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Amsterdam’s Romeo and Juliet attracts young audience

27 October 2025Posted inCulture, Music
Romeo and Juliet cast
Dutch National Ballet’s Romeo and Juliet hits all the right notes with a very young and international audience.

Challenging the norm: Orchestra of the 18th Century’s Marriage of Figaro

23 October 2025Posted inCulture, Music
Marriage of Figaro
Jorinde Keesmaat’s new production of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro with Orchestra of the 18th Century seeks to challenge conventional norms

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.

In conversation with Martijn Dendievel: A man on a mission

14 October 2025Posted inCulture, Music
Martijn Dendievel
Martijn Dendievel, soon to be chief conductor of Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen talks to Clare Varney: "The only thing that helps, is to be authentic"

Peter Salem: “They were only meant to kill the bloody King!”

5 October 2025Posted inCulture, Music
Peter Salem
Ballet music for a modern age with Peter Salem, the composing mastermind behind Dutch National Ballet’s recent commission, Lady Macbeth

The Scottish Chamber raise the roof with Maxim Emelyanychev

30 September 2025Posted inMusic
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Maxim Emelyanychev
Scottish percussionist Colin Currie joined the SCO in Essen's Philharmonie for a rousing end to their 2025 European tour

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.

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