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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

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 Jake Heggie’s Camille Claudel: Into the Fire

Vladimir Jurowski continues the Concertgebouw Orchestra’s Bruckner celebration

12 December 2024Posted inMusic
Vladimir Jurwoski
Running down the famous Concertgebouw stairs, Vladimir Jurowski joined the Concertgebouw Orchestra for a programme of Mozart and Bruckner

Karina Canellakis makes her debut with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

20 October 2024Posted inMusic
Karina Canellakis makes her debut with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
All eyes were firmly on Karina Canellakis in this her debut night conducting the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in a programme full of extremes of emotion. Canellakis is well known to…

Augustin Hadelich’s Sibelius soars the heights at the Concertgebouw

18 October 2024Posted inMusic
Hadelich Plays the Sibelius Violin Concerto in the Concertgebouw
German-American violinist Augustin Hadelich, who grew up in the foothills of rural Tuscany, is most definitely the man of the moment and is quite rightly earning a reputation as one…

The Vienna Phil blows away the cobwebs at the Concertgebouw

26 September 2024Posted inMusic
Christian Thielemann conducting the Vienna Phil at the Concertgebouw ©Simon Van Boxtel
Fresh from two concerts in Lucerne, the Vienna Philharmonic travelled to the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam to perform Strauss' immensely powerful Ein Heldenleben and Mendelssohn's Third Symphony the "Scottish". I had immense…

Mäkelä’s magical Mahler 1 with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra 

25 September 2024Posted inCulture, Music
Essen, 21.09.2024, Philharmonie Essen Klaus Mäkelä Royal
Casually dressed in an open neck shirt and brown suede shoes, Klaus Mäkelä, chief conductor designate of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, joined the stage for the first of three events,…

Brahms’ German Requiem at the Concertgebouw

3 April 2024Posted inMusic
Dinis Sousa
A fabulous Brahms German Requiem at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam with Dinis Sousa, the Monteverdi Choir and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra appoints new Associate Conductor: Aurel Dawidiuk

28 March 2024Posted inMusic
Aurel Dawidiuk
As of season 2024/2025, the RCO will have a new associate conductor thanks to a generous donation from the Haitink family

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