Music

Harptastic: Tom Moth performs at the Dutch Harp Festival 2024

29 March 2024Music

British harpist Tom Moth, and Florence and The Machine harpist extraordinaire, will perform at the Dutch Harp Festival hosted by the TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht on April 20th. Originally from Suffolk, Tom Moth…

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra appoints new Associate Conductor: Aurel Dawidiuk

28 March 2024Music

'As of season 2024/2025, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra will have an associate conductor. The commitment is for two seasons. The position was made possible thanks to a generous donation from…

Tetzlaff’s colourful Shostakovich with the LPO tells a Russian story

28 February 2024Music

Christian Tetzlaff, Cristian Macelaru and the LPO

Christian Tetzlaff's colourful interpretation of Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1 with Cristian Macelaru and the London Philharmonic Orchestra in Essen told a very Russian story of struggle and strife. The…

Nederlands Studenten Orkest pull off a thrilling Mahler 5

23 February 2024Culture, Music

Lilian Farahani tours the Netherlands with Frans-Aert Burghgraef and the Nederlands Studenten Orkest to perform Mahler 5 and a new commission by Sílvia Lanao. Performing Mahler’s 5th Symphony in C sharp minor,…

Clare’s Concert Choices | Feb 2024

12 February 2024Culture, Music

Simon Haje | Winner of International Piano Competition, Enschede

Thinking of going to a concert this February? Hopefully some of the concert choices below will inspire you. Find concerts in Germany and all over The Netherlands featuring music from…

The search for the definitive Miles Davis sound

2 February 2024Music

What an incredible task the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw set themselves. To revisit the 1960s sound world of Miles Davis, and more specifically, to recreate a concert given by…

Shane van Neerden’s piano recital challenges all the senses

12 January 2024Music

An enthusiastic audience in the Muziekcentrum, Enschede turned out to hear the young Dutch American pianist, Shane van Neerden perform a programme of Debussy, Scriabin, Ives and a new commission for two…

Dutch radio host heads to the BBC Proms

10 January 2024Culture, Music

NPO Klassiek presenter, Ab Nieuwdorp, celebrates all things English in his podcast England my England. In the episode Last Night of the Proms Special, Nieuwdorp meets two Brits with not…

Mäkelä and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra continue the fine tradition of Christmas Day concerts

2 January 2024Culture, Music

Royal Concertgebouw Christmas Concert 2023

The Christmas Day concert from Klaus Mäkelä and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra broadcast live on Dutch national television AVROTROS and NPO Klassiek radio on 25th December, not only put classical music…

Simon McBurney’s Magic Flute makes a triumphant return to Dutch National Opera

2 January 2024Music

Where to start when discussing Simon McBurney’s 2012 production of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, now in its third Dutch National Opera reincarnation in Amsterdam after travelling all around the world to great…