Botan Takada from The Hague wins the Concertgebouw Competition
A 12-year-old Japanese cellist from The Hague is the 2025 winner of the Concertgebouw's annual competition for talented young musicians
Han-Na Chang conducts a programme full of stories with the RCO
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra’s concert was definitely one for the ladies. Han-Na Chang, was joined by Tatjana Vassiljeva-Monnier
Shaken and not stirred: Mahler Beyond at the Concertgebouw
The New European Ensemble and John Warner performed Mahler 4 and a new work by Sebastian Black as part of the Mahler Festival 2025
Premières aplenty from Mäkelä and RCO
The RCO confirmed their commitment to curating music for generations to come with two premieres by the French composer, Guillaume Connesson
Joyce DiDonato makes an emotional debut with the Concertgebouw Orchestra
Joyce DiDonato descended the Concertgebouw stairs to give the Dutch premiere of Jake Heggie’s Camille Claudel: Into the Fire
Dutch bells take centre stage at the Concertgebouw
Rafael Payare and the Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal travelled to the Concertgebouw Amsterdam with some very special luggage
Suave and sophisticated: Mäkelä’s Rachmaninov hits all the right notes
Klaus Mäkelä and the Royal Concertgebouw hit all the right notes with Rachmaninov's Second Symphony, and Lisa Batiashvili
Augustin Hadelich’s Sibelius soars the heights at the Concertgebouw
German-American violinist Augustin Hadelich, who grew up in the foothills of rural Tuscany, is most definitely the man of the moment and is quite rightly earning a reputation as one…
The Vienna Phil blows away the cobwebs at the Concertgebouw
Fresh from two concerts in Lucerne, the Vienna Philharmonic travelled to the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam to perform Strauss' immensely powerful Ein Heldenleben and Mendelssohn's Third Symphony the "Scottish". I had immense…
Noa Wildschut steps in for Esther Yoo at the Concertgebouw
Alexandre Bloch brought the Orchestre National de Lille to the Concertgebouw, with Dutch violinist Noa Wildschut