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

WIES wins Grote Prijs van Nederland 2019

Maya Fridman winner of Dutch Classical Talent Award 2019

Mo van der Does wins Conservatorium Talent Award 2019

MAAT Saxophone Quartet winner of Storioni Competition 2019

Violinist Sylvia Huang reached finals of Queen Elisabeth Competition (Koningin Elisabethwedstrijd)

Prize-winning music video made by CvA alumni to be released online

departments

showcase

Summer Jazz Workshop 2019

Electronic Music

Out of the Box Workshop

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