Mäkelä’s quest for the perfect St. Matthew Passion 31 March 2026Posted inMusic Klaus Mäkelä adds his name to the history books by leading the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in his first St Matthew Passion
In conversation with trumpet virtuoso Håkan Hardenberger 24 March 2026Posted inCulture, Music Häkan’s running late… he’s on his way. And true to his word, I meet the Swedish trumpet legend, Håkan Hardenberger at Cologne’s Philharmonie
Anna Vinnitskaya whips up delicious fury on tour with Klaus Mäkelä 23 March 2026Posted inMusic The Orchestre de Paris returns to Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw with Klaus Mäkelä for Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto and Franck's Symphony
Yuja Wang steals the show on tour with the Swedish Radio 20 March 2026Posted inMusic Esa-Pekka Salonen, Yuja Wang and the Swedish Radio pit Scandinavian fervour against early 20th century French reflection
Barbara Hannigan and the Belcea Quartet’s search for a new world 16 March 2026Posted inMusic Featuring a programme of Schoenberg, Hindemith, Webern and a splash of Mozart, the Belcea Quartet go on tour with Barbara Hannigan
Water, water everywhere: Gabriela Ortiz returns to the Concertgebouw 11 March 2026Posted inMusic British soprano Claire Booth joins the Dudok Quartet in the Concertgebouw’s Kleine Zaal for a concert of Ortiz and Mozart
Innovative programming at the heart of ECHO’s Rising Stars tour 4 March 2026Posted inMusic It is a rare treat to hear five different ensembles or artists one after another in a single concert, but ECHO's Rising Stars did just that
Timothy Ridout joins Duncan Ward to seek the darkness 1 March 2026Posted inMusic Timothy Ridout gives the Dutch premiere of Mark Simpson’s Viola Concerto ‘Hold Your Heart in Your Teeth’ with Duncan Ward and Phil Zuid
Ben Grosvenor brings moonlit wonder to the Concertgebouw 12 February 2026Posted inMusic Ben Grosvenor's programme of Ravel, Beethoven and Schumann attracts a very young crowd to Amsterdam's Concertgebouw
Ben Goldscheider heads to the Concertgebouw 9 February 2026Posted inMusic Ben Goldscheider is joined by pianist Dénes Várjon, and Russian violinist Alina Ibragimova for Brahms and Benjamin Attahir's new commission