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
Hans studied organ with Andre Verwoerd and church music with Barend Schuurman. From 1994 until his retirement in 2016, he taught Liturgics as part of the Church Music programme at Codarts. Former Coda
This year, five new faculty members join Codarts Classical Music. Each brings a unique background and specialization – from music history to organ improvisation, and from tuba to bass trombone.
Composition teacher Robin de Raaff experienced two career highlights this summer: the world premiere of his latest work L’Azur on 27 August at the Lucerne Festival, followed just four days later by th
A warm welcome and careful preparation In the months leading up to this new academic year, we connected with our new students through introductory activities, workshops and performances. This gave the
The first week of the new academic year officially started on1 September. Last week was therefore dedicated to the introduction week for all new first-year students. Over the course of five days, the
This past July, Codarts students, teachers, and alumni once again took the spotlight on their own Talent Stage at the NN North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam. The line-up featured students from our Ja
"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 ener
Relieving stress through art and culture: how do you do that? That art and culture have a healing effect has been known for some time. What is less well known is that it doesn’t always have to involve
Four Codarts students were selected to make up a panel responsible for choosing a conductor to direct an orchestral project at the conservatory. A few weeks ago I spoke with Ruoran Ma, Bruno Vicente a
