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Han-Na Chang conducts a programme full of stories with the RCO

24 June 2025Posted inMusic
Han-Na Chang conducts RCO
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra’s concert was definitely one for the ladies. Han-Na Chang, was joined by Tatjana Vassiljeva-Monnier

Shaken and not stirred: Mahler Beyond at the Concertgebouw

24 May 2025Posted inMusic
Mahler Beyond
The New European Ensemble and John Warner performed Mahler 4 and a new work by Sebastian Black as part of the Mahler Festival 2025

Schiff’s undeniable mastery shines brightly in Amsterdam

22 May 2025Posted inMusic
Andras Schiff | OAE | Concertgebouw | Clare Varney
András Schiff’s dulcet piano tones flooded the Concertgebouw. Sitting centre-stage, a French 1838 Érard piano from the Edwin Beunk Collection in Enschede. Earlier in the week, Schiff had shared how…

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…

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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