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January 10, 2025

ArtEZ Academy of Music in the spotlight at Eurosonic Noorderslag

This year, ArtEZ Academy of Music students and alumni will again be at Eurosonic Noorderslag (ESNS) in Groningen with an impressive number of acts. A wonderful mix of live acts such as Maartje, ESMÉ, Nina Wood, and Hiigo from the Jazz & Pop, MediaMusic, and Academy of Pop Music programmes represents the strength of ArtEZ's music programmes. For the students and alumni, this annual event is the moment to showcase themselves to bookers, record labels, and other music industry professionals.

Since 1986, ESNS has been the leading conference for the Dutch music scene. For 4 days (15 to 18 January 2025), bookers, labels, musicians and other professionals or enthusiasts from the music scene come together. Here they meet to discuss the future of the industry and discover the latest and greatest in pop music.

In the spotlight

Divided over four days, around 40,000 visitors come to Groningen to experience ESNS together. About 4,000 of them work in the programming of major festivals and clubs in Europe. For the participating acts and the ArtEZ students, this is a slightly different show than they are used to. This is the moment when they step into the spotlight of bookers and record labels. A show at Eurosonic Noorderslag can lead to a spot on one of the big stages or a record deal. They will therefore pull out all the stops to make their showcase remarkable and unique. For this reason alone, a visit to ESNS is more than worthwhile.

 View the ArtEZ Academy of Music showcase schedule