The Academy
Wherever you are on your journey – we would like to join you. Our teachers challenge you to develop yourself into a real performer – moved and inspired, who dares and is able to go beyond technical perfection. Become part of our small scale community that will provide you security and will challenge you at the same time.
Monasteries
4-DAY COURSE
Monastery 1
With Jeroen den Herder, Joachim Eijlander and Hua-Hsuan Lee
16 – 19 October 2025
Final application: until 4 weeks in advance – contact us if this date has passed
Dat Bolwerck
Zutphen
4-DAY COURSE
Monastery 2
With Jeroen den Herder, Viola de Hoog, Siebe Henstra and Hua-Hsuan Lee
8 – 11 January 2026
Final application: until 4 weeks in advance – contact us if this date has passed
Dat Bolwerck
Zutphen
4-DAY COURSE
Monastery 3
With Viola de Hoog, Joachim Eijlander and Hua-Hsuan Lee
19 – 22 February 2026
Final application: until 4 weeks in advance – contact us if this date has passed
Dat Bolwerck
Zutphen
4-DAY COURSE
Monastery 4
With Jeroen den Herder, Viola de Hoog, Siebe Henstra and Hua-Hsuan Lee
28 April – 1 May 2026
Final application: until 4 weeks in advance – contact us if this date has passed
10:00
Dat Bolwerck
Zutphen
MONASTERY YEARLINE
Attend the entire series or 3 Monasteries
Extra depth to your technique, insight, and inspiration throughout the year, alongside your conservatory studies or project.
Between sessions, we offer online support, focusing on technical exercises, motivation, and inspiration.
INDIVIDUAL MONASTERIES
Perhaps it’s not possible to attend the entire series. In that case, we
gladly offer you a spot during available time.
Research Retreats
4-DAY COURSE
WE ARE ALL HERE
Bas Kosters
TEAM
Jeroen den Herder – cello
Vanessa Lann – composition
Hua-Hsuan Lee – piano
WE ARE ALL HERE
Bas Kosters (1977 – NL) works across various media: textiles, graphic art, ceramics, soft sculptures, and paintings. His visual language is cartoon-like, humorous, and sometimes erotic, yet also attentive, gentle, and introspective.
His work spans wall hangings, puppets, costumes, ceramics, glass objects, drawings, and installations. Known for his colorful, eccentric characters, he blends social themes with humor and edge. National media describe him as driven by compassion, with a deep focus on community, emotional openness, and celebrating both societal and personal topics.
WE ARE ALLE HERE is an intimate, engaged, and visually rich exhibition where Bas Kosters shares his exploration of self-expression, connection, and mindful creation. Through active participation and a diverse, reflective body of work, he invites the public to experience the power of loving attention and shared creativity.
Research Retreat
3 – 6 December 2025
Final application: early November
4-DAY COURSE
LIFE LINE – BACK TO THE SOURCE
Karin Bos
TEAM
Katharina Gross – cello, composition, performance
Arnold Marinissen – composition
Alfian Emir Adytia – cello, composition, electronic sounds
Hua-Hsuan Lee – piano
LIFE LINE – BACK TO THE SOURCE
Karin Bos (1966, NL) graduated at the Amsterdam School of Fine Arts in 1989. She works as a visual artist in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Her main media are painting, drawing and printing.
People are the focus point of her work. Main characters are usually girls or women. Especially mutual relative power and relations have her interest. Frictions and inequality in these relationships is a recurrent theme. For instance between man and woman, or adult and child, or children amongst each other, group behaviour versus the loner. When the pursuit of harmony fails, it becomes interesting for her work.
‘LIFE-LINE – BACK TO THE SOURCE is a show about loss. For this project the artist went back to the source and followed the water of her childhood at the IJsselmeer lake. The result is a poetical show in which loss, grief, hope, resilience and water meet in an installation combined with new paintings and works on paper.
Research Retreat
25 – 28 March 2026
Final application: mid April
An inspiring environment
The Cello Academy is situated in Dat Bolwerck, Zaadmarkt 12. It is a mixture of charming medieval times and modern art, right in the heart of the old town, just a 10-minute walk from the train station. Dat Bolwerck offers room for individual lessons, self-study, group lessons, performances and to meet. You’ll stay with families connected to the Academy, all within a short walk or bike ride away. Have you ever visited Zutphen? If we may say so, it is a delightful little town. It boasts a charming market filled with cozy cafes and is nestled along the IJssel river, where you can always find a tranquil spot to relax by the riverbanks.
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Cello Academy Zutphen: courses for further education Music is a way of life, a path that requires regular practice, study and deepening. For ambitious cellists who want to travel this path, the Cello Academy Zutphen organises intensive courses and study days, closed with concerts at various locations. Also the Cellofestival Zutphen offers students a stage.