• STEVEN STOFFELS - FILM COMPOSER - NEW CHEFS IN TOWN

    Film Composer Steven Stoffels is renowned for his versatility, his expertise spans a wide range of skills. Graduating in July 2021, he earned special recognition for "excellent academic performance." Steven’s portfolio includes music for films and commercials for companies.

  • DENNIS BRAUNSDORF DEMONSTRATES THE NEW ARTEFAKT GUITAR PLUG-IN

    In this first video Dennis Braunsdorf demonstrates the Artefakt Guitar plug-in, a versatile instrument with the unique imperfections and nuances of a real guitarist. In a second video that we will publish later, Dennis will go deeper into the background and creation of this unique instrument.

  • RE-RECORDING MIXER AND SOUND DESIGNER ERIK GRIEKSPOOR ABOUT COLLABORATION WITH MEDIA COMPOSERS

    The highly regarded re-recording mixer and sound designer Erik Griekspoor talks about his collaboration with media composers. The topics of conversation are the different ways of collaboration between music and sound, delivering stems, working with Dolby Atmos, when should a composer definitely be present, etc.

  • 'MY MOTHER AND I' WINS SHORTCUTZ BEST SOUNDTRACK AWARD 2025

    Film composers Jorrit Kleijnen and Jacob Meijer have won the ShortCutz Amsterdam Award for Best Soundtrack for the film 'My Mother and I' during the twelfth edition of the annual ShortCutz Amsterdam Awards.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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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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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Dennis Braunsdorf talks about efficiency tools for media composers

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