Bimhuis

The Bimhuis is the central venue for jazz and improvised music in Amsterdam with an average of 150-200 performances a year.

The name derives from the acronym of the Professional Association improvising musicians ( BIM), which operates the facility. It was founded in 1973. By the summer of 2004, the Bimhuis was in the Oude Schans 73-74. Since 2005 it is part of the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, a building complex on the south bank of the IJ, whose main building is classical music performances. The Bimhuis is the main building protruding black box from the inside allows a laterally on piles whose facade a look at the old town. The address is Piet Heinkade 3 Attached are a cafe that is only open to visitors during the concert concerts, and a restaurant.

Since the Bimhuis is well suited to set up capture concerts, numerous albums were recorded there, for example by Mal Waldron and Steve Lacy, Sean Bergin, Willem van Manen and Anthony Braxton. The Dutch VPRO broadcasting company uses the situation and regularly transmits from there concerts.

The facility is supported by the Ministry of Culture (CRM ) and the city of Amsterdam. 1974, the Foundation began jazz and improvised music in the Netherlands ( SJIN ) their work in the Bimhuis with a small promotion of 40,000 euros. Calls for the SJIN had about 550,000 euros from the CRM.

The Bimhuis has an Advisory Board (2007: Guus Janssen, Wilbert de Joode and Corrie van Binsbergen ) an equal number of musicians and cultural officials is composed of.