OPEN CALL #1

For the second time, Amarte presents the Dutch Talent Project Grants in collaboration with Rotterdam Photo. This initiative offers emerging photographers the opportunity to develop new work around the festival theme Echoes of Silence – War in the Artist’s Soul. Selected artists will receive financial support, artistic guidance, and a platform to present their projects during Rotterdam Photo 2026. Would you like to share your work with a large audience? Apply now!

OPEN CALL #2

For the tenth time, De Roode Bioscoop is organizing a series of live recordings with an audience at the De Roode Bioscoop theater, with support from Amarte. Are you an emerging musical talent, performing solo or with a small ensemble, and could your project benefit from a boost in the form of a beautiful performance and a professional recording? Click below to read more about this open call and apply!

One of our highlighted projects

Dead in Love

Ivan Vukosavljevic
Ivan Vukosavljevic received a grant for the development of new music. Dead in Love is a composition for thirteen musicians created in collaboration with ensemble Het Muziek (formerly known as Asko Schonberg) and Tineke Steenbrink of Holland Baroque. Vukosavljevic is taking the audience on a mystical quest for divine love through sound worlds where Indian tradition, early music and a string quintet converge.Ivan is a Serbian composer based in The Hague. His music brings diverse sound worlds together, from electric guitars and electronics, to western and non-western traditional instruments, as well as organ. His debut album The Burning, created in collaboration with Ensemble Klang from The Hague, was released in March 2023. It was followed by Slow Roads, an album for solo 1/4 comma meantone organ, released in the same year and in collaboration with Tineke Steenbrink, best known as the leader of the Dutch early music ensemble Holland Baroque. His music is also performed by: HIIIT/Slagwerk Den Haag, Tatiana Koleva, Orkest de Ereprijs and many others both in the Netherlands and internationally. And can be heard at both adventurous and progressive festivals such as Rewire, LeGuessWho?, Gaudeamus Muziekweek and classical festivals such as Lucerne Festival and Music In PyeongChang.
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The Amarte Foundation was founded by a number of individuals and their families who share a deep love for the arts. They wish to support the development of creatives and talent in arts and culture by providing financial means and where possible coaching, knowledge and experience. Artists who are active in the cultural sectors of the Netherlands or the ABCSSS islands (the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) can apply to Amarte for the support of projects in the field of theatre, film, music, visual arts and literature, as well as interdisciplinary projects.