Kobe Van Cauwenberghe is a guitarist, improviser, and researcher based in Brussels. His recent releases include collaborations with Mariam Rezaei and Sakina Abdou (The Forward Process, Dropa Disc, 2026); Zwerm, Christopher Trapani and Sofia Jernberg (Noise Uprising, New World Records, 2024) as well as the critically acclaimed solo and septet albums with music by Anthony Braxton, Ghost Trance Solos (all that dust, 2020) and Ghost Trance Septet plays Anthony Braxton (el Negocito Records, 2022), the latter earning the title "Album of the Year" (Avant Music News). Currently active as a postdoctoral researcher (FWO), he holds a PhD in the Arts from the University Antwerp and is chair of the research group UP – Performance in Perspective at the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp. He is a founding member of the electric guitar quartet Zwerm and a regular collaborator with the Brussels-based Ictus Ensemble. He has performed with numerous ensembles across Belgium, France, the UK, the US, and beyond.
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Update: September 2026