.