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Yearning and longing: Gražinytė-Tyla and Blechacz at the Concertgebouw

28 January 2025Posted inMusic
Mirga Gražinytė -Tyla
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla is having quite a year. Following her departure from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in 2022, she has spent subsequent seasons travelling the world as a guest conductor…
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Joshua Bell inspires a new generation of violinists at the Concertgebouw

28 January 2025Posted inCulture, Music
Joshua Bell plays the violin
The Concertgebouw was buzzing. In one of the most diverse audiences I have seen for a while, young and old alike jostled for position in the cosy foyer of the…
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Joyce DiDonato makes an emotional debut with the Concertgebouw Orchestra

15 January 2025Posted inMusic
Joyce DiDonato makes an emotional debut with the Concertgebouw Orchestra
Joyce DiDonato descended the Concertgebouw stairs to give the Dutch premiere of one her most beloved works, Jake Heggie’s 2015 orchestral version of Camille Claudel: Into the Fire, for her…
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Dutch bells take centre stage at the Concertgebouw

6 January 2025Posted inCulture, Music
OSM Bells
Rafael Payare and the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal travelled to the Concertgebouw Amsterdam with some very special luggage: a pair of orchestral bells made by the Eijsbouts foundry in the…
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A class act: Augustin Hadelich plays Mozart on tour with Andrew Manze

18 December 2024Posted inMusic
ugustin Hadelich / Mozarteumorchester Salzburg / Andrew Manze
The Mozarteumorchester, Salzburg and Andrew Manze travelled to Tonhalle, Düsseldorf for the final night of their 2024 tour of Germany after concerts in Munich, Hamburg, Coesfeld, and Cologne. With violinist,…
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A festive feast: John Eliot Gardiner and The Constellation Choir

17 December 2024Posted inMusic
The Constellation Choir and Orchestra with John Eliot Gardiner
After a somewhat fraught start to the week when Storm Darragh delayed their arrival in Hamburg followed by subsequent performances in Vienna and Luxembourg, all seemed serene and calm as…
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Vladimir Jurowski continues the Concertgebouw Orchestra’s Bruckner celebration

12 December 2024Posted inMusic
Vladimir Jurwoski
Running down the famous Concertgebouw stairs with the energy of one half his age, Vladimir Jurowski joined the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra for programme of Mozart and Bruckner.  The evening started…
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The Viride Quartet explore an absence of love in the depths of the Dutch countryside 

27 November 2024Posted inMusic
The Viride Quartet
Hot on the heels of three sold-out shows at the Carré Theater, Amsterdam with Dutch indie-pop band, Haevn, the Viride String Quartet travelled deep into the Dutch countryside for a…
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A towering inferno: on tour with Vikingur Ólafsson and the London Philharmonic

18 November 2024Posted inMusic
Vikingur Ólafsson and Edward Gardner and the London Philharmonic Orchestra
Smartly dressed in a grey suit and a pale pink tie and exuding a calm efficiency, Norwegian pianist Vikingur Ólafsson swept onto the stage. Expectation fizzed. A year on from…
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Suave and sophisticated: Mäkelä’s Rachmaninoff hits all the right notes

16 November 2024Posted inMusic
Klaus Mäkelä conducting the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
It’s been a busy few weeks for Klaus Mäkelä. First on tour with the Oslo Philharmonic. Then a quick soirée to the UK for the Rite of Spring with the London Symphony Orchestra…
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