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The Rotterdam School "In Rotterdam
there is a musical project going on, called "De Rotterdamse
School", which tries to advance new music from Rotterdam
in all its aspects. The focus is on composers from Rotterdam,
who write new music for ensembles and soloists from Rotterdam
or present music in Rotterdam, which was not heard there before. This was stated in 2003 by Willem Kniknie, programmer of new music at the venue 'Lantaren/Venster' in Rotterdam.
What started in the nineties within a small circle of composition-students at the Rotterdam Conservatorium with a manifesto by Rotterdam composer Oscar van Dillen, has been taken serious now in a larger group of music-lovers nationwide. Many Rotterdam composers are now successful in the contemporary or theatre-musiclife of the Netherlands and beyond. It is impossible to accomodate all Rotterdam composers together in one kind of style or musical esthetic, therefore one could not really speak of a school in the traditional sense (like for instance the second Viennese School). It is merely a group of people that has been closely in contact, discussing mainly their music's differences. One thing is for sure, the important role of the group-lessons (called practicums) which were led by always stimulating and inspiring teachers at the RC, Peter-Jan Wagemans and Klaas de Vries. Most of the composers, as well as performing musicians with whom a close relationship is maintained, live outside Rotterdam. Yet, this city seems to always be a point where special things happen, maybe because of the rare and focussed moments when certain people meet.
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