Dionysos Now! is the vocal ensemble of inspirer and artistic director Tore Tom Denys (tenor). It is a fairly young ensemble (founded in 2020) with a very personal timbre and with great attention to textual content and articulation. It brings together singers with the necessary international experience in polyphony with top ensembles such as Collegium Vocale Gent, Huelgas ensemble, The Tallis Scolars, Les Musicien du Louvre,…
Rediscovering the composer Willaert is an important mission for Dionysos Now! The further exploration of this Renaissance music is linked to contemporary polyphony in new compositions.
Dionysos Now! creates resonant cathedrals of sound, where the building blocks seamlessly merge into a greater whole. The radiant music generates a vibrant energy that transcends the sum of its individual parts.
Starting from this wonderful phenomenon – typical of 16th-century polyphonic music – Dionysos “Now!” wants to make the link to today and unlock and share the relevant beauty of these 500-year-old music and singing techniques and approaches with the 21st-century listener.
Dionysos Now! aims to bridge old and new music, appealing to new audiences and allowing as many people as possible to discover this polyphonic music in surprising ways.
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29/03/2026
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24/07/2025
Heb jij ons gemist in Italië? Geen zorgen, we zijn binnenkort weer terug voor twee nieuwe concert in België! Deze zomer strijken we neer op Theater Aan Zee. Dionysos NOW brengt er een ode aan de Roeselaarse renaissancecomponist Adriaen Willaert en zijn nalatenschap. Willaert als meester, mentor, collega en vriend. Met werk van o.a. Cypriano […]
25/04/2025
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25/04/2025
Zondag 11:00 Thermae Palace Met Apero Poëzie gaan gastheren en curators acteur Tijmen Govaerts en schrijver Hans Depelchin met een verfrissende formule in dialoog met Tore Tom Denys over polyfonie, de zee, culinaire zielenroerselen en literaire dipsauzen. Uiteraard met een aperitiefje bij de hand. Dionysos Now! trakteert u op enkele mooie pareltjes pure polyfonie uit […]
25/04/2025
Zaterdag 21:00 Kapucijnenkerk Het prachtig versierde Engelse 15e-eeuwse koorboek dat bekend staat als het Old Hall manuscript was 400 jaar lang verloren gegaan, totdat het aan het eind van de 19e eeuw weer opdook in het seminarie van Old Hall Green. Het is de grootste bewaard gebleven collectie middeleeuwse motetten en misdelen en werd meteen […]
Live concerts by Dionysos Now! bring another dimension to the experience of this polyphony music. Below you will find the agenda for the coming months and the associated ticket links. Hope to see you at one of the concerts!
For more information, please visit: info@dionysosnow.com
Dionysos Now!
Seven voices, tons of experience, a cast-iron conviction and indefatigable drive: these are the assets behind Dionysos Now!, the Passion project launched in 2020 by Belgian tenor Tore Tom Denys. With Vienna and Ghent as their home base and worldwide concert experience, the singers are relentlessly committed as ambassadors of the Franco-Flemish polyphonists. The starting point is always the original manuscripts and printed sources that bear the footprints of composers like Adriaen Willaert, Denys’ fellow townsman and ultimate source of inspiration. But the ensemble’s interpretations stand with both feet in the present, thanks to the cutting-edge vocal interplay and the immersive quality of the ensemble sound that rises from the individual parts like a cathedral of sound. With six recordings on vinyl dedicated to Willaert, the ensemble also opts for quality, durability and originality as regards their discography.
Ensemble Dionysos Now! is a flexible project where the base consists of 6 voices that can be expanded to polyphonic or supplemented with an instrumental ensemble depending on the programme. To this end, a permanent collaboration will be established with several internationally renowned ensembles.
Filip Dámec, countertenor
Franz Vitzthum, countertenor
Terry Wey, coutertenor
Bernd Oliver Fröhlich, tenor
Jan Petryka, tenor
Julian Podger, tenor
Tore Tom Denys, tenor and artistic direction
Tim Scott Whiteley, bass-baritone
Joachim Höchbauer, bass
And guest artists: Simon Whiteley, Pieter Stas, David Munderloh, Catherine King, Adriaan Lauwers, Sofie Vanden Eynde, Philippe Thuriot…
In collaboration with Iskander Moens, Tsar B, Dominique Pauwels, Spectra Ensemble.
© Stephan Vanfleteren
Dionysos and Tore Tom Denys would like to take you on a journey into the wonderful world of Adriaen Willaert… a fascinating journey of discovery through an unprecedented but fascinating body of work… Flemish polyphony with international allure.
HThe success of this project is only possible thanks to the support of partners who are willing to help promote and financially support it.
Every contribution—tailored to each individual’s budget—can enhance the impact of the project and provide support for its further development.
The Friends of Dionysos Now! fund was set up on the initiative of two philanthropists and is managed by the King Baudouin Foundation. Gifts of €40 or more per year to the Foundation give rise to a tax reduction of 30% on the amount actually deposited (art. 145/33 ITC). By making a donation to the Friends of Dionysos Now! fund, you support the projects of Dionysos Now!
Dionysos Now! is dedicated to the research and performance of Flemish polyphony music and in particular focused on the oeuvre of Adriaen Willaert – born 1490 in Rumbeke, died in Venice – who was for 35 years composer-chapel master at St Mark’s Basilica in Venice and is considered one of the main influencers of Flemish polyphony.
Through recordings, concerts, lectures and cross-disciplinary collaborations with other artists, Dionysos Now! aims to revive more than 500 years of ancient music, make it accessible and known to a wide audience in a contemporary way. The ensemble aims to focus on performing vocal and vocal-instrumental repertoire from the Renaissance to the Baroque, contributing to the dissemination of culture at a professional level in Flanders, Belgium, and Europe.
Thanks to the sponsors.
Thank you to the maecenas, donors and businesses for their support.
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Your donation will mainly be used to make the following possible:
The King Baudouin Foundation’s quality label guarantees proper monitoring of expenditure. The Foundation itself provides a tax certificate for donations from €40.
You can also make a transfer to the bank account of the King Baudouin Foundation (IBAN: BE10 0000 0000 0404), with the reference “623/3781/80073.”
Dionysos Now! is registered as an ANBI and as a cultural institution with the Dutch tax authorities.
Donors to cultural ANBIs (Public Benefit Organizations) are eligible for an additional tax deduction in their income tax return.
Donations are welcome at the following account:
IBAN: BE48 3631 3006 6027
Recipient: Dionysos Now!
Address: Daglandstraat 55, 8800 Roeselare (Belgium)
Reference: Fiscal number RSIN 8278 79 519
We thank you for your support!
More info: tore@dionysosnow.com / sophie@dionysosnow.com
“The polyphony, which in our regions during the early renaissance began to flourish, remains to this day today a masterful art form. We should fortunate that Tore Tom Denys with his project "DionysosNow" keeps our polyphony alive and alive.”
“In science, polyphony would polyphony stand for multidisciplinary. In order to problems of our time cope, we need a multidisciplinary and therefore polyphonic approach.”
“The mesmerising thought of what is now entering our auricles being the same sounds heard in our churches centuries ago is not only miraculous but also feels as if the present and the past are entering through the same heavenly gate.”
“Between the sparkling marble of the church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli in Venice, it happened: the most beautiful polyphony I ever heard, brought by Tore Denys, DionysosNow! I will never forget it.”
“The voices of the Dionysos Now! ensemble have already echoed a few times in the Drongenhof chapel, set up around the sculpture "Honte, 2018-2019", wonderful how the voices lift the sculpture and put the viewer in a different state of mind. The foal is sung, like a mourning process, music brings comfort.”
"Music, the Dionysian elixir, intoxicates the soul with its wild dance of notes, setting free the spirit in a euphoric celebration of life."
Polyfonie: De Klank van Verandering
"Polyfonie is meer dan muziek; het is een revolutionaire kracht die de kunst van de Renaissance transformeerde met de magie van welluidend contrapunt. Dionysis Now! brengt deze tijdloze schoonheid tot leven en onthult keer op keer de kracht ervan. Maar polyfonie is meer dan esthetiek – het staat ook voor gelijkwaardigheid van alle partijen, waarin elke stem telt en samen een harmonie vormt. In een wereld die snakt naar verbinding en balans, wijst polyfonie de weg naar een nieuwe Renaissance. Een toekomst waarin diversiteit niet botst, maar samenklinkt.""
Tore Tom Denys, artistic director
toretenore@dionysosnow.com
Sophie Cocquyt, management
sophie@dionysosnow.com
+32 477 44 99 90
Dionysos Now!
Registered office:
Daglandstraat 55
8800 Roeselare (B)
BTW: BE 0764.461.948
IBAN: BE 48 3631 3006 6027
BIC: BBRUBEBB
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