Richard Zijlma

ADE director and Dutch music-industry builder

Based in Haarlem, Netherlands · From Netherlands

This is a talk appearance. Zijlma is an industry voice rather than a performer, so the relevant context is his role in festival building, talent development and music-sector infrastructure.

More about Richard Zijlma

ADE’s own speaker page lists him as a Dutch music industry professional, festival director and talent developer, and as a figure behind ADE, Conservatorium Haarlem, Exibeat and RZ Consultancy. Festival text says he has been central to ADE since the early years and helped scale it from a small 1996 conference into a major electronic-music platform.

A story

ADE’s own bio links him to more than 25 years in the international music and creative industries. In their own words

Playing

2026-10-22 16:45 · 30 Years of ADE · Felix Meritis

For fans of

Dave Clarke, Richard James Burgess, Eelko van Kooten

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