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VSBfonds grants for ArtEZ students

Three ArtEZ students have been awarded a VSBfonds grant. Mike Meurs, Julia van Eijden and Simone van Saarloos were selected and are among the 168 grant recipients. The VSBfonds makes grants available to students who want to continue their studies or do research abroad. Involvement with the com ...

When strings sing: composing for the Matangi Quartet

...a was to create a piece that transmits fun, easiness and lightness, without sounding cheap or primitive.' Natalie, whose favourite composers rank among the musical legends of J.S. Bach, Beethoven and Chopin, said 'the piece I wrote for Matangi differs from all the music I’ve written before'. But writing ...

Zacharias Falkenberg receives first ever Rogier van Otterloo Award

...harias S. Falkenberg was born in Beijing in 1987 and grew up in Germany and Hong Kong. He wrote works commissioned by Orkest de Ereprijs, Het Accordeon festival and the Matangi Quartet. In 2014, he won the composition competition for the International Brass Festival in Enschede and he was selected for the int ...

2023's nominees Heij Konijn Prize come from ArtEZ Academy of Music in Arnhem

The Heij Konijn Fund was established in 1995 by the will of Mrs. R.M. Heij Konijn, widow of former Arnhem alderman J. Heij, to support young, successful artists and performers. Each year the fund supports three graduates of the Arnhem academies of ArtEZ wit ...

Music Theatre students honor Michael Matthews during the Nijmeegse Kunstnacht

...in Nijmegen." Film and edit: Jovan Smilda Bachelor Music Theatre "What I find most fascinating about the combination of music and theater is when a musician becomes an actor, and vice versa. You acquire a craft, in my case focused on piano and singing, while simultan ...

Collectief Teder wins Heij Konijn Award 2023

The 2023 Heij Konijn Award was won July 7 by Collectief Teder. Collectief Teder consists of Isa Zwart and Joy Delphi. Every year, the Heij Konijn Award goes to a graduating student from one of ArtEZ's Arnhem academies. This year, three graduating students (or acts) from the ArtEZ Academy of Mus ...

This summer: Community Research Program at Het HEM

...tory hall in Zaandam together with its own curators. After previous collaborations with fashion & lifestyle designers Edson Sabajo & Guillaume Schmidt, music composer Nicolás Jaar, stylist Maarten Spruyt and philosopher Simon(e) van Saarloos, Chapter 5IVE is developed in dialogue wit ...

How post-capitalist mushrooms brought together three students in the Honours Lab

...together, you learn several valuable, small ways to find mutual understanding in an interdisciplinary environment. This can even be in practical ways, like how long it takes someone to set up a mixer.” Advice for students interested in the Honours Lab When asked if they had any advice for stu ...

Mandrake's Monster from Enschede wins Overijssel Pop Award

The Enschede-based band Mandrake’s Monster has won the Overijssel Pop Award for 2016. The band defeated its six opponents, including DJ duo East & Young, trash metal band Distillator and singer-songwriter Jeangu Macrooy. The acts were suggested by music venues in Overijssel. Mandrake's ...

Justus Berger: 'Even Beethoven occasionally wrote stuff because people wanted to hear it'

...position for Film and Theatre course, Justus especially praises his lecturers. 'Take Andries van Rossem and Rainer Quade', he cites as examples. 'Great lecturers as well as musicians with a lot of valuable knowledge.' The projects, too, are still clear in his mind. Justus marks getting to compose for the Matang ...

Help a student in need

EZ Student Support Fund is designed to donate a modest, but vital sum of money to alleviate the acute financial distress of students. Anyone who wants to help our students can make a donation. The donated money goes directly to the fund and will be used entirely to support the livelihood of our stu ...

The power of one trombone

...ssical music. Román explains: “During this master’s, I wanted to explore the possibilities of playing the trombone. Not only in the classical field, but also what the possibilities are if I’d mix it with dance or other disciplines, arranging music myself, and experimenting with the ...

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