Carlo Balemans

“Welcome to my website. My name is Carlo. I am a conductor and composer from the Netherlands. My main interest is electronic orchestral music; I consider my laptop to be an orchestral instrument. Half the year, I live in Medellín, Colombia. In the other half, I see where life takes me! I am always looking for new connections with creative artists from all over the world, and love being the connecting bridge between artists.”

ABOUT CARLO
Carlo Balemans is an award-winning conductor, composer, and entrepreneur with over 40 years of experience in different musical styles. He has been a professor at Codarts University Rotterdam for 18 years and has experience with both amateur and professional companies.

He lives as a nomad, currently residing in Medellín, Colombia.

Buy Me A Coffee

“If you like the videos I make about my journeys, my life, my work, and the people I meet, consider supporting me with a donation on “Buy Me A Coffee.”

For scores, compositions, and courses, please visit our webshop.

SPACE - THE ADVENTURE

A musical journey through the mountains of Argentina

SPACE & ADVENTURE

Carlo Balemans has been traveling around the world as a nomad since 2018, seeking out adventure with a bare minimum of possessions. The most recent one, a trek through the Andes mountains in Argentina, served as the model for his composition "SPACE - The Adventure": an unusual trek and an unusual orchestral score.

Temperatures fluctuated from 6 to 43 degrees within a 24-hour period, from wind force 1 to 6 within seconds, there was drought, but also heavy rain resulting in mudslides. All this between 1500 and 4300 meters altitude in a tent.

Guts, a sense of humor, confidence, and curiosity: important qualities when stepping out of your comfort zone. Adventure is what it's all about, the basis for 'SPACE - The Adventure'.

COMPOSITION
The composition is a 45-minute musical adventure for HaFaBra orchestra, with SPACE for your own initiative, SPACE for your audience, SPACE for shared leadership, and SPACE for integrating your environment.

Instrumentation will be made to the characteristics of your orchestra. In four workshops, Carlo will help you live this musical adventure to the fullest: from simplicity to the greatest heights!

RELEASE
'SPACE - The Adventure' is available from April 15. Click HERE for more information on how to purchase it. You will also find great discount offers for your orchestra!

MAKING OF
Looking forward to something is a big part of the experience! Are you curious? At ‘Buy Me A Coffee’, you can follow the whole process; from first sketches of the composition to the relationship of the music to the mighty Andes mountains, and perspectives on how adventure changes you.

MEET, INSPIRE & CELEBRATE

MIDIATORS

Building a bridge between DAW-orientated and orchestral musicians

Do you make your own music in your DAW? Have you always wanted to collaborate with an orchestra? Or are you an orchestra looking to connect with young people making music with their computers? If you wish to broaden your musical horizons, then MIDIATORS is the ideal project for you.

Whether you prefer reading sheet music or playing by ear, in the end, we all do the same thing: we make music. Carlo Balemans is your ideal MIDIATOR, guiding all sorts of musicians from all over the world in their musical communication. So, how does it work?

TEAMWORK
Together, you and your squad will create surprising compositions and performances, supervised in an online workspace. Carlo will focus on your wishes, and you will find a way to reach your common goal: blowing away the audience!

FINANCES
The cost of the MIDIATORS project will be determined after the negotiation of your needs, goals, and background. After coming to a custom-made arrangement, you will receive a personal contract and you are good to go!

WHAT SHOULD I KNOW?
Knowledge of music notation or MIDI is not necessary. If you are a respectful, positive musician with a sense of adventure and humor, this project is for you. Carlo can guide you in English and Dutch. If Spanish is your first language, but you speak A-level English, Carlo can also provide support in a combination of English and Spanish.

On the first of June 2024, the MIDI-ators pilot was held at the Het Musiater in Zevenaar.

All music was created by elementary school students and transformed into a performance under the direction of Carlo Balemans. "The Sound of MIDI-ators" is a co-production of Liemers Kunstwerk, Musidesk Rijnbrink, Fonds voor Cultuurparticipatie, and Carlo Balemans Music Roamer.