This year, the Codarts programme Student Life has its tenth anniversary. In 2012 the first steps were taken to realise an integral programme around the [...] have before a performance?’ Just three of the many questions that Codarts students can find an answer to at the Performing Arts Health Centre, part of the Student Life programme of the university for the [...] themselves.’ And this pays off. An example: Dance students at Codarts have six times fewer injuries than students of similar study programmes abroad. Both Dutch dance programmes and schools as well as
Erasmus University Rotterdam, Willem de Kooning Academy and Codarts Rotterdam. RASL Summer Studio From 20 to 24 June, RASL organises the RASL Summer Studio for the fourth time: for four days, the
On 29 September, the annual Buma Awards took place. Three alumni of the Pop Songwriting programme were honoured with a Buma Award this year. The prestigious prize is presented annually to the creators of the most successful music in the Netherlands. Nienke van der Velden and Julian Vahle received the award for their contribution to Spijt is voor later , performed by Martin Morero. Jesper Hoekstra was recognised for the song Echte liefde is te koop , performed by Samuel Welten. The Buma Awards acknowledge composers, lyricists and music publishers whose work reaches a wide audience and makes an important contribution to the Dutch music industry.
"The Kāna Percussion Trio has devised an admirable social programme with a wonderful build-up, where the message is subtly but clearly packaged. In their playing there is drive and precision, the energy splashes from the percussion instruments." During the finale, this season's candidates, mezzo-soprano Isabel Pronk, saxophone quartet the Osimun Quartet, and percussion ensemble the Kāna Trio showed the jury and audience why they deserve the Dutch Classical Award. Dutch Classical Talent Tour & Award is an 18-month programme that helps young musicians develop. It is intended for talents up to the age of 28 (for singers up to the age of 30) who are studying or have graduated from a Dutch conservatoire. This competition offers young chamber musicians a special opportunity to showcase themselves. A professional jury selects three talents through auditions. Under professional guidance, they put together a stimulating and contemporary programme. They will perform in fourteen concert halls in the Netherlands. The tour will conclude with a festive finale, the Dutch Classical Talent Award and Audience Award will be presented. The tour Cécile Gouder de Beauregard "For more than twenty years, the level of the finalists of Dutch Classical Talent has been impressively high. This year again it was great to be able to follow and accompany three talents for a year and a half. Isabel Pronk, the Osimun Saxophone Quartet, and the Kāna Trio are absolutely not inferior to their predecessors. With an open and curious attitude, they went through the process, working with lyricists, arrangers, lighting technicians and directors to create their own unique program. This has also resulted in impressive new compositions by Sarah Neutkens, Arjan Linker and Nuno Lobo." Dutch Classical Talent is an initiative of the Dutch concert halls and the JCP Foundation. The final is made possible in part by the Angela E. Fund administered by Het Cultuurfonds.
The Keuzegids is an independent consumer guide that judges and compares the quality of all study programmes. Programmes that score 75 or higher may call themselves Top Study Programme. The Keuzegids is published by the Centre for Higher Education Information (C.H.O.I.). The scoring is based on students’ assessment (NSE 2022), study success rates (Vereniging Hogescholen) and labour market figures (Research Centre for Research and Labour market).
With her impressive act, Melody Nolan managed to leave the other nominees behind and convince the jury. Melody received a cheque of 5000 Euros and will be given the opportunity to further develop her act into a full performance. In addition, she gets to show her act during the first Circusstad festival gala in May 2022 in het Nieuwe Luxor theater in Rotterdam. Since 2012, the award goes to the most talented graduating act of the past year. The nominated acts stand out for their original, innovative approach to their discipline and excellent technical skills. Raff Pringuet, who also got his Bachelor’s Degree in Circus Arts a few months ago, was one of the other nominees. The final winner was chosen by a professional jury that this year consisted of Hanneke Meijers (director/board member Tent Circustheater productions), Jonas van Soom (artistic staff Festival Cirkl / Cirklabo Leuven Belgium), Arlette Hanson (Director Arlette Hanson Wintercircus / board member Circuspunt) and Marc Eysink Smeets (director/board member Festival Circolo – board member Circuspunt). From the jury report: “Melody has developed a wonderful movement language of her own that is highly original within her discipline. The exploration of the human body makes every movement necessary and meaningful. In addition, the chosen soundbed contributes to the intensity of the performance. Where the discipline can sometimes be static, Melody knows how to make this dynamic in her act through her use of space and the very fluent choreography”.
in the second year of my master’s in the Classical department at Codarts, majoring in violin. As part of my research, I am spending my second year at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music as an exchange
same time, she is a professor of Arts & Wellbeing at art college Codarts Rotterdam. As a core team member of the Medical Delta Program ‘Health promotion with arts and culture’, she connects practice with [...] a concert by De Toppers: it varies per person. For example, at Codarts we have a Global Musics department, with specializations such as Caribbean & South American Music and Maqam & Modal Traditions. [...] that only classical music has healing powers is long outdated. At Codarts, more than 1,000 future musicians, dancers, and circus artists study. We have the opportunity to offer all kinds of different art
Global Musics' renewed curriculum. When Lilian and Mutlu joined Codarts fifteen years ago, that was far from obvious. "We mustn't forget that we're in Europe", says Lilian. "Certain standards apply here
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