Birds of Amsterdam

Through the sounds of a city, we discover and reveal a different side of a metropolis. By interpreting the music hidden within these urban sounds, you experience the city in a completely new way. When Brazilian musician Marcos Souza lived in Amsterdam, he began listening closely to the sounds of the canal city. Inspired by the years he spent producing the Festival Instrumental SESC Rio (2000–2009)—where he collaborated with artists such as Hermeto Pascoal, Sivuca, and Naná Vasconcellos—Marcos learned to hear the wind, the birds, the traffic lights, the opening bridges, the trams, the bicycles…