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The story behind Nederlandse Reisopera’s latest production: Korngold’s Das Wunder der Heliane

29 September 2023Posted inMusic
Das Wunder de Heliane
How to overcome the hurdle of the immense forces needed to produce Das Wunder der Heliane, bigger than European opera houses

Kahchun Wong and Mees Vos have the audience on the edge of their seats

26 September 2023Posted inMusic
Mees Vos and Kahchun Wong
Tonight's programme of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 and the Strauss Horn Concerto No. 2 with Mees Vos, was a clever choice

The definition of love: Mäkelä conducts Mahler 3 at the Concertgebouw

21 September 2023Posted inMusic
Johnston and Mäkelä
Klaus Mäkelä and Jennifer Johnston forge a meeting of minds with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam

A performance of contradictions: Belgian National Orchestra at the Concertgebouw

30 July 2023Posted inMusic
Antony Hermus and the BNO
Antony Hermus searches for menace and intrigue in the Belgian National Orchestra's programme in Amsterdam's Concertgebouw

Youth Music the Dutch way with Razvan Stoica

26 July 2023Posted inCulture, Music
Razvan Stoica
Performing with professional soloists is youth music the Dutch way with Razvan Stoica: the result received rapturous applause

Searching for greatness: The 2023 Mahler Competition

15 July 2023Posted inMusic
Giuseppe Mengoli
Giuseppe Mengoli is a worthy winner of the 2023 Mahler Conducting Competition and will be a great ambassador for his art

At the Concertgebouw, it’s all about Lang Lang

9 June 2023Posted inMusic
Lang Lang
Among the dramatic hair flicks and hands flung high in the sky, it was easy to forget there was an orchestra on stage

Through the looking glass: Amsterdam Sinfonietta are a class act at the Muziekgebouw

18 May 2023Posted inMusic
Candida Pärt
The Sinfonietta, under the leadership of Candida Thompson, more than deserve their reputation as one of the finest string orchestras

The King’s Coronation | My favourite musical moments

12 May 2023Posted inCulture, Music
Pretty Yende
Reflecting back on a wonderful weekend of music making from Westminster Abbey for the coronation of King Charles III on May 6th, 2023

Nederlandse Reisopera’s Fidelio makes opera truly accessible for all

27 April 2023Posted inCulture, Music
Would good overcome evil? Would Florestan find freedom and at what cost?
This was opera which found expression using the technology of youth in a way which did not offend or intimidate

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