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Where in the world can you hear three amazing cellists on the same day?

4 November 2026Posted inMusic
Soltani Altstaedt and Elena
Kian Soltani, Nicolas Altstaedt and Alisa Weilerstein join Elena Schwarz and Hannu Lintu for a cello extravaganza at the Concertgebouw

Mäkelä’s Mahler 7 finds defiance and optimism in equal measure

2 November 2026Posted inMusic
Klaus Mäkelä conducts the Concertgebouw Orchestra
The Royal Concertgebouw give their second performance of Mahler’s Seventh Symphony conducted by chief conductor designate Klaus Mäkelä

In a class of their own: Arod Quartet head to the Concertgebouw

30 October 2026Posted inMusic
Quatuor Arod
Super talented Arod Quartet returned to Amsterdam's Concertgebouw for a programme of Haydn, Bartók, Carlos Simon and Fanny Mendelssohn

‘It’s not about us!’ Catching up with Kerem Hasan

21 October 2026Posted inMusic
Kerem Hasan Conductor catching up with Clare Varney | Marco Borggreve
Kerem Hasan is one of a small number of young British conductors quietly taking the European music world by storm

A riot of colour: Gil Shaham joins Kansas City on tour in Amsterdam

31 August 2026Posted inMusic
Kansas City Symphony at the Concertgebouw
Matthias Pintscher leads the Kansas City Symphony on tour in Amsterdam for exuberant Tchaikovsky and vibrant Rachmaninov

Searching for the night: Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra play Mahler 7 in Amsterdam

27 August 2026Posted inMusic
Philippe Jordan Gustav Mahler Aug 2026
Philippe Jordan searches for Mahler's midnight mysticism in a slightly nervy Seventh Symphony on tour in Amsterdam

A tale of two halves: Germany’s Bundesjugendorchester on tour with Aurel Dawidiuk

31 July 2026Posted inMusic
BJO Concertgebouw Amsterdam
Aurel Dawidiuk and Germany's National Youth Orchestra salvage Giorgi Gigashvili's controversial Rachmaninov

Is anyone out there? Is God listening?

25 June 2026Posted inMusic
Voices CG June 20 Holland Festival
The London Sinfonietta head to Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw to recreate the 1974 premiere of Voices by Han Werner Henze

Finding the space to breathe: Hildur Guðnadóttir at the Concertgebouw

17 June 2026Posted inMusic
Hildur | Holland Festival | Iceland Symphony | Concertgebouw
Icelandic cellist and film composer Hildur Guðnadóttir swept into Amsterdam for the 79th edition of Holland Festival

Hadelich and Stutzmann’s revered presence on the Concertgebouw stage

15 May 2026Posted inMusic
Augustin Hadelich RCO
Augustin Hadelich joins Nathalie Stutzmann for her long-awaited debut with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

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