Muziekgebouw
Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ—literally the “Music Building on the IJ”—opened in 2005 as Amsterdam’s main concert hall for contemporary classical music on the waterfront. You can trace the logic of the venue in its site: it is built above the IJtunnel, about a ten-minute walk from Amsterdam Centraal, and it replaced the earlier Muziekcentrum de IJsbreker at the Weesperzijde, which had focused on contemporary experimental sound. The building’s design is credited to Danish architects 3XN, and it also supports other kinds of programming beyond a single concert stage: there’s one main concert space plus a smaller room used for conferences, talks, and exhibitions, with performances also staged in the atrium and on three large balconies above the restaurant. Artistic leadership has shifted over time, with Jan Wolff as the first main and artistic director from 2005 to 2008, followed by Tino Haenen from June 2008. …
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