‘Maisha In Concert’ is an annual project that brings together master’s students of the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp and local artists from pop, jazz, rap, hip-hop, electronic music, spoken word and more. Together, they create a programme of new music in which all cultural and stylistic influences meet. Maisha, Swahili for “life”, stands for energy, connection and creativity.

The special edition ‘Maisha XL In Concert’ reunites artists from the past five years, nearly 50 musicians, singers, rappers, producers and poets, for a large-scale concert where genres and cultures merge. With no fixed paths or predetermined routes, it is a shared search in which ideas flow, collide and come to life.

For this edition, I created the live visuals and scenography that accompanied the concert, translating the project’s spirit of connection and openness into a visual world that supported and amplified the music on stage.