Keep an Eye Production Award
The award
The annual award offers young creatives the possibility to realize their artistic ideas and ambitions. With this grant of ten thousand euros, they can develop a new, complete stage production. Wonderfeel then provides the stage for the premiere of this production after which it will go on tour to other festivals. Music plays the biggest part in this production, but the winner is expected to explore other disciplines (of art) as well. The financial grant is provided by the Keep an Eye Foundation, and Wonderfeel supports the winner during the process of realizing and executing their production.
The jury
The prize is awarded by a professional jury, consisting of Willemijn Mooij (director of the Nederlandse Bachvereniging), Fedor Teunisse (artistic director of Slagwerk Den Haag and Asko|Schönberg), Tamar Brüggemann (Wonderfeel director) and Georges Mutsaerts (Wonderfeel director), Maartje Lemereis (composer and pianist), Maartje Goes (actress, violinist, singer and presenter).
Until 2023, Kenne Peters (music programmer Musis and Stadstheater Arnhem) and Martin Fondse (componist des vaderlands) were part of the jury, they have been succeeded by Anne-Maartje Lemereis and Maartje Goes.
The winners
Diamanda Dramm (2019), Akim Moiseenkov (2020), Celia Swart (2021), Camiel Jansen (2022), Nienke Nasserian (2023), Thomas van Dun (2024).
The Keep an Eye Foundation
The Keep an Eye Foundation keeps its eyes peeled for young, promising talents in different disciplines. The foundation helps them present and develop their talents with stipends, awards, shows, and festivals, so they can realize their creative dreams. The foundation often collaborates with renowned institutions in the Netherlands. Keep an Eye also encourages exchanges between different disciplines and schools, so that creatives learn to see their work in a different perspective.