# Simon Lenski > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Simon_Lenski > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Simon_Lenski.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Lenski > Source revision: 1356751702 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Simon Lenski** is a [cello](/source/Cello) player from [Antwerp](/source/Antwerp), [Belgium](/source/Belgium). His main activity lies within the band [DAAU](/source/DAAU) which he co-founded in 1992.[1] As a cello player, he is a highly sought guest musician for other artists and music groups, often together with his brother [Buni Lenski](/source/Buni_Lenski). In 2004 he set up a collaboration with Swiss avant-garde cello player [Bo Wiget](/source/Bo_Wiget).[2] Together they released an album *Die Vögelein schweigen im Walde*.[3] In 2008 Simon Lenski composed the soundtrack for the movie [Left Bank Linkeroever](/source/Left_Bank_Linkeroever) by Pieter Van Hees. Simon Lenski composed the music for several theater plays. In 2011 Simon Lenski composed and recorded the soundtrack for the short movie *Motor* of Dutch movie maker [Simone Bennett](/source/Simone_Bennett). For this musical piece a special electric twelve string violin was built for him by experimental luthier [Yuri Landman](/source/Yuri_Landman). Since 2017 Simon Lenski is a member of the [Needcompany](/source/Needcompany) ensemble. 2018-19 he toured Europe with [Selah Sue](/source/Selah_Sue) as member of an acoustic trio formation (guitar / vocal, keyboards & cello). In 2019 he created, in collaboration with George van Dam a dance performance based on the Goldberg Variations in which George van Dam played the entire Variations and Simon Lenski danced to them. The piece premièred at the December Dance festival in Bruges on december 6th 2019.[4] ## Discography For Simon Lenski's discography with DAAU, please see *[DAAU](/source/DAAU)*. - Simon Lenski / Bo Wiget - *Die Vögelein schweigen im Walde* (2007) - Laïs Lenski - *Laïs Lenski*[5][6] (2009), together with [Laïs](/source/La%C3%AFs_(band)) - Simon Lenski: Oh City (solo EP 2016) [Simon Lenski](http://www.simonlenski.com) ## Collaborations - *[Kiss My Jazz](/source/Kiss_My_Jazz)* - *[Bettie Serveert](/source/Bettie_Serveert)* - *[Ez3Kiel](/source/Ez3Kiel)* - *[Think of One](/source/Think_of_One)* - *[Flowers for Breakfast](/source/Flowers_for_Breakfast)* - *[Mintzkov Luna](/source/Mintzkov_Luna)* - *[Donkey Diesel](/source/Donkey_Diesel)* - *[Mauro](/source/Mauro_Pawlowski)* - *[Songs from a Bad Hat](/source/Songs_from_a_Bad_Hat)* - *[Gitbox](/source/Gitbox)* - *[Zita Swoon](/source/Zita_Swoon)* - *[Maxon Blewitt](/source/Maxon_Blewitt)* - *[Cinérex](/source/Cin%C3%A9rex)* - *[An Pierlé](/source/An_Pierl%C3%A9)* - *[Millionaire](/source/Millionaire_(band))* - *[Soul Sucker](/source/Soul_Sucker)* - *[I Hate Camera](/source/I_Hate_Camera)* - *[Paramount Styles](/source/Paramount_Styles)* - *[Ellen Schoenaerts Kwartet](/source/Ellen_Schoenaerts_Kwartet)* - *[Magnus](/source/Magnus_(band))* - *[Gorki / Luk De Vos](/source/Gorki_/_Luk_De_Vos)*[7] - Needcompany[8] - Selah Sue[9] ## Film and theatre scores - *[Wunderbaum](/source/Wunderbaum_(actors)) / Venlo*, Theatre Score[10] - *[Wunderbaum](/source/Wunderbaum_(actors)) / The Haunted House of History*, Theatre Score and performer[11] - *[Damaged Goods](/source/Damaged_Goods_(dancers)) / [Meg Stuart](/source/Meg_Stuart)* : Revisited, performer[12] - *[Eisbär / Collateral Damage](/source/Eisb%C3%A4r_/_Collateral_Damage)*, Theatre Score - *[Andcompany & Co](/source/Andcompany_%26_Co) / Der (kommende) Aufstand*, performer[13] - *[Andcompany & Co](/source/Andcompany_%26_Co) / Orpheus in der Oberwelt*, Theatre Score / performer[14] - "[Theater Froefroe](/source/Theater_Froefroe) / [Macbeth](/source/Macbeth), Theatre Score and performer[15] - *[Left Bank Linkeroever](/source/Left_Bank_Linkeroever)*, soundtrack[16] - *[Waste Land](/source/Waste_Land_(2014_film))*, soundtrack[17] - *[Needcompany](/source/Needcompany) / [O, Or The Challenge of This Particular Show Was To Have Words Ending in O](/source/O,_Or_The_Challenge_of_This_Particular_Show_Was_To_Have_Words_Ending_in_O)*, Performer / Theatre Score[18] - *[Benny Claessens](/source/Benny_Claessens) & CAMPO/ Hello Useless, for W and friends*, Theatre Score[19] - *[Wunderbaum](/source/Wunderbaum_(actors)) / The Future of Sex*, Theatre Score / Performer[20] ## Needcompany - [O, Or The Challenge Of This Show Was To Have Words Ending In O](https://www.needcompany.org/en/o-or-the-challenge-of-this-particular-show-was-to-have-words-ending-in-o)[21] - [War And Turpentine](https://www.needcompany.org/en/war-and-turpentine) - [All The Good](https://www.needcompany.org/en/all-the-good) - [The House Of Our Fathers / Mothers Of Invention](https://www.needcompany.org/en/the-house-of-our-fathers-mothers-of-inventions) - [Probabilities Of Independent Events](https://www.needcompany.org/en/probabilities-of-independent-events) ## References 1. ["Simon Lenski"](https://www.begeerte.be/a/simon-lenski-2) (in nl-BE). *www.begeerte.be*. Retrieved 2024-04-24. 1. ["Bo Wiget, cello player, live electronics, jazz, theater music"](http://www.bowiget.com/en/biography.html). 2006-07-21. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20060721134249/http://www.bowiget.com/en/biography.html) 21 July 2006 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2024-04-24. 1. ["Bo Wiget & Simon Lenski - Die Vögelein Schweigen Im Walde"](http://www.kwadratuur.be/CDBesprekingen/detail/bo_wiget_simon_lenski_-_die_voegelein_schweigen_im_walde) (in Dutch). *Kwadratuur*. 2007-04-29. Retrieved 2024-04-24. 1. ["Dance(R) (work in progress) / Goldberg Variations - Concertgebouw Brugge"](https://www.concertgebouw.be/en/dance-r-tunisia). *www.concertgebouw.be*. Retrieved 2021-04-01. 1. [Ultratop charts](http://www.ultratop.be/en/showitem.asp?interpret=La%EFs+Lenski&titel=La%EFs+Lenski&cat=a) 1. (in Dutch) [review *Laïs Lenski*](http://damusic.be/cd/la%C3%AFs-lenski/la%C3%AFs-lenski) 1. ["Eindelijk Vakantie!"](http://www.gorki.be/?portfolio=eindelijk-vakantie). 2 March 2015. 1. ["Needcompany | Ensemble"](https://www.needcompany.org/nl/ensemble). *www.needcompany.org*. Retrieved 2021-04-01. 1. Van Assche, Gunter (2018-04-01). ["Dit was misschien de mooiste en meest oprechte versie van Selah Sue die we ooit zagen"](https://www.demorgen.be/nieuws/dit-was-misschien-de-mooiste-en-meest-oprechte-versie-van-selah-sue-die-we-ooit-zagen~be336235/) (in Dutch). *[De Morgen](/source/De_Morgen)*. Retrieved 2023-11-22. 1. ["Venlo"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160924232113/http://www.wunderbaum.nl/Venlo1.html). *www.wunderbaum.nl*. Archived from [the original](http://www.wunderbaum.nl/Venlo1.html) on 2016-09-24. 1. ["Haunted house"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002353/http://www.wunderbaum.nl/spookhuis1.html). *www.wunderbaum.nl*. Archived from [the original](http://www.wunderbaum.nl/spookhuis1.html) on 2016-03-04. 1. ["Vooruit – Meg Stuart / Damaged Goods: REVISITED"](https://web.archive.org/web/20081024213231/http://www.vooruit.be/nl/event/1007) (in Dutch). Archived from [the original](http://vooruit.be/nl/event/1007) on 24 October 2008. Retrieved 2013-03-10. 1. [Andcompany & Co. Der (kommende) Aufstand](https://web.archive.org/web/20130128161226/http://english.hebbel-am-ufer.de/programme/schedule/andcompany-der-kommende-aufstand/) 1. ["Orpheus in der Oberwelt: Eine Schlepperoper – andcompany&Co"](http://www.andco.de/?context=project_detail&id=7591) 1. (in Dutch)[\[1\]](http://www.froefroe.be/nl/production/114/macbeth) 1. ["Left Bank"](http://www.flandersimage.com/browse-films/detail/left-bank). 2008. 1. ["Waste Land"](http://www.flandersimage.com/browse-titles/detail/waste-land). 2014. 1. ["Needcompany"](http://www.needcompany.org/EN/o) 1. ["Hello useless - for W and friends - Campo"](http://www.campo.nu/nl/production/1954/hello-useless-for-w-and-friends). 21 March 2016. 1. ["The New Forest - Haal de natuur in huis!"](http://thenewforest.nl/en/show/the-new-forest-the-future-of-sex-2/) 1. ["Needcompany | O Or The Challenge Of This Particular Show Was To Have Words Ending In O"](https://www.needcompany.org/en/o-or-the-challenge-of-this-particular-show-was-to-have-words-ending-in-o). *www.needcompany.org*. Retrieved 2021-04-01. ## External links - [Simon Lenski](http://www.simonlenski.com) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Simon Lenski](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Lenski) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Lenski?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.