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It’s all about the brass: Klaus Mäkelä conducts Bruckner 8

6 February 2026Posted inMusic
Klaus Mäkelä conducting the Concertgebouw Orchestra
Klaus Mäkelä and the Concertgebouw Orchestra's dark and intense reading of Bruckner's Eighth Symphony leaves audiences smiling

The Toronto Symphony makes their mark in the Concertgebouw

5 February 2026Posted inMusic
Patricia Kopatchinskaja ;lays the violin
Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja, and soprano Christina Landshamer join Toronto’s finest in Amsterdam's Concertgebouw for Bartók and Mahler

Trio Wildschut, Kruithof, Meeuwsen leave audiences lost for words

21 January 2026Posted inMusic
Trio Wildschut, Kruithof, Meeuwsen leave audiences lost for words
Nikola Meeuwsen, Noa Wildschut and Benjamin Kruithof's piano trio tour the Netherlands with a programme of delicious chamber music

Symphonic Cinema’s latest release LOSS brings in the stars

16 January 2026Posted inCulture, Music
Emma Thompson and Greg Wise
British acting royalty, Emma Thompson and Greg Wise star in Symphonic Cinema’s latest release, LOSS with Dutch National Youth Orchestra

Joshua Bell and the ASMF celebrate the earth’s beauty

14 January 2026Posted inMusic
Joshua Bell plays the violin
The Academy of St Martin in the Fields and Joshua Bell feature Kevin Puts’ Earth, taking audiences on a musical odyssey

Searching for Paradise: Håkan Hardenberger and the Concertgebouw Orchestra

7 January 2026Posted inMusic
Man playing the trumpet
Håkan Hardenberger and the Concertgebouw Orchesta perform Jorg Widmann’s Trumpet Concerto Towards Paradise in Cologne

Visions of heaven and hell: Wang, Adès and the Concertgebouw Orchestra

17 December 2025Posted inMusic
Concertgebouworkest, Yuja Wang, Thomas Adès
Thomas Adès and Yuja Wang's first collaboration brings Prokofiev's Second Piano Concerto and the Dutch premiere of his 2019 Inferno

Flying the flag for Elgar: London Philharmonic in Germany

8 December 2025Posted inMusic
Ivan Karizna holding his cello
Amsterdam-based cellist Ivan Karizna replaces injured Sheku-Kanneh Mason for two concerts with the London Philharmonic playing Saint-Saëns and Bloch's Schelomo

Sorrow and joy in equal measure: Jussen brothers join the Munich Philharmonic

2 December 2025Posted inMusic
Two young men
After all the drama of cancelled concerts on tour earlier this season, and with their chief conductor Lahav Shani sitting high in the Concertgebouw balcony, the Munich Philharmonic’s 2025 Winter…

Nobuyuki Tsujii shines brightly with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta

1 December 2025Posted inMusic
Nobuyuki Tsujii playing the piano
Audience members travelled across countries to hear Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii play Mozart with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta

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