Nienke Deutz

Alexandra Alden is a Maltese musician who is currently based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, where she obtained a degree in Jazz music at the CODARTS Conservatory in July 2018

Rowan de Vos is a Rotterdam-based keyboard player, composer, singer and lyricist.
Band member of the Dawn Brothers, Merel Sophie and Next of Kin.

Laia Escartin is a singer, violinist and composer from South-Mexico

Federico Castelli is an Italian guitarist, composer and leader of the band Fish Country.

Thomas Pol is a Dutch bassist/composer who is active in both the jazz and classical worlds.

Ildo Nandja is a versatile Pan-African jazz bassist. He uses his African rhythmic skills and expertise to express harmonic concepts in his compositions.

Tim is a concert guitarist specialising in Tango, Argentine folklore, Brazilian and classical music.
From accompanying soloists to playing solo concerts in various genres.

Giovanni Burke works together with Marwan Magroun, Daniel O'Grmazion and Jeffrey de Roode for Studio Blaak Foundation.

Carmen van Mulier is an actress, theatre maker and singer.

Through warm sounds, interpreted with deep intention, singer and composer Sanne Rambags knows how to create a moment of magic. At an early age, she developed as a musician with a distinct sound.

Matthijs van Wijhe is a Dutch pianist who is committed to contemporary classical music, especially that of Dutch origin.

Gustavo Cabrera is an Argentine/American violinist, saxophonist and composer/arranger who challenges himself by exploring different musical concepts.

Ken Kunita is a Japanese bass clarinettist and clarinetist. Together with Helena Sousa Estévez, he forms the Khaer Duo and is European Sales Manager at Muse Press LLC.

Jens Meijer is active as a drummer, composer and student assistant booker at Codarts.

Anne Bakker is an (alt) violinist, composer and singer, who isn’t afraid to experiment with a lot of different genres. She has studied both jazz violin and vocals at Codarts Rotterdam.

Danny Rombout is a versatile percussionist, composer and producer for the most diverse musical enterprises.

Loek van den Berg is a Dutch saxophonist who, through his recognisable playing style, consisting of a lot of lyricism, interaction and swing, carries his audience away.

Fadua is an actress, theatre maker & scriptwriter. She is currently working on several projects, including a solo performance that will soon be performed in various theatres.

Lucija Gregov is a cellist, improviser, and a liquid artist who creates and explores new sonic landscapes using cello, analogue synthesizers and processed field recordings.

Saxophonist and clarinettist Yoran plays in bands, records CDs, tours theatres and can regularly be seen on TV in De Wereld Draait Door and Tijd voor Max.

Reza plays Tombak and Tar and bridges herewith East and West through his music.

Tom is a trumpet player, composer and organiser based in Rotterdam. He fulfils these roles with many different bands of different genres.

Antoinette van Hattem owns 'de Artiesteningang', an agency that has been putting together programmes for both cultural and commercial institutions since 1995.

Nele Mennes writes songs and performances in several languages and is founder of the international theatre collective Wall.

Simone van der Weerden is a bandoneoniste, arranger and composer based in Rotterdam. She has founded several bands of her own with a diverse repertoire.

Jutta Daems is a vocalist, songwriter and keyboardist with her own project Alison Jutta, or on commission.

Jesse Schilderink is a saxophonist in various projects and is the founder of the Rotterdam/Trondheim Collective.

I am a classical percussionist who mainly plays in orchestras, is a member of percussion ensemble Havelok and has an entrepreneurial spirit.

Robert is a jazz pianist and has, among other things, his own Robert Koemans Trio and Coal Harbour and organises his own jam sessions in the Rotterdamse Schouwburg

Marwan is a photographer and video artist and produces his own music. In 2017 he won 'De Kracht van Rotterdam'.

Beau is a FOH engineer and has worked for My Baby, Pitou, CODARTS & Doornroosje Nijmegen, among others.

Arne is a keyboard player in several bands (including Antwerp's Ravvel) and active as a producer/songwriter for his band Bombyx.

Willem Romers is a drummer, composer and percussionist. In his own project Willem! he brings together all his inspiration from nature, art, cooking and music.

Violinist Tijmen Veelenturf plays various musical styles ranging from Argentine tango to American bluegrass. He is also the organiser of the Rotterdam musicians' collective Music Through The Walls.

Singer and songwriter with various projects, including her own project 'Nana M. Rose'.

Jimmi Jo Hueting is drummer, producer/composer and frontman of the band Jo Goes Hunting.

Nienke Deutz is a Dutch filmmaker and animator. She works with various animation techniques and explores the visual and narrative possibilities of this medium.

Ulla is a designer and founded DAD agency with Leanne Bentley in 2018.

Simone is a musician, composer and conductor and plays the accordion, among other things.

Roufaida is a Moroccan-Dutch songwriter, musician and producer from Rotterdam. Roufaida is also a presenter at festivals such as North Sea Jazz, Motel Mozaique and creator of the GRRRLS podcast.

Romain Bly, born in 1987, spent his youth in Paris, where he studied classical trumpet and later French horn.

Mark Schilders is a drummer, composer and multi-instrumentalist. In his creative home base the Batavierhuis, he composes and produces his own work.

Portuguese singer (winner of the Gouden Notekraker 2018), resident in Rotterdam for seventeen years, makes small-scale, autonomous productions.

Saxophonist Kika Sprangers (1994) touches her audience with her lyrical, melodic playing and characteristic sound.

Jelle Roozenburg is a guitarist in many different bands and is active as a composer and arranger for Bonsai Panda, New Rotterdam Jazz Orchestra and Shoebills, among others.

I am a classical violinist and play in the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.

Iona Daniel is a writer for music theatre and radio. As a writer, she enjoys working with different forms of text and seeks out new ways of telling stories in audio, image or on paper.

Flip Noorman (1988) is a Dutch singer and cabaret artist.

Cheerful unpredictable, but reliable accountant. Believes in the so-called oil slick: if we all do something good for someone close, eventually everyone will be reached.

As a director, Charlene can be found on sets for commercials, short films, documentaries and music videos.

Trumpet player, but actually musical sponge, founder of brass quintet Pelgrim Brass and since 2019 Adams artist.

Aura is a Mexican/Dutch flute player, teacher, composer, versatile musician, and cultural entrepreneur who has a passion for diversity, connecting cultures and interdisciplinary art projects.

Arlon develops theatrical playing fields that bridge the world inside and outside the theatre, combining elements from different disciplines.

Alice Saey is a French-Scottish artist who animates animals, plants and organic forms in a fluid and rhythmic way, creating colourful and almost tangible worlds.

Alessandro Fongaro is an Italian bass player and composer living in Rotterdam. Alessandro currently leads and writes music for the band CLOD ! and is a guest lecturer at Codarts.

Alejandro Luque Belmonte (1988) is a Spanish/Dutch trombonist and a member of the Rotterdam brass quintet Pelgrim Brass.

Besides her passion for Resonanzlehre coaching, Yanna is a passionate orchestral and chamber musician, as well as an improvising viola player and vocalist in non-classical music groups.

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bandleader/trombonist/multi-instrumentalist/composer with a great love for improvisation, experimentation and producing energetic and idiosyncratic contemporary musical projects.

Classical pianist Celia García-García is known for her versatility and for constantly pushing the boundaries of her art.

Keimpe de Jong (Sneek, 1957, Rotterdam since 1978) is a saxophonist, composer, songwriter, theatre maker, conductor and musical event planner.

Freek den Hartogh (Vlaardingen, 1986) is an actor, theatre maker and composer and together with Rosa Peters he forms the artistic core of RAAF music theatre.