Fresh Talent Meets New Sound The Brand New Jazz Festival acts as students’ creative platform. Having spent months working within their bands, students prepare to demonstrate their original compositions by connection to and through their instruments. At Codarts, jazz isn’t just learned — it’s explored through experimentation. A Night of the Unexpected Layers of electronic textures? Bebop tradition? A cinematic soundscape? At the Brand New Jazz Festival, Jazz is just the starting point. Students present a modern and experimental interpretation of the genre with unexpected fusions and redefined
The Brand New Jazz Festival provides a creative platform for up-and-coming talent. Following months of intensive rehearsals, these Jazz students are ready to showcase their original music; here, they don't just learn jazz from books, but discover it through hands-on experimentation. Visitors can expect an evening full of surprises where everything starts with jazz but evolves into something entirely new: from electronic sounds and cinematic compositions to the innovative blending of diverse styles. This festival is open to everyone who loves music or simply wishes to be inspired by the artists of
Since 2019 he has been Principal Guest of the Residentie Orkest and Artistic Partner of the St Paul Chamber. He was Music Director (now Emeritus) of the Philharmonia Baroque 2020-2024, Music Director of the Academy of Ancient Music 2005-2020, and Associate Artist with the Scottish Chamber 2011-2017. He straddles the worlds of historically-informed and modern symphonic performance and has conducted many leading symphony orchestras, notably the London Symphony, Royal Concertgebouw and Philadelphia orchestras. He made his Glyndebourne debut in 2007 and conducted opera cycles of Monteverdi, Purcell
