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Kissin and Bychkov bring beauty and poise to the Concertgebouw

29 November 2025Posted inMusic
Kissin and Bychkov bring beauty and poise to the Concertgebouw
Evgeny Kissin joins Semyon Bychkov and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra for Prokofiev's First Piano Concerto

In conversation with Jennifer Johnston

23 November 2025Posted inCulture, Music
Jennifer Johnston
British opera star Jennifer Johnston talks about the challenges facing young British singers post Brexit and the importance of a female voice

Mäkelä embraces tradition and modernity at the Concertgebouw

2 November 2025Posted inMusic
Klaus Makela conducting an orchestra
Klaus Mäkelä and the Concertgebouw Orchestra literally head to the kitchen sink for Andrew Norman's Play, creating that club dance vibe

A very family affair: Lucie Horsch world premiere at the Concertgebouw

19 October 2025Posted inMusic
lady playing the recorder
Lucie Horsch gives world premiere of Lotta Wennäkoski’s 'Vents et lyres' for recorder and mezzo-soprano with Maxim Emelyanychev and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

Education the Concertgebouw Orchestra YOUNG way

4 September 2025Posted inCulture, Music
lady conducting
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra puts education policy at the top of its agenda with the fifth edition of Concertgebouw Orchestra YOUNG

The hottest ticket in town: Mäkelä and the RCO play Mahler 5

22 August 2025Posted inMusic
Man conducting orchestra
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with Klaus Mäkelä returned to the Concertgebouw for Mahler 5 and Berio’s Rendering

In conversation with Klaus Mäkelä at the Concertgebouw

21 August 2025Posted inCulture, Music
Two men
Klaus Mäkelä sat down for a post-concert chat in Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw

Mäkelä and Jansen bring an old friend home to the Concertgebouw

17 August 2025Posted inMusic
Klaus Makela and Janine Jansen
Janine Jansen joins Klaus Mäkelä and the Royal Concertgebouw orchestra for Prokofiev’s Concerto no. 1 and Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra.

Han-Na Chang conducts a programme full of stories with the RCO

24 June 2025Posted inMusic
Han-Na Chang conducts RCO
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra’s concert last Thursday was definitely one for the ladies. Conductor Han-Na Chang, making her long-awaited debut, was joined by section principals, cellist Tatjana Vassiljeva-Monnier and violist…

A message of hope: Bychkov and the RCO play Shostakovich

25 April 2025Posted inMusic
Bychkov and the RCO play Shostakovich
Anniversaries for various composers come and go, but rarely does a composer’s commemoration seem as poignant as this year’s 50th anniversary of the death of Dmitri Shostakovich. And who better…

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