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InspirationNights

 

The moment when the Jardin Musical becomes a living circle of art, presence, and encounter

An intimate and carefully curated salon, full of surprise performances — remarkable artists, a shared potluck dinner, and an evening designed to slow down time.
 

Are you an artist? Musicians and artists of all disciplines are warmly invited to submit their work for the season. Each evening is carefully curated, and we read each application attentively.

 

  • InspirationNights · Odyssey I — The Departure
    InspirationNights · Odyssey I — The Departure
    October 1, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
    Jardin Musical, Quai aux Briques 62, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
    The season opens. Odyssey begins with the oldest gesture of all: leaving. An evening of surprise performances, behind closed doors.
  • InspiratioNights · Odyssey II — The Crossing
    InspiratioNights · Odyssey II — The Crossing
    November 5, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
    Jardin Musical, Quai aux Briques 62, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
    FR: The odyssey continues, and the familiar shore is behind us. An evening conceived for the in-between: music, poetry, and movement in a single crossing. EN: The odyssey continues, and the familiar shore is behind us. An evening curated for the in-between: music, poetry, and a single crossing.
  • InspirationNights · Odyssey III — The Turning Point
    InspirationNights · Odyssey III — The Turning Point
    December 3, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
    Jardin Musical, Quai aux Briques 62, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
    The first arc closes. Odyssey reaches the point where the journey outward begins to bend inward—where adventure quietly becomes transformation.
  • InspiratioNights · Metamorphosis I — The Molt
    InspiratioNights · Metamorphosis I — The Molt
    January 7, 2027, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
    Jardin Musical, Quai aux Briques 62, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
    A new arc begins. Metamorphosis opens with what must be let go of: old forms, old skins, the contours we have outgrown.
  • InspiratioNights · Metamorphosis II — The Chrysalis
    InspiratioNights · Metamorphosis II — The Chrysalis
    February 4, 2027, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
    Jardin Musical, Quai aux Briques 62, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
    FR: Metamorphosis deepens. Here is the hidden middle, the dark, formless interval where nothing seems to become anything, and yet everything happens. EN: Metamorphosis deepens. This is the hidden middle, the dark, formless interval where nothing looks like it is becoming anything, and everything.
  • InspiratioNights · Metamorphosis III — The Emergence
    InspiratioNights · Metamorphosis III — The Emergence
    March 4, 2027, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
    Jardin Musical, Quai aux Briques 62, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
    The second arc closes. After the shedding and the dark middle comes the first movement of the new form—fragile, unfinished, alive.
  • InspirationNights · Quintessence I — What Remains
    InspirationNights · Quintessence I — What Remains
    April 1, 2027, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
    Jardin Musical, Quai aux Briques 62, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
    The final arc opens. Quintessence begins where appearances fall away and something essential is revealed.
  • InspirationNights · Quintessence II — The Essential
    InspirationNights · Quintessence II — The Essential
    May 6, 2027, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
    Jardin Musical, Quai aux Briques 62, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
    The essence deepens. Stripped of all superfluity, this salon retains only what matters—beauty without ornament, presence without representation.
  • InspiratioNights · Quintessence III — The Arrival
    InspiratioNights · Quintessence III — The Arrival
    June 3, 2027, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
    Jardin Musical, Quai aux Briques 62, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
    After the call of the Odyssey and the turning point of Metamorphosis, the final salon offers a luminous arrival—not an end, but a rest found at the center.

Upcoming dates 

InspiratioNights is an artist's salon: intimate, structured, and never quite the same. It exists somewhere between a private gathering and a ritual—a space where high standards and vulnerability have the right to share the same room.

Each evening begins at 7:00 pm with a potluck dinner, where everyone brings something to eat or drink, gets to know each other, and gently enters the atmosphere of the place. At 8:00 pm, the doors close for an evening of surprise performances by exceptional artists and musicians, carefully chosen and arranged. Music, poetry, movement, spoken word, storytelling, and other forms of expression find their place here—not as a series of separate acts, but as a single, unified arc.

Hosted with generosity and humor by Ani and Julien, these evenings offer something increasingly rare: a place where time seems suspended, where artists and listeners meet with greater authenticity, and where creation can emerge from a deeper, more exposed place.

For the 2026–2027 season, the
InspiratioNights unfold as a single journey through three guiding themes. From October to December 2026, we enter Odyssey —the call to leave the familiar behind and move toward something greater than ourselves. From January to March 2027, we traverse Metamorphosis —transformation, shedding, ending, and rebirth, the shift that every true path demands. From April to June 2027, we arrive at Quintessence —the return to what is most essential, most alive, most true.

The structured portion of the evening concludes around 9:30 p.m., allowing time for further discussion and deepening the connections forged throughout the performances.


Program
7:00 PM — Potluck dinner
8:00 PM — Doors close · Performances begin
9:30 PM — End of the evening

Price: 10 / 20 / 30 EUR depending on your budget

Reservations strongly recommended

 

Artists of all disciplines are warmly invited to submit their applications for the season
 

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Past events
  • InspirationNights #10
    InspirationNights #10
    Several dates
    Thursday, June 18
    June 18, 2026, 6:30 PM – 10:30 PM
    Brussels, Quai aux Briques 62, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
    A magical evening dedicated to artistic expression, authenticity, conviviality, and community. In a world often fast-paced and focused on doing, InspiratioNights are a sacred pause, a warm space where we come to unwind, reconnect, and marvel together.
  • Open Road - Lorenzo Gatto & Karavan
    Open Road - Lorenzo Gatto & Karavan
    May 29, 2026, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    Isabelle de Borchgrave's workshop, Chaussée de Vleurgat 73a, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
    Neo-classical – Violin, piano, strings ~ Exclusive event at Isabelle de Borchgrave's workshop ~
  • In the service of intuition - Pablo Servigne, Julien Brocal, Eva Servais
    In the service of intuition - Pablo Servigne, Julien Brocal, Eva Servais
    April 9, 2026, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
    Brussels, Quai aux Briques 62, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
    Serving intuition: Making room for intuition as a compass to think about the future and nurture resilience.
  • Levitation - Quentin Dujardin & Gil Delogne
    Levitation - Quentin Dujardin & Gil Delogne
    April 3, 2026, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    Isabelle de Borchgrave's workshop, Chaussée de Vleurgat 73a, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
    Guitar, Tibetan singing bowls & soundscapes ~ Exclusive event at Isabelle de Borchgrave's workshop ~
  • Nature, a subject of law? - François Ost, Robin Scott-Fleming, Mirko Bozzetto, Julien Brocal
    Nature, a subject of law? - François Ost, Robin Scott-Fleming, Mirko Bozzetto, Julien Brocal
    March 11, 2026, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
    Brussels, Quai aux Briques 62, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
    A legal and poetic exploration of the rights of living beings, between rules, narratives and responsibilities.
  • Rendez-vous - Camille Thomas & Julien Brocal
    Rendez-vous - Camille Thomas & Julien Brocal
    February 13, 2026, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    Isabelle de Borchgrave's workshop, Chaussée de Vleurgat 73a, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
    Album Release – Cello and Piano ~ Exclusive Event at Isabelle de Borchgrave's Studio ~
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