• AN INTERVIEW WITH LUCAS WIEGERINK ABOUT HIS CHILDREN'S OPERA "HET LIJFLIED"

    Composer Lucas Wiegerink discovered that there is music in the sounds of our body, from the pumping of the heart, the gurgling of the stomach to the newly discovered sound signals with which microbes in our bodies communicate. He incorporated those sounds into a catchy opera for children: 'Het Lijflied'. This article is provided for by New Music Now.

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  • HERNAN C. FIORAVANTI - MEDIA COMPOSER, ARRANGER & ORCHESTRATOR - NEW CHEFS IN TOWN

    Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Hernan C. Fioravanti works as a media composer, arranger and orchestrator in the Netherlands. Hernan received the Young Talent Award at Krakow Film Music Festival. He was nominated at SoundTrack Cologne for the European Talent Award Best Score in the 2023 & 2024 editions.

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  • ANNELOTTE COSTER - IDEAS AND FUTURE PLANS

    In this video Annelotte explains her plans for the future: composing and producing her own album. And she also hopes to be able one day to create a score including song(s) for a film, so that her qualities as a film composer and songwriter are united.

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  • RENGER KONING - WE, US AND OTHER GAMES

    In We, Us and Other Games, the choreographer Dunja Jocić reflects on the ongoing digitalization of the human experience. The performance takes you on a hallucinatory odyssey through the digital subconscious supported by an impressive music score from Renger Koning.

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  • APPLY FOR THE MUSIC IN MEDIA AWARDS 2025 (NL)

    Heb jij je werk al aangemeld voor een Music in Media Award? Dit zijn dé jaarlijkse onderscheidingen voor het gebruik van muziek in media. Je kunt jouw mooiste werk indienen binnen 12 verschillende categorieën, waaronder films, games, theater, podcasts, radio, documentaires en televisie.

    LEES MEER EN MELD JE AAN!

  • APPLY FOR THE MSCN FILM MUSIC FESTIVALS ACADEMY MENTORSHIP PROGAMME 2025

    MSCN Film Music Festivals Academy opens its applications for the 3rd edition of the MSCN Film Music Festivals Academy Mentorship Programme! Online group sessions, intensive 1-2-1 mentorship sessions and active projects in collaboration with the leading European film music festivals, are part of this 4-month Mentorship Programme.

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  • AISLING BROUWER - AVAWAVES & THE BUCCANEERS

    In this video, Aisling Brouwer talks about the organic development of Avawaves, the collaboration with Anna Phoebe, violinist. Composing film scores together was in fact the merging of two worlds: Aisling's as a film composer and Anna's as a live performing artist.

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Apply for the Music in Media Awards 2025 (NL)
Apply for the Music in Media Awards 2025 (NL)

Heb jij je werk al aangemeld voor een Music in Media Award? Dit kan vanaf nu tot 12 januari 2025!

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Annelotte Coster - Creating music for “When you grow up”
Annelotte Coster - Creating music for “When you grow up”

Annelotte tells us about her experiences creating music for the film When you grow up from director Max Baggerman.

media composers visited at their studio
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Aisling Brouwer and the score for Savage Waters
Aisling Brouwer and the score for Savage Waters

Aisling Brouwer explains everything about the score which she created together with Anna Phoebe for the film Savage Waters

videotalks with an international touch
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AI, self-development & the wisdom of Bill Evans
AI, self-development & the wisdom of Bill Evans

Will using AI-powered assistance in the composition process only only change your musical output, or will it change you as well?  

developments in AI usage for music
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Anatomy of a Cue #10 - Celia Swart - Our Patio

How media music composers ‘make things’

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Composer Celia Swart tells about the connections her audiovisual work Our Patio has with a building by Dudok, a flute ensemble - and two people embracing.

New Chefs in Town
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Hernan C. Fioravanti - Media Composer, Arranger & Orchestrator

meet up-and-coming talent!

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Argentinean Media Composer based in Utrecht, The Netherlands.

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WORKING AS A SESSION MUSICIAN

Marieke de Bruin, Allard Buwalda and Jeroen de Rijk talk with host Ivo Witteveen about their experiences as professional session musicians.

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Business, rights & the craft
Business, rights & the craft

In this third episode, Marieke de Bruijn, Allard Buwalda and Jeroen de Rijk discuss the business side of the working as a session player

Cooperation in a music session
Cooperation in a music session

In this second episode, seasoned session musicians Marieke de Bruijn, Allard Buwalda and Jeroen de Rijk focus on the collaboration between session player and the composer/producer.

Being a session musician
Being a session musician

In our new 3-part series we talk with three experienced session musicians about life ‘on the other side’ of the studio control room window.

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WORKFLOW IMPROVEMENTS

Dennis Braunsdorf talks about efficiency tools for media composers

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Dennis Braunsdorf - Speaker Comparison
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Dennis Braunsdorf - Speaker Comparison

Dennis Braunsdorf compares the Neumann KH 310, the Genelec 8351B and the Dutch & Dutch 8c Studio speaker systems
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Tunes & jingles - De contractspraktijk bij herkenningsmelodieën van omroepen (NL)

more about rights for media music composers

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The Dutch Neighboring Rights Act

Erwin Angad-Gaur describes the Dutch Neighboring Rights Act, de Wet op Naburige Rechten, and its importance for media composers.

PREVIOUS STUDIO VISIT

our host Alexa Rodrigues visits a media music composer “in the studio”.

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Matthijs Dierckx - How does your creative process start?
Matthijs Dierckx - How does your creative process start?

Matthijs talks about his way of making music and demonstrates his adaptive system for game music.

Matthijs Dierckx - How does composing music for games work?
Matthijs Dierckx - How does composing music for games work?

Matthijs talks about his way of making music and demonstrates his adaptive system for game music.

Matthijs Dierckx - How did it all start
Matthijs Dierckx - How did it all start

Watch in this video how Matthijs Dierckx started his musical career as a composer and sound designer for games during a game jam.

Matthijs Dierckx - Music Composer and Sound Designer for Games
Matthijs Dierckx - Music Composer and Sound Designer for Games

Matthijs works in the game industry as a composer & sound designer (but also as journalist, designer, writer, and event organizer).
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Manel Fornells (26) wins first Private Kitchen AI Composition Competition

competitions with an eye for media music

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Haarlem-based, French-born composer Manel Fornells was crowned winner of the AI Composition Competition during the Buma Music in Motion event.
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Audentity wins Mr. Zee Best Soundtrack Award for the short film Iskander during the Shortcutz Amsterdam Awards Gala!

Nominations & Awards for media music composers

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Audentity wins Mr. Zee Best Soundtrack Award for the short film Iskander during the Shortcutz Amsterdam Awards Gala!
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Renger Koning - We, Us and Other Games
Renger Koning - We, Us and Other Games

Composer Renger Koning and his music for the choreography We, Us and other Games from Dunja Jocić

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Cinemaconcert The Phantom Carriage!
Cinemaconcert The Phantom Carriage!

A new electro-acoustic score for the groundbreaking silent film The Phantom Carriage composed by no fewer than 16 composers!

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An interview with Lucas Wiegerink about his children's opera “Het Lijflied”
An interview with Lucas Wiegerink about his children's opera “Het Lijflied”

An interview from Dimitrie van der Werf with Lucas Wiegerink who descends into the human body in the children's opera “Het Lijflied”

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OUT OF THE BOX

a grasp of earlier Private Kitchen interviews with renowned media composers