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Noa Wildschut steps in for Esther Yoo at the Concertgebouw

12 August 2024Posted inMusic
Noa Wildschut at the Concertgebouw
Alexandre Bloch brought the Orchestre National de Lille to the Concertgebouw, with Dutch violinist Noa Wildschut

Zubin Mehta and the Staatskapelle Berlin play Bruckner 8

11 April 2024Posted inMusic
Zubin Mehta
An emotionally charged performance of Bruckner's Eighth symphony was on offer from the Staatskapelle Berlin in their Good Friday concert

Shane van Neerden’s piano recital challenges all the senses

12 January 2024Posted inMusic
Shane van Neerden
Shane van Neerden performs a programme of Debussy, Scriabin, Ives and a new commission for two pianos from Rick van Veldhuizen

The definition of love: Mäkelä conducts Mahler 3 at the Concertgebouw

21 September 2023Posted inMusic
Johnston and Mäkelä
Klaus Mäkelä and Jennifer Johnston forge a meeting of minds with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam

Deliciously Evil Hadestown is a Triumph

14 August 2023Posted inCulture, Music
Nathan Lee Graham
This slick contemporary score is timeless: I suspect we will still be humming these tunes for many years to come

A performance of contradictions: Belgian National Orchestra at the Concertgebouw

30 July 2023Posted inMusic
Antony Hermus and the BNO
Antony Hermus searches for menace and intrigue in the Belgian National Orchestra's programme in Amsterdam's Concertgebouw

Searching for greatness: The 2023 Mahler Competition

15 July 2023Posted inMusic
Giuseppe Mengoli
Giuseppe Mengoli is a worthy winner of the 2023 Mahler Conducting Competition and will be a great ambassador for his art

Through the looking glass: Amsterdam Sinfonietta are a class act at the Muziekgebouw

18 May 2023Posted inMusic
Candida Pärt
The Sinfonietta, under the leadership of Candida Thompson, more than deserve their reputation as one of the finest string orchestras

Nederlandse Reisopera’s Fidelio makes opera truly accessible for all

27 April 2023Posted inCulture, Music
Would good overcome evil? Would Florestan find freedom and at what cost?
This was opera which found expression using the technology of youth in a way which did not offend or intimidate

Phion, Consenus Vocalis, Bach Twente and Rheinhard Goebel ensure an outstanding choral tradition lives on in East Netherlands

3 April 2023Posted inMusic
Soloists after the performance
Bach’s St Matthew Passion under the baton of Reinhard Goebel, was a glorious celebration of the outstanding choral tradition

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