The Gaudeamus Foundation and Contemporary Music Center organizes and promotes contemporary musical 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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. It was originally headquartered in the Huize Gaudeamus, a villa built in the shape of a grand piano by the composer

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, also an immigrant from Germany but two generations older. Although in 2008 the Gaudeamus Foundation was incorporated into the

Muziek Centrum Nederland Music Center the Netherlands (MCN) is an organization that promotes and archives Dutch professional music. It aims to strengthens the position of Dutch music and music culture in the Netherlands and abroad. It organizes events and informative meet ...

, 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 c ...

, focuses on music by young composers and includes composers' competition. * International Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition, for performers of contemporary music. *Concerts and festivals *Library and documentation center for contemporary music *''Gaudeamus Information'', newsletter *Co-producer of the Output Festival, edition 2007

References

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