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Rizoom is a talent development platform for early-career makers in the realms of music, sound, and multidisciplinary creation. Through Rizoom, a network Dutch organisations for contemporary music and culture joins forces and creates new opportunities for emerging artists.

What is Rizoom?

Many new makers have a vision of what they want to create, but need time for experimentation first. Rizoom helps with this step of the process. Through open calls, we look for makers with compelling research questions and practices that we believe will lead to fresh musical formats.

In addition to a budget, we offer participants coaching, spaces and access to a professional network of venues, festivals, and production houses to explore their interests.

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Partners & friends

Rizoom creates impact by

Supporting over 28 makers

and artistic collectives through our trajectories

Creating opportunities

for a wide scope of young makers

Organising professional development events

such as networking meetups and workshops

Meeting the audience

in performances, presentations and previews

Facilitating feedback to artists

from audiences, peers and leaders from the music sector

Helping artists make giant leaps

onto national and international podia

Current Makers

Laurence Gaudreau

Myra-ida van der Veen

Roman Tkachenko

Natalia Chareckaja