Amarte Fonds

OPEN CALL #1

For the eleventh time, De Roode Bioscoop is organising 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? Apply now!

OPEN CALL #2

Amarte warmly invites artists, creators, and creative professionals to participate in the cultural season at Ruigoord. Would you like to present your work in a context where art, nature, and spirituality converge? Apply now!

OPEN CALL #3

Creative Coding Utrecht (CCU) and Amarte invite artists to submit an application for a research residency at Hof van Cartesius in Utrecht. Do you work at the intersection of art, technology, and ecology and would you like to develop a site-specific performance or installation? Apply now!

OPEN CALL #4

Amarte and Cinekid are once again offering two artists the opportunity to develop a new interactive and immersive work for Cinekid MediaLab 2026. Are you a game developer, interactive installation artist, AI specialist, XR developer, creative coder, or someone who blends different media forms in innovative ways? Then we’re looking for you!

OPEN CALL #5

FASHIONCLASH and Amarte are once again joining forces to give artists from various disciplines the opportunity to experiment with fashion and present new work during FASHIONCLASH Festival (13–15 November 2026) in Maastricht. Are you an artist based in the Netherlands? Have you always wanted to collaborate with a fashion designer and engage with the fashion context? Apply now!

16 May 2026

Splendor, Amsterdam

Traffic is the New Silence

13 Ensemble

13 Ensemble is a dynamic collective of thirteen musicians led by composer, performer, and conductor Ester F. Mata. The ensemble navigates contemporary jazz, hypnotic minimalism, and cinematic soundscapes, creating a chordless, breathing music that takes shape in real time. Written structures dissolve into shared gestures, cues, electronics, spoken word, and everyday sounds, blurring the lines between composition and improvisation. Each performance becomes an immersive encounter, a collective ritual that listens, responds, and gently expands the boundaries of genre.Line-up:Ester F. Mata (composition, conducting, and electronics)Antonio Onieva (flute)Antonio Sánchez Torralbo (alto saxophone)Nadine Serhalawan (soprano saxophone)Guillermo López (tenor saxophone)Eduardo Doreste Bunero (bass clarinet and alto saxophone)Mireia Costa (violin)Jieun Park (violin)Sofia Chatzi (viola)Emma Zarzuela Castro (cello)Demetrio Schintu (vibraphone)Abhinav Khokhar (double bass)Ewen Grall (drums)

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 ABC and SSS 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.