2025
Release of my first book (in Dutch language): "Jawel, ik zing terwijl ik inadem".
Digitalization, electronics, and robotics have made their entrance into music and music technology since the early 20th century. Composers and musicians are not only seeking an expansion and broadening of the sound palette of musical instruments but also of the human voice. To widen the sound idiom of the singing voice, Extended Vocal Techniques (EVT) are being developed, vocal techniques that can generate new sounds. Originally, these techniques were primarily used within experimental music genres, but nowadays they are increasingly being applied in other genres such as jazz, pop, and even classical music. This has not only led to greater freedom and diversity in the sound possibilities of the human voice but also provides the performer with better vocal control and greater expressiveness. The Belgian soprano and composer Françoise Vanhecke adds to this with her groundbreaking inhaling singing technique (ISFV® or Inhaling Singing Voice).
My book is now available at Pelckmans Uitgevers.
My book is now available at Pelckmans Uitgevers.
2024
"Spirto 6"
Music score for mixed choir, including extended vocal techniques & soundpainting, dedicated to "De 2de Adem" & Maarten Van Ingelgem.
Music sheet: www.Euprint.be
Author: Blake, W. & Irma Bilbao.
Additional information: SPIRTO 6 - IRMA BILBAO For mixed choir with E.V.T ( Extended Vocal Techniques)
Music sheet: www.Euprint.be
Author: Blake, W. & Irma Bilbao.
Additional information: SPIRTO 6 - IRMA BILBAO For mixed choir with E.V.T ( Extended Vocal Techniques)
New released CD box - 3 CDs Trilogy bow Children of the Ancient Tree by Carl Deseyn.
My participation as Françoise Vanhecke: soprano, ISFV® singer, improvisator & composer (Irma Bilbao) for the following songs:
- CD1 : 'Voyage to the Ancestor' : Een voorvader van de Oude Esdoorn zendt zijn zaden noordwaarts, na de laatste ijstijd.
- Nr 3: Fertilization Accomplished
- Nr 6: Seed Harvesting Whirlwinds
- Nr 8: Finding Soil
- Nr 9: Germination (Taking Root) - vocal line composed by Irma Bilbao performed by Françoise Vanhecke: ISFV® Inhaling singer, Improvisator
- Nr10: First day in the Sun (Hello World)
- CD2 : 'Cycles of Life' : dag en nacht, de 4 seizoenen, de ijstijden: alles is een cyclus.
- Nr 2: 12 o’ clock (Vangelis)
- Nr 3: Salvation: vocal line composed by Irma Bilbao performed by Françoise Vanhecke: ISFV® Inhaling singer, Improvisator
- Nr 6: Whirlwinds (Live)
- CD3 : 'Children of the Ancient Tree' : de kinderen van de Oude Boom worden, na vele eeuwen land- en roofbouw, voor het eerst gered uit de nietsontziende klauwen van de mens.
- Nr 11: L’arbre: vocal line composed by Irma Bilbao
- Nr 12: Waiting for the Sea (composed by Ima Bilbao) Françoise Vanhecke : keyboard, ocean drum & soprano, ISFV® Singer, improvisator
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2022
Release of my album "A Journey Into The Universe".
See also: streekgenoot.
"A Journey Into The Universe" is only available as a physical copy (cdr) via the contact details on this website.his website.
2021
My Presentation for NOVA FIARI: EP 6 - The impact of ISFV® Inhaling Singing, a new extended technique by dr. Françoise Vanhecke
Nova FIARI
F.I.A.R.I.
Fédération Internationale de l’Art Révolutionnaire Indépendant (You Tube Channel)
F.I.A.R.I.
Fédération Internationale de l’Art Révolutionnaire Indépendant (You Tube Channel)
2017
Acoustical properties in inhaling singing: A case-study (Publication on Sciencedirect)
Dissertation of the PhD, with as subject "Inhaling Singing, a new extended vocal technique"
Various publications related to the PhD research
4th publication the Journal of Voice
Dissertation of the PhD, with as subject "Inhaling Singing, a new extended vocal technique"
Various publications related to the PhD research
4th publication the Journal of Voice
2016
"Vocal tract morphology in inhaling singing/ An MRI-based study" available in library UGent.
2015
"Physiology and acoustics of inspiratory phonation" available in library UGent.
