Can you hear the music? This is the Amsterdam's Conservatory of music. The school is the music division of the Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, the city’s vocational university of the arts. This is the largest music academy of the Netherlands, offering programs in classical music, jazz, pop, early music, music education and opera.
Look at the tall building. This interesting building was built in 2008 and was opened by Queen Beatrix. The first thing that you will notice are the large windows, which transmits sufficient daylight into the rooms. Next to the outer walls you will find corridors where the concert halls, study rooms and classrooms are situated. This design is based on the ‘Engawa model’ a Japanese method of building. It was designed by Dutch architect Frits van Dongen. His concept was ensure that students could study without being disturbed while the corridors kept the noise out.
The location was chosen because of its cultural area, including the ‘Musical building’ along the IJ waters with three concert halls for classical music and jazz, and of course the public library next door. This building enables students to organize solo or ensemble concerts and create interesting projects with other music students or students from other art related disciplines. They also make their own posters and flyers, sell tickets, or record their concerts in one of the concert halls. Have you heard of Cara Emerald, she is a dutch singer, she attended the academy as well.
Look at the tall building. This interesting building was built in 2008 and was opened by Queen Beatrix. The first thing that you will notice are the large windows, which transmits sufficient daylight into the rooms. Next to the outer walls you will find corridors where the concert halls, study rooms and classrooms are situated. This design is based on the ‘Engawa model’ a Japanese method of building. It was designed by Dutch architect Frits van Dongen. His concept was ensure that students could study without being disturbed while the corridors kept the noise out.
The location was chosen because of its cultural area, including the ‘Musical building’ along the IJ waters with three concert halls for classical music and jazz, and of course the public library next door. This building enables students to organize solo or ensemble concerts and create interesting projects with other music students or students from other art related disciplines. They also make their own posters and flyers, sell tickets, or record their concerts in one of the concert halls. Have you heard of Cara Emerald, she is a dutch singer, she attended the academy as well.
