Music Stages is a breeding ground for top talent and young creators. Through its professional development program Southeast, the musical gold mine For musical talents in Amsterdam Zuidoost, Music Stages—in collaboration with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, ZOGrace Creative Agency, and Bijlmer Parktheater—offers a stage to young instrumentalists, singers, and composers aged 12 to 24. This gives them the opportunity to perform for renowned musicians, vocalists, and composers—as well as, of course, for their friends and family. The most talented participants are selected for a special coaching program: for one year, they will be guided by professionals from the music industry toward the next step in their musical development. They’ll be introduced to the various facets of the professional music world. 

Saturday, January 29, marks the second audition day for “Zuidoost, the Musical Gold Mine”: the premier musical professional development program from the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Music Stages, ZOGrace Creative Agency, and the Bijlmer Parktheater. ’Zuidoost, the Musical Gold Mine” offers personalized guidance, various workshops, field trips to concerts, and opportunities to perform on professional stages such as the Concertgebouw and the Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ! Everything you need to prepare you for a professional music career or education.