AMUZ (Flanders Festival Antwerp) aims to present and cultivate cultural, educational and scientifically substantiated activities in the field of music and related art forms, both at AMUZ and on location, at a regional, national and international level. To fulfil this aim, AMUZ organises concerts, courses, lectures and other similar activities. The focus is always on the principles of historically informed performance practice.
Historically informed performance practice means that a musical creation is performed on the basis of current information about the original composition and the instruments with which it was played at the time of its creation, without detracting from the artistic interpretation of the performing musicians.
AMUZ subscribes to these principles for both historical and contemporary creations.
In that context, AMUZ also aims to work closely with other organisations that have demonstrated their excellence in the study of historical performance practice, in particular the Alamire Foundation.
AMUZ itself also aims to be the centre of excellence for the performance of polyphonic music according to historical performance practice, for example by organising a high-quality annual music festival with international allure that focuses on polyphony: Laus Polyphoniae.
In the activities it offers, AMUZ pays particular attention to:
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