Bimhuis

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The Bimhuis provides a perspective on Dutch and international music in over 250 concerts annually, in which a variety of jazz and improvised music can be enjoyed. The focus is on new developements, but the Bimhuis also offers a significant selection of more mainstream music.


Branford is unsparing in his enthusiasm for the Amsterdam club, which has been a center for jazz in Europe since it opened in 1973. 'I only played there once before, with Art Blakey in 1981, and I've wanted to bring my own band into the Bimhuis ever since,' he admits. 'It's simply one of the two or three best jazz clubs in the world, because the room is intimate and the focus is on presenting the music instead of selling food and drinks. There is a bar outside of the performance space, and people do go there to hang, but once they walk into the club itself, it's all about the music.' (Branford Marsalis, www.marsalismusic.com, liner notes DVD 'A Love Supreme Live In Amsterdam', recorded at the Bimhuis on March 30, 2003)

'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).

Bimhuis activities are supported by the Ministerie of OCW and the City of Amsterdam.

Address

Bimhuis, Piet Heinkade 3, 1019 BR Amsterdam, Netherlands, Google Maps

Facilities

Car park: Yes

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  • Bach on Friday: Bach & (Clara) Schumann

    Bach on Friday: Bach & (Clara) Schumann

    Amsterdam, De Waalse Kerk

    $ 38
     
  • Lilian Farahani & Friends: My Favorite Things

    Lilian Farahani & Friends: My Favorite Things

    Amsterdam, Concertgebouw

    $ 50
     
  • Shostakovich 120: Chamber Music with the Ferschtman Family (Part 2)

    Shostakovich 120: Chamber Music with the Ferschtman Family (Part 2)

    Amsterdam, Concertgebouw

    $ 50
     
  • Vivaldi's Four Seasons and Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

    Vivaldi's Four Seasons and Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

    Amsterdam, Concertgebouw

    $ 50
     
  • MacMillan's passion for rituals

    MacMillan's passion for rituals

    Amsterdam, Concertgebouw

    $ 64
     
  • Schumann and Beethoven by the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and Shunske Sato

    Schumann and Beethoven by the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and Shunske Sato

    Amsterdam, Concertgebouw

    $ 37
     
  • Jewish Music Concerts: Jerusalem String Quartet

    Jewish Music Concerts: Jerusalem String Quartet

    Amsterdam, De Waalse Kerk

    $ 22
     
  • Doric String Quartet with Janáček and Mendelssohn

    Doric String Quartet with Janáček and Mendelssohn

    Amsterdam, Concertgebouw

    $ 42
     
  • Great pianists: András Schiff

    Great pianists: András Schiff

    Amsterdam, Concertgebouw

    2 h 20 min
    $ 42
     
  • Orliński and Devieilhe in Handel's Giulio Cesare

    Orliński and Devieilhe in Handel's Giulio Cesare

    Amsterdam, Concertgebouw

    $ 56
     
  • Countertenor Alexander Chance sings Dowland & Purcell about love and loss

    Countertenor Alexander Chance sings Dowland & Purcell about love and loss

    Amsterdam, Concertgebouw

    $ 57
     
  • Golda Schultz & Jonathan Ware: Strauss' Four Last Songs

    Golda Schultz & Jonathan Ware: Strauss' Four Last Songs

    Amsterdam, Concertgebouw

    $ 50
     
  • Spraakmakers: Georgina Verbaan & Jan Decleir on fear and hereditary monarchy

    Spraakmakers: Georgina Verbaan & Jan Decleir on fear and hereditary monarchy

    Amsterdam, Concertgebouw

    $ 42
     
  • Bösendorfer Series: Alexander Kashpurin

    Bösendorfer Series: Alexander Kashpurin

    Amsterdam, De Waalse Kerk

    $ 44
     
  • Valentine's Concert with Maria Warenberg

    Valentine's Concert with Maria Warenberg

    Amsterdam, Concertgebouw

    $ 30
     
  • Piano Recital – Gianluca Luisi plays Beethoven, Schumann and Chopin

    Piano Recital – Gianluca Luisi plays Beethoven, Schumann and Chopin

    Amsterdam, De Duif

    1 h 30 min
    $ 12
     
  • Bach on Friday: Bach & Familie

    Bach on Friday: Bach & Familie

    Amsterdam, De Waalse Kerk

    $ 38
     
  • Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective in Mozart en Coleridge‐Taylor

    Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective in Mozart en Coleridge‐Taylor

    Amsterdam, Concertgebouw

    $ 42
     
  • Brad Mehldau

    Brad Mehldau

    Amsterdam, Concertgebouw

    $ 29
     
  • Piano Recital – Lorenzo Reho plays Bach, Schubert and Prokofiev

    Piano Recital – Lorenzo Reho plays Bach, Schubert and Prokofiev

    Amsterdam, Schuilkerk De Hoop

    1 h 10 min
    $ 12
     
  • Benjamin Grosvenor: Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata & Schumann

    Benjamin Grosvenor: Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata & Schumann

    Amsterdam, Concertgebouw

    2 h 5 min
    $ 36
     
  • Bösendorfer Series: Paul Lewis

    Bösendorfer Series: Paul Lewis

    Amsterdam, De Waalse Kerk

    $ 44
     
  • Fauré's Requiem by the Netherlands Chamber Choir and Amsterdam Sinfonietta

    Fauré's Requiem by the Netherlands Chamber Choir and Amsterdam Sinfonietta

    Amsterdam, Concertgebouw

    $ 84