At the age of 10 I already knew that music would be my future. I wanted to be a producer and to live in New York. A friend of our family is a pianist and I soon realized that I had a feeling for music. Thanks to him I had piano lessons until I was […]

After I completed my preliminary education at the Prince Claus Conservatoire, things went a little differently than expected. I did not return to the conservatory, but ended up at the Wisseloord Academy. And in hindsight that was the best thing that ever happened to me.”   ‘The coronavirus ensured that my agenda with performances was […]

  Music is always around me. I live in Rotterdam and that is really a place where many musical cultures come together. From urban to techno, from Latin to funk. As a DJ I regularly perform in clubs and festivals. When I see people go wild, a special energy is released. Not only with the […]

Before I started the full course at the Wisseloord Academy in 2020 I already had two conservatory degrees. With my band INKT we just decided to take a different direction when corona came into our lives. With an empty agenda I decided to make the leap to a full time career in music.   At […]

Wisseloord Studios, Wisseloord Academy and NMUV (Dutch Music Publishers Association) have launched the Dutch String Sessions project. For this initiative, 12 well-known and big hits from Dutch soil have been given a ‘classic’ look. All publishers affiliated with NMUV could submit suggestions and the first EP contains classic arrangements of ‘Omarm’ (BLØF), He is mine […]

“IT’S MAGICAL HERE” All the way from France. Coco Bans who is a world acclaimed songwriter and Johsef, a multi platinum french record producer were both at Wisseloord for a 3 week residency. They both took out time to share their creative journey, details about their upcoming project and their amazing experience is our studios. […]

Meet Folamour, A popular French Electro-Dance DJ and producer who was recently on a  production residency in Wisseloord studios. We had a short conversation with the artist and here is what he had to say ;   How do you feel about the vibe around here?   Folamour:  I love it. It’s a really special […]

Esther Maier and Silvia Biemans from Buma Stemra and Sena graced the Academy today with their program “Music Rights On Tour” where our students learned all the ins and outs about music copyrights.  “We make sure that everybody who creates music has the right to get compensation. A lot of artists are busy with the […]

Glen Faria is a Dutch renowned rapper, singer and songwriter. He was also part of the famous Flinke Namen Band with multiple hit records to their name. Glen was a guest lecturer today at the academy and we had a short but enlightening interview with him after a “Q&A” session alongside artist manager and autor, […]

Arthur Vierboom, songwriter at DISTRIKT21 (and following the Module Creative Songwriting at Wisseloord Academy) ‘Wisseloord Academy is different. It’s not about mastering an instrument primarily, but about mastering a professional attitude.’ Malik Berrabah, director from Wisseloord Studio and Wisseloord Academy told us directly at our first lesson: ‘If you’re serious about making music I consider […]