Conservatorium van Amsterdam (CvA) - Amsterdam University of the Arts

The Symphony Orchestra regularly performs relevant orchestral repertoire with renowned conductors.

The Jazz Department offers you an ideal environment to develop excellent skills, musicianship and to unfold your talents.

Pop Department: our students and alumni create, play, record and publish.

Music in Education: A central role is given to creativity and development of both musical and didactic skills.

The Early Music Department plays an important role in the world of historically informed performance practice.

The Dutch National Opera Academy produces two fully staged operas each year.

news

Damiano Pascarelli writes arrangements for Quincy Jones 85th Birthday Celebration Concert

CvA well represented at North Sea Jazz Festival

Eliot Lawson appointed principal subject teacher of violin at CvA

Amsterdam Sinfonietta to join forces with Conservatorium van Amsterdam

Ricardo Neto wins audition for Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Gerda Schunk-Cremers Scholarship awarded to Floris Heeres

departments

showcase

The Conservatory

DNOA - Così fan tutte

Pop Department

preparation for the entrance exam

CvA Online offers workshops to prepare for the classical and jazz theoretical entrance exam:

Preparatory workshop classical exam

Preparatory workshop jazz exam