BimhuisAmsterdam, Netherlands

The Bimhuis provides a perspective on Dutch and international music in over 300 concerts annually, in which a variety of jazz and improvised music can be enjoyed. The focus is on new developments, but the Bimhuis also offers a significant selection of more mainstream music.

‘Ask jazz guitarist Bill Frisell, a seasoned road veteran, where in the world he would send music aficionados, and he brightens at the challenge: “Anywhere in the world? Even if I didn’t know who was playing? The Bimhuis (pronounce: bim-house)”, he volunteers at once, naming the Amsterdam venue that has played a crucial role in that city’s creative music evolution (. …)’. (The New Yorker, February 2003).