B.O.X
(Baroque Orchestration X)
is a hybrid baroque band based in Antwerp, Belgium. Their goal is to create genre-bending new sounds, and to build bridges between audiences.
Founded in 2010 by lute and theorbo player Pieter Theuns, B.O.X gathers some of today's finest players of baroque instruments, such as harpsichord, baroque harp, viola da gamba, cornetto, sackbut etc.
They have collaborated with a variety of artists, such as Dez Mona, Spinvis, Efterklang, Shara Nova, Valgeir Sigurdsson, Petur Ben, Mugison, Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire), An Pierlé, Tsar B, Eefje De Visser, Stef Kamil Carlens and DM Stith.
““At the end of the day this was pop music, classy, sensual, exquisitely artful and unmistakably new.””