Chamber music: ensembles

In the period 2021-2024, 24 ensembles are subsidized by the Performing Arts Fund (Fonds Podiumkunsten).

1. Amstel Quartet, saxophone quartet that plays a wide range of classical and contemporary composed work.
2. Amsterdams Andalusisch Orkest, ensemble that plays Arabo-Andalus music.
3. Berlage Saxophone Quartet, saxophone quartet that performs arrangements of classical compositions.
4. Black Pencil, ensemble that combines contemporary composed music with older works.
5. Calefax, plays unique reed instruments.
6. Camerata Trajectina, ensemble that researches and performs secular Dutch music from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
7. Cappella Amsterdam, chamber choir that performs classical vocal repertoire from different style periods.
8. Cappella Pratensis, chamber choir specializing in the performance of Renaissance choral music.
9. Cello Octet Amsterdam, ensemble that performs modern classical repertoire for eight cellos.
10. Ciconia Consort, ensemble consisting of strings that performs classical repertoire.
11. Club Classique, ensemble that performs classical repertoire.
12. Combattimento, ensemble that brings baroque repertoire with modern instruments.
13. Ensemble Klang, collective that performs contemporary composed music.
14. Frisse Oren, three ensembles united, classical music for young children in a theatrical setting.
15. Laurenscantorij Rotterdam, chamber choir that brings repertoire of choral music from different style periods.
16. Matangi Quartet, string quartet that presents both classical repertoire and newly composed work.
17. New European Ensemble, a group of relatively young musicians presenting contemporary composed music in various forms.
18. Orkest de Ereprijs, medium-sized ensemble that plays new contemporary composed music.
19. Orkest van de Achttiende Eeuw, orchestra with members from all over the world.
20. Pynarello, hybrid ensemble that brings classical repertoire in different line-ups.
21. Ragazze Quartet, classical string quartet that also enters into interdisciplinary collaborations.
22. Slagwerk Den Haag, five core players who present contemporary composed music and enter into interdisciplinary collaborations.
23. Tomoko Mukaiyama, classical pianist who makes interdisciplinary productions with contemporary and classical music.
24. Wishful Singing, ensemble of five vocalists who perform classical music, Gregorian works and modern repertoire.

Provincies and city councils give structural subsidy as well. A few well known companies receive structural subsidy from a (big) city council.

Most multi-yearsubsidised ensembles are a member of the Dutch Association of Performing Arts (NAPK). This branche organisation functions as an advocate, service and as an employers’ organisation.