Royal Dutch Show Artists Association

The Royal Dutch Show Artists Association (abbreviated to KNTV) was in 1875  by Gustavus Adolphus Heinze established Dutch trade union for performing musicians, music teachers and composers . FSU was one of the oldest independent trade unions in the Netherlands.

Professional field
The role of KNTV was to advise and assist its members in professional practice. The KNTV focused on practical aspects such as taxation and entrepreneurship, collective agreements, lescontracten, fairs and legal issues that may be important for professional musicians. The spread KNTV regular magazine (which was until 1961/1962 the magazine Harmony, later KNTV Magazine) among its members, organized workshops, lectures, and offered the possibility of direct or telephone consultations.

Through the KNTV were also obtain brochures, for example advisory lestarieven for music teachers, recommended rates for repetiteurs , directors and studio musicians.

The office of the KNTV was in Amsterdam located.

A KNTV related to the organization of the Dutch Toonkunstenaars Bond (Ntb). The KNTV and NTB were the only two unions for musicians and composers who were recognized as such. The KNTV was in contrast to the NTB not party to include the orchestras CAO - they specialized in music education.

Bankruptcy
By judgment of the District Court of Amsterdam the wrong KNTV since March 14, 2013 in bankruptcy. On April 3, 2014 was the first meeting place. The magistrate ruled that the notice convening the General Meeting of November 7, 2013 did not meet the statutory requirements and that the board elected at that meeting therefore was not validly elected. The supply-arrangement of this board was rejected, as this could only be made by the legitimate government. A restart was thus excluded. The corporation is KNTV, for lack of income, ceased to exist with effect from 5 January 2015.