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The Enschede firework disaster: a city reflects

13 May 2025Posted inCulture
Firework disaster
A series of explosions at the SE Fireworks storage facility on May 13th, 2000, ripped through the heart of Enschede

Unpicking the writing process with debut novelist Lucy Steeds

30 April 2025Posted inCulture
Lucy Steeds
Award-winning author of The Artist, Lucy Steeds finds inspiration and creative freedom in Amsterdam’s rich cultural heritage

A message of hope: Bychkov and the RCO play Shostakovich

25 April 2025Posted inMusic
Bychkov and the RCO play Shostakovich
Semyon Bychkov joined the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam for a monumental reading of Shostakovich's Symphony no 7, Leningrad

Premières aplenty from Mäkelä and RCO

19 April 2025Posted inMusic
Beynon and Mäkelä | RCO
The RCO confirmed their commitment to curating music for generations to come with two premieres by the French composer, Guillaume Connesson

Euphoric and immersive cinematic experience:  Reich/Richter in Amsterdam

13 April 2025Posted inMusic
Reich/Richter
British percussionist Colin Currie joins Asko|Schönberg in Amsterdam for performances of Reich/Richter, a visual and musical feast for all

Bruce Liu plays Chopin with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta

29 March 2025Posted inMusic
Bruce Liu plays Chopin
Canadian pianist Bruce Liu joins the Amsterdam Sinfonietta with a new orchestration of Chopin's Second Piano Concerto

A jubilant finale to the Tonhalle’s European tour with Paavo Järvi

25 March 2025Posted inMusic
Man conducting
Paavo Järvi had a glint in his eye. Now at the end of a European tour taking in Hamburg, Paris, Frankfurt and Cologne, the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich were going out with…

Sheku Kanneh-Mason works his magic with Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic

7 March 2025Posted inMusic
Sheku Kanneh-MAson and the Czech Phil
The Czech Phil brings an all-Shostakovich programme to the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam with Semyon Bychkov and Sheku Kanneh-Mason

Davina Clarke and friends define the Art of Obligato

21 February 2025Posted inCulture, Music
Davina Clarke and friends define the Art of Obligato
The highlight of many a violinist’s calendar is the prospect of playing J.S. Bach’s wonderful violin obligatos in his St. Matthew Passion. Who will play the first orchestra’s Erbarme dich,…

Parisian music galore from Théotime Langlois de Swarte and the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century

18 February 2025Posted inMusic
Theotime playing the violin
The Great Church in Enschede was abuzz with curiosity. All were eager to learn more about the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century’s young French soloist and conductor, Théotime Langlois de…

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