The doubleA Foundation develops productions by composer and director Michel van der Aa, which are often created in collaboration with international co-producers. This leads to groundbreaking music theater productions – such as the recent opera Upload in co-production with Dutch National Opera & Ballet – and innovative presentation forms, like the VR opera installation From Dust. Technological, philosophical, and ethical questions are an important component of the work.
doubleA consists of a core team and a close-knit group of creative and technical freelancers, and achieves high international acclaim with its productions.
We have three primary objectives:
- Developing innovative music theatre in the form of international co-productions which stretch the art form’s boundaries.
- doubleA Lab; organised in a laboratory-like structure, new content and technology is developed and tested in collaboration with new artistic and technical partners. We focus particularly on collaboration with young, up-and-coming artists.
- Managing Michel van der Aa’s existing repertoire and producing international tours.
We are a nonprofit organization founded in 2017. Through organizational scaling-up and targeted R&D, DoubleA is developing into an exemplary production center where creativity, production, sales, and public outreach form a single coherent entity. DoubleA has already proven itself to be an excellent cultural entrepreneur with important international partners. We collaborate with major co-producers, opera houses, and festivals to enable productions. The foundation increasingly operates as the main producer. This enables the foundation to maintain ownership of the productions and creates more opportunities to perform the works internationally, which contributes to the projects’ reach and cost-efficiency.
doubleA receives multi-year support from the Performing Arts Fund NL.
Organisation
The board consists of the following members:
Annelies ten Have (chair)
Nicolas Mignot (treasurer)
Sherif El Safoury (secretary)
Michel van der Aa (Artistic Director), Rosita Wouda (Financial Director), and Aram Balian (Creative Producer) are responsible for day-to-day operations. The doubleA foundation collaborates closely with international classical music agency Intermusica, Boosey & Hawkes publishing house, and dramaturg Madelon Kooijman.
Policy and annual report
Download Jaarverslag 2023 (PDF) →
Download ANBI gegevens 2023 (PDF) →
Download Beleidsplan 2020-2024 (PDF) →
The Collective Agreements Music Ensembles and Theatre & Dance (CAO NAPK) serve as a point of reference for doubleA’s remuneration policy.
Contact
doubleA foundation
Jan Olphert Vaillantlaan 45
1086 XZ Amsterdam
The Netherlands
E-mail: fd@doubleA.net
Chamber of commerce (KvK) number: 70133239
RSIN tax number: 858156489
VAT number: NL858156489B01e