musical events. Earlier, on 21 December 2025, Sara won the Composition Competition 2025 at TivoliVredenburg, together with three other young composers. This achievement highlights her exceptional [...] talent and creative voice at a national level. In her compelling composition Is It Really Too Much To Ask? , Sara reflects on why we sometimes seem to lose sight of what truly matters in the world: peace
Composition teacher Robin de Raaff experienced two career highlights this summer: the world premiere of his latest work L’Azur on 27 August [...] experience on the world’s leading stages. Robin de Raaff is a composition teacher at Codarts and an internationally recognized composer whose works are performed worldwide by leading orchestras and
dancing along, the combination of emerging talent, original compositions and the unique atmosphere of Katendrecht created a festival that felt both vibrant and personal. Each year, Pop op de Kaap
. With MEGASTRUCTURE the choreographers create an intriguing composition and the choice not to use music is brave and captivating. What is surprising and curious is the theatricality of the piece. The
past nine years as the head of the Classical, Conducting, and Composition & Music Production departments at the Prins Claus Conservatoire (PCC) – a part of Hanze University of Applied Sciences in Groningen
with the Royal Netherlands Marine Band, premiered REHAB by composition student Matthias Bodensteiner. The Codarts String Orchestra, led by Gordan Nikolić, also delivered an energetic and dynamic
strengthened component of the programme. The international composition of the student body and the collaboration between diverse musical backgrounds further enrich this environment, in which students
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
within the student population. Although the international composition is appreciated, it is recommended to also attract more Dutch and Rotterdam diversity in cooperation with relevant partners. This
film, a ‘magical’ narrator invites us to look at reality as a composition in which multiple opinions, perspectives, social forces, cultural forces and forces of nature dance with each other; endlessly
