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Conservatorium van Amsterdam

March 06, 2024

The Conservatorium van Amsterdam (CvA) is a Dutch conservatoire of music located in Amsterdam. This school is the music division of the Amsterdam University of the Arts, the city's vocational university of arts. The Conservatorium van Amsterdam is the largest music academy in the Netherlands, offering programs in classical music, jazz, pop, electronic music, early music, music education, and opera.

Conservatorium van Amsterdam
TypeConservatoire
Established
  • 1884; 140 years ago (1884)
    (as Amsterdamsch Conservatorium)
  • 1976; 48 years ago (1976)
    (as Sweelinck Conservatorium)
  • 1994; 30 years ago (1994)
    (as Conservatorium van Amsterdam)
Parent institution
Amsterdam University of the Arts
DirectorOkke Westdorp
Location
Amsterdam
,
Netherlands

52°22′33″N 4°54′32″E / 52.37583°N 4.90889°E / 52.37583; 4.90889
WebsiteOfficial website

History edit

The oldest predecessor of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam was founded in 1884 as the Amsterdamsch Conservatorium, four years before the completion of the Concertgebouw. In 1920, a competing music academy was established in Amsterdam by a society called 'Muzieklyceum'. The Bachzaal, used by the Amsterdamsch Conservatorium, was completed in 1931.

In 1976, the Amsterdamsch Conservatorium, Conservatory of the Muzieklyceum Society, and the Haarlems Muzieklyceum merged to form the Sweelinck Conservatorium. This "new" academy of music moved to the former savings bank building in the Van Baerlestraat in 1985. In 1994 the Sweelinck Conservatorium merged with Hilversums Conservatorium to form the Conservatorium van Amsterdam.[1] From 1998 its training programmes took place in their facilities in Van Baerlestraat and the Nieuwe Vaart. In 2008 the school moved to Oosterdokseiland.

Building edit

Since 21 April 2008 the Conservatorium van Amsterdam has its home in a new building at the Oosterdokseiland, near Amsterdam Central Station. The new building is centrally located in a cultural area, including the 'Muziekgebouw' with three concert halls for classical music and jazz, and the public library. Other faculties of the Amsterdam University of the Arts (Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Dutch) are within walking distance.

This new complex is designed and equipped to current standards. Students can organize solo or ensemble concerts, create interesting projects with other music students or students from other art disciplines. They also make their own posters and flyers, sell tickets, or record their concerts in one of the concert halls and broadcast them on the internet radio at the CvA website.

The design, by Dutch architect Frits van Dongen, is based on the 'Engawa model', the Japanese way of building, where the corridors are situated next to the outer walls of the building and the concert halls, classrooms and study rooms, within. Large windows in the front transmits sufficient daylight into the rooms. This building method is intended to enable students to study without being disturbed, while corridors keep noises out.

The new building contains three units. At ground level there are four halls:

  • Bernard Haitinkzaal, a large hall with 450 seats
  • Amsterdam Blue Note, a hall for jazz and pop concerts, which seats 200
  • Sweelinckzaal, a recital hall with 120 seats
  • Theaterzaal, which seats 50

The Bernard Haitinkzaal and Sweelinckzaal have windows which transmit daylight, which is exceptional for a concert hall. All halls have recording equipment, so that each concert or playing exam can be recorded. There is also a foyer and a canteen at ground level.

At the next level there are four floors with lesson and classrooms and on top of these there are two floors with the library, a lecture hall and study rooms.

Acoustic planning was by Akoestisch bureau Peutz, who researched the acoustic requirements of the lesson and study rooms and concert halls.

People edit

Directors edit

  • Okke Westdorp
  • Joachim Junghans (Head of Jazz & Pop)
  • Wim Vos (Head of Classical department a.i.)
  • Ton Hartsuiker (former)

Faculty edit

Current edit

Emeriti edit

Alumni edit

Further information: Category:Conservatorium van Amsterdam alumni

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ . Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-06-02.

External links edit

  • Official Website in Dutch
  • Official Website in English

March 06, 2024
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The Conservatorium van Amsterdam CvA is a Dutch conservatoire of music located in Amsterdam This school is the music division of the Amsterdam University of the Arts the city s vocational university of arts The Conservatorium van Amsterdam is the largest music academy in the Netherlands offering programs in classical music jazz pop electronic music early music music education and opera Conservatorium van AmsterdamTypeConservatoireEstablished1884 140 years ago 1884 as Amsterdamsch Conservatorium 1976 48 years ago 1976 as Sweelinck Conservatorium 1994 30 years ago 1994 as Conservatorium van Amsterdam Parent institutionAmsterdam University of the ArtsDirectorOkke WestdorpLocationAmsterdam Netherlands52 22 33 N 4 54 32 E 52 37583 N 4 90889 E 52 37583 4 90889WebsiteOfficial website Contents 1 History 2 Building 3 People 3 1 Directors 3 2 Faculty 3 2 1 Current 3 2 2 Emeriti 3 3 Alumni 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThe oldest predecessor of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam was founded in 1884 as the Amsterdamsch Conservatorium four years before the completion of the Concertgebouw In 1920 a competing music academy was established in Amsterdam by a society called Muzieklyceum The Bachzaal used by the Amsterdamsch Conservatorium was completed in 1931 In 1976 the Amsterdamsch Conservatorium Conservatory of the Muzieklyceum Society and the Haarlems Muzieklyceum merged to form the Sweelinck Conservatorium This new academy of music moved to the former savings bank building in the Van Baerlestraat in 1985 In 1994 the Sweelinck Conservatorium merged with Hilversums Conservatorium to form the Conservatorium van Amsterdam 1 From 1998 its training programmes took place in their facilities in Van Baerlestraat and the Nieuwe Vaart In 2008 the school moved to Oosterdokseiland Building editSince 21 April 2008 the Conservatorium van Amsterdam has its home in a new building at the Oosterdokseiland near Amsterdam Central Station The new building is centrally located in a cultural area including the Muziekgebouw with three concert halls for classical music and jazz and the public library Other faculties of the Amsterdam University of the Arts Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Dutch are within walking distance This new complex is designed and equipped to current standards Students can organize solo or ensemble concerts create interesting projects with other music students or students from other art disciplines They also make their own posters and flyers sell tickets or record their concerts in one of the concert halls and broadcast them on the internet radio at the CvA website The design by Dutch architect Frits van Dongen is based on the Engawa model the Japanese way of building where the corridors are situated next to the outer walls of the building and the concert halls classrooms and study rooms within Large windows in the front transmits sufficient daylight into the rooms This building method is intended to enable students to study without being disturbed while corridors keep noises out The new building contains three units At ground level there are four halls Bernard Haitinkzaal a large hall with 450 seats Amsterdam Blue Note a hall for jazz and pop concerts which seats 200 Sweelinckzaal a recital hall with 120 seats Theaterzaal which seats 50The Bernard Haitinkzaal and Sweelinckzaal have windows which transmit daylight which is exceptional for a concert hall All halls have recording equipment so that each concert or playing exam can be recorded There is also a foyer and a canteen at ground level At the next level there are four floors with lesson and classrooms and on top of these there are two floors with the library a lecture hall and study rooms Acoustic planning was by Akoestisch bureau Peutz who researched the acoustic requirements of the lesson and study rooms and concert halls People editDirectors edit Okke Westdorp Joachim Junghans Head of Jazz amp Pop Wim Vos Head of Classical department a i Ton Hartsuiker former Faculty edit Current edit Richard Ayres Boris Belkin Ilya Grubert Willem Jeths Peter Kooy Anna Korsun Jaap ter Linden Bart van Oort Tjako van Schie Ed Spanjaard Jos van Veldhoven Emeriti edit Willem Andriessen also an alumnus Oskar Back Klaas Bolt Sarah Bosmans Benedicts Max van Egmond Peter Eros Vesko Eschkenazy Wim Henderickx Herman Krebbers Ton de Leeuw Gustav Leonhardt Murray Perahia Antonio Chagas Rosa Jaap Spaanderman also an alumnus Theo Verbey Matthijs Verschoor also an alumnus Abbie de Quant Alumni edit Further information Category Conservatorium van Amsterdam alumni Svitlana Azarova Kees Bakels Pieter Jan Belder Bart Berman Coenraad Bloemendal Hendrik Bouman Frans Bruggen Theo Bruins Sytse Buwalda Hans Davidsson Thoms Dunn Caro Emerald Ivo van Emmerik Tom Gaebel Sim Gokkes Bernard Haitink Majoie Hajary Walter Hekster Robert Hill Ilse Huizinga Jorge Isaac Rudolf Jansen Christine Kamp Rudolf Koelman Reinbert de Leeuw Charles van der Leeuw Theo Loevendie Daniel Moult Ben van Oosten Tera de Marez Oyens Ella van Poucke Robin de Raaff Lawrence Renes Martin Schmeding Cameron Shahbazi Paul Gutama Soegijo Marjo Tal Signe Tollefsen Merlijn Twaalfhoven Geertruida Vladeracken Frank Peter Zimmermann Uxia Martinez BotanaSee also editDispokinesisReferences edit MTO 3 1 Douw Schuijer Music Theory at the Amsterdam School of Music Archived from the original on 2007 09 27 Retrieved 2007 06 02 External links editOfficial Website in Dutch Official Website in English Portals nbsp Music nbsp Netherlands nbsp Education nbsp Society Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Conservatorium van Amsterdam amp oldid 1209867260, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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