Add a review about the Bimhuis Theater in Amsterdam

Bimhuis - another strange sound for the Russian ear is the sounding word and another theater, very popular with the Dutch and tourists from Western Europe, but hardly visited by Russians. And in vain - this is one of the best jazz theaters in Europe, and there is something to see.

To be precise, the full name is "Bimhuis, the theater of jazz and improvisational music" . And if it's really a nuisance, it's more likely not a theater, but something in between a concert hall and a sound laboratory . It is located in a strange building, similar to a giant black cube, inside too quite peculiar . The creators tried to reproduce the atmosphere of the old jazz club where the Association of Improvised Music was founded, on the initiative of which Xia this theater .The building turned out to be original, convenient and equipped with all the technical novelties for sound transmission and recording . It was opened only in 2005 .

There is a special atmosphere in this theater, and it's worth it for her alone.

Program

The theater has a huge program - more than 300 events take place annually. Basically it's concerts, of course, but apart from them there are a lot of things: master classes, conferences, talks, etc. The theater specializes in innovation in music, with innovation improvising, so about half of the concerts here are young musicians-experimenters. The second half is the masters of jazz music, the best jazz artists of the world come here. This theater is part of the serious European Union program, therefore the musicians come here from around the world.

Accordingly, the programs are all jazz, but at the same time quite diverse . There is old jazz in a wonderful performance, there are talented newcomers who, 10 years later will become masters, there are improvisational concerts (sometimes interesting, and sometimes improvising to the stage when listening becomes hard) and much more . This theater was built especially for jazz concerts, so here in the halls the stage is surrounded by a spectator and from all sides, and the halls are very chambery . There are also big halls, but most concerts take place in small . There is a special atmosphere in this theater, and for her alone one should come .

Also there are many concerts on the junction of genres: jazz and classical, jazz and flamenco, etc.

The program of this theater should be studied by all jazz lovers or simply by fans of musical improvisation. When planning a visit, it is worth considering that experimental music is a genre, that is called, "an amateur". If you are not one of them, read the program carefully, otherwise you will easily get to such a concert casually.

Live concert at the Bimhuis Theater

Practical information

Official address: Amsterdam, Piet Heinkade, 3, Bimhuis. You can get here by tram (you need to go to the stop Muziekgebouw) or just walk from the central station. Walking from the stop will need about 10 minutes. or slightly less.

This theater is very democratic in terms of prices. Tickets usually cost from 5 to 30 EUR (for the winter of 2015), but it should be noted that in this theater (according to the tradition of jazz clubs) there are seats, and there are standing, cheapest tickets - just usually standing places. A lot of here and free activities.