Expression of Art Award 2019

On Sunday 26 May 2019, Ben Fitzpatrick Quartet was awarded with the Expression of Art Award 2019 by the Conservatorium hotel. For four consecutive years the awarded has been handed out as an initiative by the Conservatorium Hotel and the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, where jazz students get the chance to win a scholarship of €5000.

The Conservatorium hotel has established a strong collaboration with the Conservatorium van Amsterdam; Amsterdam's University of the Arts, since the day of its opening in 2011. The award emphasises the heritage and history of the building, which has been the house of the former Sweelinck Conservatory of Music from 1983 to 2008. The hotel also gives students of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam a podium to perform in the Lounge every weekend.