The Gaudeamus Foundation and Contemporary Music Center organizes and promotes

contemporary music Contemporary music is whatever music is produced at the current time. Specifically, it could refer to: Genres or audiences * Adult contemporary music * British contemporary R&B * Christian adult contemporary * Christian contemporary hit radio * Con ...

al activities and concerts in the

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and abroad. It focuses on supporting the career development of young composers and musicians, particularly Dutch, through its library facilities, contacts with international organizations, and its own activities. Gaudeamus was founded at Bilthoven, the Netherlands, in 1945 by Walter A. F. Maas, a

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immigrant from

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. It was originally headquartered in the Huize Gaudeamus, a villa built in the shape of a grand piano by the composer

Julius Röntgen Julius Engelbert Röntgen (9 May 1855 – 13 September 1932) was a German-Dutch composer of classical music. He was a friend of Liszt, Brahms and Grieg. Early life and education Julius Röntgen was born in Leipzig, Germany, to a family of music ...

, also an immigrant from Germany but two generations older. Although in 2008 the Gaudeamus Foundation was incorporated into the Muziek Centrum Nederland, as from 2011 it continues to operate independently.

Activities

Gaudeamus International Composers Award The Gaudeamus International Composers Award is made by the Gaudeamus Foundation. The prize is awarded yearly, to a young composer at Dutch music concert, ''Gaudeamus Muziekweek''. The Gaudeamus Foundation had held an annual music week of Dutch ...

, focuses on music by young composers and includes composers' competition. * International Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition, for performers of contemporary music. *The organisation of concerts throughout the cultural season. *Library and documentation centre for contemporary music. *''Gaudeamus Information'', newsletter.

References

*Anon. 2001. "Gaudeamus Foundation". ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', second edition, edited by

Stanley Sadie Stanley John Sadie (; 30 October 1930 – 21 March 2005) was a British musicologist, music critic, and editor. He was editor of the sixth edition of the '' Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' (1980), which was published as the first edition ...

and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers.

External links

Muziek Centrum NederlandEuropean Conference of Promoters of New Music (ECPNM)
{{Authority control Music organisations based in the Netherlands 1945 establishments in the Netherlands Contemporary classical music festivals Organizations established in 1945

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