Fotoverslag | Asaf Avidan - Cirque Royal

Asaf Avidan at Cirque Royal

Asaf Avidan returned to Brussels’ Cirque Royal on Monday night for a performance that felt like stepping inside his own inner radio, fragile frequencies of voice, poetry, and raw emotion. The show opened with the crackle of an old radio, leading into Call of the Flow, setting a tone of introspection and ritual. Compared to Sunday’s standing concert, which according to him pulsed with energy and movement, this seated performance was quieter, more contemplative. A listening experience rather than a collective release. Yet, the intimacy only amplified the impact of songs like Man Without a Name, Bang Bang, and the stunning Not in Vain, where Avidan sat at the piano, joined by two singers, in what became the most intimate moment of the night. At one point, he joked about the curfew: “Don’t speak too much,” he said, before adding, “fuck that”. Then went back to the keys, chasing the greatness that lives between music and poetry. The old radio returned later, echoing through The Great Abyss, as a single beam of light framed him in solitude, to wrap it up with songs like Love It or Leave Ihelding his last note impossibly long, and with Reckoning song. It wasn’t a show of spectacle, but of presence: quiet, defiant, and profoundly human.

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Maandag, 20 october 2025, Cirque Royal - Koninklijk Circus (Brussel, BE) | Foto's & tekst: Cristina Vergara