The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra sets the stage for an exhilarating musical journey with a lineup of diverse events running from March through April. From playful children's concerts to profound orchestral performances, this season promises a rich palette of experiences. With esteemed conductors and accomplished performers, including Klaus Mäkelä's highly anticipated presence, the orchestra invites audiences in Amsterdam, Hamburg, and Vienna to indulge in timeless classics and innovative compositions. These events highlight both the enduring power of classical music and the fresh perspectives of contemporary composers.

A Symphony of Seasons: The Concertgebouw Orchestra's March-April Showcase

The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra's 2025 season promises an exhilarating lineup, featuring monumental symphonies by Shostakovich, Mahler, and Stravinsky, and exciting collaborations with renowned soloists. From the grandeur of the 'Leningrad' Symphony to the vibrant strokes of 'Petrushka', these performances offer a rich tapestry of sound. Whether you're a seasoned symphony-goer or new to the orchestral scene, these events are designed to captivate and inspire, showcasing the extraordinary talents of conductors like Semyon Bychkov, Paavo Järvi, and Klaus Mäkelä.

A Symphony of Seasons: Concertgebouw Orchestra's 2025 Highlights

The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is set to captivate audiences with a series of orchestral marvels, ranging from Shostakovich's stirring Symphony No. 7 to Stravinsky's vibrant Petrushka. Conductors like Semyon Bychkov and Paavo Järvi bring these masterpieces to life, while talents like Jean-Yves Thibaudet dazzle with their solo performances. This orchestral season promises an enthralling blend of classical brilliance and contemporary flair, with each event offering unique interpretations of timeless compositions.

A Symphony of Sounds: Unveiling the Musical Extravaganza at Concertgebouw

Dive into a world where the compelling tales of power and madness come to life through Modest Mussorgsky's 'Boris Godunov,' as performed by the esteemed Concertgebouw Orchestra at the Dutch National Opera. Experience the youthful exuberance and multicultural harmony of the Concertgebouworkest Young, and get swept away by the orchestral grandeur of Strauss, Shostakovich, and Bruckner, as these world-class performances unfold across iconic venues in Amsterdam and Hamburg.

A Symphony of Cultures: Unveiling the Magic of Dutch National Opera and Concertgebouw Orchestra Events

In the heart of Europe, amidst the bustling streets of Amsterdam and Hamburg, a symphony of young talent and timeless compositions comes to life. The Concertgebouw Orchestra Young 2025, featuring a global assembly of youthful musicians, is set to dazzle audiences with Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony and a Dutch premiere by Elizabeth Ogonek. Meanwhile, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, under the dynamic leadership of Klaus Mäkelä, will explore the depths of Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony. Join us as we delve into these remarkable events that promise to redefine the orchestral landscape.

Soundscapes of Tomorrow: Youthful Orchestras and Legendary Symphonies

The full blast of orchestral sound: This season, the Royal Concertgebouw's regulars present Anton Bruckner's monumental Eighth Symphony at the Elbphilharmonie under the baton of the young star conductor Klaus Mäkelä. He will take over as Chief Conductor of the Dutch orchestra in 2027. Together, they are already testing the limits of this powerful symphony.

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Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Klaus Mäkelä

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

As part of the SAIL Amsterdam celebrations, talented young musicians from dozens of different countries perform Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony, Elgar’s Cello Concerto featuring Julia Hagen. In addition, they will collaborate with vocalists Karsu, Laetitia Gerards and Lucas van Lierop.

Concertgebouworkest Young opens SAIL 2025

NDSM

Talented young musicians from dozens of different countries form a youth orchestra, performing Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony, a Dutch premiere of Elizabeth Ogonek, and Elgar’s Cello Concerto featuring Julia Hagen.

Concertgebouw Orchestra Young 2025

The Concertgebouw

Essentials introduces you to Richard Strauss’ exciting Don Quixote, performed by the Concertgebouw Orchestra under the direction of Han-Na Chang.

Essentials: Strauss’ Don Quixote

Han-Na Chang conducts the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4, Deutsch’ Phantasma, and Richard Strauss’ Don Quixote featuring soloists from the orchestra.

Han-Na Chang conducts Beethoven and Strauss

The Concertgebouw Orchestra performs Mussorgsky’s opera Boris Godunov at the Dutch National Opera under the direction of Vasily Petrenko.

Boris Godunov at Dutch National Opera

National Opera & Ballet

Infanticide, cunning monks and a tsar falling prey to madness. In his large-scale choral opera, the Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky tackled a theme that is still relevant today: the extremes to which a hunger for power can lead. Celebrated director Kirill Serebrennikov brings his own experiences in Russia into a grippingly topical reading of the work.

Boris Godunov

The Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Bijlmer Parktheatre are collaborating on a series of groundbreaking concerts seamlessly blending different musical styles and the performing arts.

Bijlmer Klassiek: Vernon Chatlein

Nelson Mandela park

Musicians of the Concertgebouw Orchestra and Alexander Reeuwijk take you on an excursion through Beethoven’s ‘Pastorale’ and other works.

Close-up: Early birds

Klaus Mäkelä unites the Concertgebouworkest, eight vocal soloists and four choirs in Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8. An impressive work by a huge cast.

Mäkelä leads Mahler’s Symphony No. 8

The Concertgebouw Orchestra and its artistic partner Klaus Mäkelä will be opening the Mahler Festival with Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 and a newly commissioned companion piece by Anders Hillborg.

Mäkelä leads Mahler’s Symphony No. 1

Under the baton of its chief conductor designate Mäkelä, the Concertgebouw Orchestra performs Gustav Mahler’s First Symphony, at Brussels’ BOZAR.

On tour: Klaus Mäkelä conducts Mahler

BOZAR

String players of the Concertgebouw Orchestra perform Schoenberg’s Transfigured Night and Richard Strauss’ Metamorphosen.

Close-up: Metamorphosen

Essentials introduces you to Stravinsky’s colourful Petrushka, performed by the Concertgebouw Orchestra under the direction of Paavo Järvi.

Essentials: Stravinsky’s Petrushka

Paavo Järvi conducts the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Stravinsky’s colourful ballet score Petrouchka, Jean-Yves Thibaudet is the soloist in Khatchatourian’s dazzling Piano Concerto.

Stravinsky’s Petrushka

Semyon Bychkov leads the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Dmitri Shostakovich’s monumental ‘Leningrad’ Symphony.

Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7

The Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Klaus Mäkelä and two of the orchestra’s soloists transport you to distant worlds. Fairy tales by Ravel and Bartók and two works by the contemporary sound wizard Guillaume Connesson: four pieces of music to take in visually.

Klaus Mäkelä conducts Ravel, Bartók and Connesson

Bijlmer Klassiek: Spicy Odyssey

Riccardo Minasi leads the Concertgebouw Orchestra, choirs and soloists in Bach’s St Matthew Passion.

St Matthew Passion

On Sunday, 6 April, children aged two to four are welcome to join the Concertgebouw Orchestra at Gabriël Metsustraat 16 for a colourful musical programme. A musician from the orchestra will be taking them on an exciting musical journey of discovery. There’s a mysterious ‘Sound Box’, in which secret sounds are hidden. Whatever might come out of it? Children’s Music Day is all about the very youngest listeners feeling, sensing and experiencing music.

Children’s Music Day

The Concertgebouw Orchestra performs Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 on tour in Vienna and Hamburg. Klaus Mäkelä also conducts Verklärte Nacht by Arnold Schönberg, who was born 150 years ago.

On tour: Klaus Mäkelä conducts Mahler 

Vienna Music Society

Under the baton of its future chief conductor Klaus Mäkelä, the Concertgebouw Orchestra performs Schumann’s Fourth Symphony, a new work by Oh, and Gubaidulina’s Offertorium featuring violinist Julian Rachlin.

Klaus Mäkelä with Schumann in Vienna and Hamburg

Klaus Mäkelä conducts Schumann

The Concertgebouw Orchestra and Släpstick are teaming up to give a brand-new children’s concert: Commander_n00b is a concert and game all in one.

Children’s concert

Essentials introduces you to Jean Sibelius’s beloved Fifth Symphony performed by the Concertgebouw Orchestra under the direction of Santtu-Matias Rouvali.

Essentials: Sibelius’ Symphony No. 5

Kirill Gerstein performs as soloist in Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto, and Santtu-Matias Rouvali leads the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Sibelius’s Fifth Symphony.

Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3

Musicians of the Concertgebouw Orchestra perform chamber music centering around the harp, from Fauré to Pierné, from Debussy to Yun.

Close-up: The harp takes centre stage

Tania Kross sings arias from the first opera in Papiamentu and cabaret songs about Amsterdam. Bas Wiegers conducts the Concertgebouw Orchestra in works by Revueltas and Verbey and a world premiere by Calliope Tsoupaki.

Amsterdam 750

Manfred Honeck leads the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Richard Strauss’ Four Last Songs, highlights from Puccini’s Turandot and moving music by Suppé and MacMillan.

Four Last Songs

The Bijlmer Klassiek concert on 22 February features a new generation of outstanding musicians telling a story of homesickness, a longing for and a connection with their native country – all through a mix of classical, jazz and music from home.

Domoljubje: longing for home

Three very different faces of the stylistically versatile composer Sergey Prokofiev: conductor Iván Fischer and pianist Nelson Goerner bring fireworks, power and elegance to the stage.

On tour: A Prokofiev feast with Iván Fischer

Cologne Philharmonie

Three very different faces of the stylistically versatile composer Sergey Prokofiev: conductor Iván Fischer and pianist Nelson Goerner bring fireworks, power and elegance to the stage..

A Prokofiev feast with Iván Fischer

Riccardo Chailly, conductor emeritus and former chief conductor of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, rounds off the symphonic cycle marking Anton Bruckner’s 200th birthday with his enigmatic swansong, the Symphony No. 9 – including the finale, which the latest scholarship has deemed complete.

Bruckner’s Symphony No. 9

Conductor Klaus Mäkelä says that a concert is like a journey through time. The composers featured on this programme were clearly inspired by older music. Robert Schumann had just suffered a nervous breakdown when he wrote his Symphony No. 2, a work in which he documents his recovery and overtly draws on the music of Bach, Haydn and Beethoven.

On tour with Klaus Mäkelä and Janine Jansen

Auditorio - Palacio de Congresos Príncipe Felipe

National Music Auditorium

In Spain, Klaus Mäkelä leads the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Wagner’s Siegfried-Idyll, Richard Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben and Unsuk Chin’s subito con forza.

On tour: Klaus Mäkelä conducts Ein Heldenleben

Palau de la Música Catalana

The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra will again be hosting a lavish Annual Gala under the baton of Klaus Mäkelä in a festively decorated Concertgebouw. Janine Jansen is the soloist in Britten’s Violin Concerto.

Annual Gala

The Concertgebouw Orchestra, its future chief conductor Klaus Mäkelä and Janine Jansen join forces in Britten’s Violin Concerto. The orchestra also performs Schumann’s Symphony No. 2 and music by Dowland and Purcell.

Klaus Mäkelä and Janine Jansen

In the Concertgebouw Orchestra’s Bruckner cycle, Simone Young conducts the Sixth Symphony, Bruckner’s nimblest and ‘sauciest’.

Bruckner: Symphony No. 6

Anton Bruckner and Olivier Messiaen have much in common. The conductor Simone Young and the Concertgebouw Orchestra forge a musical and spiritual bond between Bruckner’s Symphony No. 6 and Messiaen’s L’Ascension.

Bruckner and Messiaen

Essentials introduces you to Hector Berlioz’s frenzied Symphonie fantastique, performed by the Concertgebouw Orchestra under the direction of Sir Antonio Pappano.

Essentials: Symphonie fantastique

Antonio Pappano conducts two works in which love leads to lunacy: Berlioz’ Symphonie fantastique and Jake Heggie’s song cycle, Camille Claudel: Into the Fire, featuring mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato.

Symphonie fantastique

Future chief conductor Klaus Mäkelä conducts the Concertgebouw Orchestra’s Christmas Matinee concert, featuring Wagner’s Siegfried-Idyll, Richard Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben and Unsuk Chin’s subito con forza, which marked the first time Mäkelä and the orchestra got acquainted, back in 2020.

Christmas Matinee: Klaus Mäkelä

Brotherhood, tango, trombone, poetry and serenity: you can expect all this and much more on 22 December at Bijlmer Klassiek, that unique collaboration between the Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Bijlmer Parktheater.

Bijlmer Klassiek: Brothers

Maria João Pires is the soloist in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9 (‘Jeunehomme’), and the Concertgebouw Orchestra performs works by Dvořák and Diepenbrock, all under the direction of Iván Fischer.

On tour: Maria João Pires plays Mozart

Philharmonie Luxembourg

Cité de la Musique

Maria João Pires plays Mozart

Chamber music, including Beethoven’s Horn Sonata and Vaughan Williams’s romantic Quintet. But there’s also room on the programme for lesser-known names: discover the music of hornist–composers Frédéric Duvernoy and Franz Strauss (Richard’s father), as well as a subdued nocturne by Friedrich Wilhelm Voigt and an inventive trio by Carl Reinecke.

Close-up: the horn takes centre stage

Vladimir Jurowski conducts the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Anton Bruckner’s exuberant Symphony No. 1.

Bruckner: Symphony No. 1

Vladimir Jurowski conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, pairing Bruckner’s ‘classical’ Symphony No. 1 to Mozart’s turbulent Symphony No. 40.

Bruckner and Mozart

Hear one of the world’s great Mahler orchestras perform the First Symphony—a work that the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra performed under Mahler’s own baton in its Dutch premiere. For this performance, the historic orchestra is led by its future chief conductor Klaus Mäkelä, one of the music world’s brightest rising stars. Also featured on the program is Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht, a lush and beautiful piece originally scored for string sextet (making it the first tone poem ever written for chamber ensemble). Schoenberg’s string-orchestra arrangement remains one of his most popular creations and an enduring staple of the concert repertoire.

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Carnegie Hall

Amsterdam’s historic Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra performs back-to-back concerts with its incoming chief conductor Klaus Mäkelä, one of the music world’s brightest rising stars. The program opens with a US premiere by the orchestra’s composer in residence, Pulitzer Prize–winning American composer Ellen Reid. World-renowned violinist Lisa Batiashvili, described by London’s The Times as “the complete musician,” joins as soloist in Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2. The second half of the concert features one of Rachmaninoff’s most expansive achievements: the lush and passionate Second Symphony.

All Visiting Orchestras tickets include same-day admission to the The Baker Museum. Special museum hours on day of Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra performance: 10am-7:30pm. In addition, the doors to Hayes Hall will open 90 minutes prior to this performance. Arrive early to enjoy the exhibitions and light fare available at Heidi's Place.

Artis–Naples

During its first intercontinentale tour with Klaus Mäkelä, the Concertgebouw Orchestra plays Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2, music by Glinka, and Prokofjev’s Violin Concerto No. 2 featuring Lisa Batiashvili.

On tour in the USA with Klaus Mäkelä

Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts

Artis—Naples

Experience the majestic sounds of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. This renowned orchestra, hailing from Amsterdam and celebrated as one of the finest in the world by Gramophone Magazine, embarks on its first North American tour with the dynamic Klaus Mäkelä as the Chief Conductor Designate. The concert will feature the exceptional talents of violinist Lisa Batiashvili, promising an evening of unforgettable musical brilliance.

**Date and Time:**  
November 19, 2024, at 7:30 PM

**Venue:**  
Alexander W. Dreyfoos Concert Hall, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts

**Program Highlights:**  
- Prokofiev, Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63  
- Rachmaninov, Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27

**Special Feature:**  
Join us for the "Beyond The Stage" pre-concert talk from 6:30 PM to 7:00 PM at the Rinker Playhouse. Hosted by the Kravis Center’s Classical Artistic Advisor, Phillip Bergmann, this insightful discussion will delve into the music, musicians, and composers of the evening's performance. Special guests from the ensembles will be featured, offering an enriching prelude to the concert experience.

**Sponsorship:**  
The Classical Concert Series is proudly sponsored by Leonard and Sophie Davis, with additional support for "Beyond The Stage" provided by Nancy and Jay Parker.

**Ticket Information:**  
To ensure the authenticity of your tickets and to avoid overpaying, please purchase directly from the Kravis Center's official website, kravis.org. Beware of unauthorized ticket distributors, as tickets bought from such sources may be significantly marked up, and the Kravis Center cannot offer customer service, notifications, or refunds for tickets purchased through unauthorized channels.

**Directions & Parking:**  
The Kravis Center is conveniently located near downtown West Palm Beach, accessible via I-95 and the Turnpike. Guests can choose between complimentary self-parking and paid valet parking options.

Don't miss this extraordinary opportunity to witness the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under the baton of Klaus Mäkelä, with the virtuosic Lisa Batiashvili on violin. Secure your tickets now and prepare for an evening of sublime music that promises to be a highlight of the classical music calendar.

Kravis Center for the Performing Arts

The Concertgebouw Orchestra performs Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 on tour in Orlando and New York. Klaus Mäkelä also conducts Transfigured Night by Arnold Schönberg, who was born 150 years ago.

Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts

Between Late Romanticism and Modernity: Klaus Mäkelä conducts Rachmaninoff’s lush Second Symphony, preceded by Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto featuring Lisa Batiashvili and a newly commissioned work by Ellen Reid.

Klaus Mäkelä and Rachmaninoff

The adventurous concert series Bijlmer Klassiek enters a new season when pianist Roderigo Robles de Medina and musicians of the Concertgebouw Orchestra perform music by Surinamese composers.

The Red Palulu

Schubert’s Octet, for three wind and five string instruments, was composed 200 years ago, in 1824. The instrumentation was completely new at the time. With its large-scale structure comprising six movements, the work looks ahead to subsequent developments, but the music never for a moment feels heavy, its light and lilting quality always prevailing.

Close-up: Schubert and Widmann

Nicolas Altstaedt and Alisa Weilerstein shine in new cello concertos by Liza Lim and Matthias Pintscher respectively. The composer–conductor Pintscher also conducts colourful works by Dutilleux and Ligeti.

The cello takes centre stage

Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

A children’s concert full of lies! The Nose is a brand-new piece (in Dutch) about honesty, friendship, and being different.

Children’s concert: The Nose

Arnold Schoenberg was born 150 years ago on 24 September. The Concertgebouw Orchestra performs three highly different works by the Viennese composer under the baton of Ryan Wigglesworth, in a captivating mise en espace by Pierre Audi and with soprano Sara Jakubiak in a starring role.

Arnold Schoenberg 150

Essentials presents Aleksandr Scriabin’s Le poème de l’extase and music by Wagner, performed by the Concertgebouw Orchestra under the direction of Karina Canellakis.

Essentials: Le Poème de l’extase

Karina Canellakis makes her Concertgebouw Orchestra debut. The music of Wagner and Scriabin smoulders with longing and ecstasy; Augustin Hadelich performs as soloist in the Sibelius Violin Concerto.

Karina Canellakis conducts Wagner and Scriabin

The Concertgebouw Orchestra takes flight in Baroque music when Leonardo García Alarcón is conducting. After his impressive first appearance in 2022, the Argentine conductor returns; this time he will be weaving works by Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel into a festive whole, inspired by the concerts which Bach himself used to organise at Leipzig’s Café Zimmermann.

Fireworks from Bach and Handel

In the Concertgebouw Orchestra’s Bruckner cycle, Jaap van Zweden conducts the Fourth Symphony.

Bruckner: Symphony No. 4

Jaap van Zweden and the Concertgebouw Orchestra perform Bruckner’s ‘Romantic’ Fourth Symphony and Steve Reich’s hypnotic Music for Ensemble and Orchestra.

Jaap van Zweden conducts Bruckner’s Fourth

In the Concertgebouw Orchestra’s Bruckner cycle, Andrew Manze conducts the Second Symphony, ‘a gem that has for too long been inexplicably overlooked, even by many Bruckner lovers.‘

Bruckner’s Symphony No. 2

Andrew Manze conducts the Concertgebouw Orchestra, pairing Bruckner’s Second Symphony to Schubert’s Fourth.

Bruckner and Schubert

Under the baton of its artistic partner Klaus Mäkelä, the Concertgebouw Orchestra performs Gustav Mahler’s First Symphony, preceded by Arnold Schoenberg’s emotionally charged Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night).

On tour: Klaus Mäkelä conducts Mahler in Essen

Philharmonic Essen

Get acquainted with Mahler's First Symphony, one of the essential masterpieces you want to hear, performed by the Concertgebouw Orchestra under the direction of Klaus Mäkelä.

Entrée-Essentials: Mahler with Klaus Mäkelä

Under the baton of its artistic partner Klaus Mäkelä, the Concertgebouw Orchestra performs Gustav Mahler’s First Symphony, preceded by Arnold Schoenberg’s emotionally charged Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night).﻿

Klaus Mäkelä conducts Mahler

Celebrate the opening of the new season with the Concertgebouw Orchestra! This year, the orchestra is giving its annual free open-air concert at Nelson Mandela Park in Amsterdam-Zuidoost, with conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada and a special guest role for the well-known Dutch musician sor.

Opening Night

Elim Chan conducts the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Berlioz’ Le corsaire, Mendelssohn's optimistic 'Italian' Symphony No. 4, and a selection from uit Prokofjev's irresistible 'Romeo and Juliet'.

On tour: Romeo and Juliet at the Mediterranean

Scharoun-Theater Wolfsburg

Seong-Jin Cho joins the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto. In addition, Myung-whun Chung conducts Brahms’ Fourth Symphony and Weber’s Overture to Der Freischütz.

On tour: Seong-Jin Cho performs Beethoven

Stresa Festival

Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre

Teatro Amintore Galli

Seong-Jin Cho performs Beethoven

Romeo and Juliet at the Mediterranean

Our Ammodo Conducting Masterclass offers a unique opportunity to witness talented young conductors being trained by Paavo Järvi while they are leading the Concertgebouw Orchestra. Each session will be streamed on our video platform the same day from 7 p.m.

Ammodo Conducting Masterclass

Discover Anton Bruckner, architect of mighty symphonic buildings, in the monumental Eighth Symphony under the baton of Manfred Honeck.

Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8

Rhythm, dance, and folk music connect Bartók’s well-loved Concerto for Orchestra with exciting works by American composers. The Concertgebouw Orchestra will be under the direction of Marin Alsop.

Bartók, America, Rhythm

The Surinamese music style kawina, kawna or kauna is also a language. During the trans-Atlantic slavery era, its rhythms were used to convey secret messages that were undetectable to the colonial powers.

Bijlmer Klassiek

The Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Dutch National Opera continue their long and successful cooperation with Fidelio, Beethoven's only opera.

Beethoven’s Fidelio

Nationale Opera & Ballet

Liberation opera, revolutionary work of art, ode to love, utopian drama. Beethoven 's only opera Fidelio is all of that. Numerous qualifications and interpretations shroud the work in mystery, but above all demonstrate that it is a unique piece of musical theater that expresses the hope for a just, free and humane future. 

Fidelio

At Essentials you can get acquainted with Rachmaninoff’s vibrant Symphonic Dances under the direction of Semyon Bychkov with a lively introduction (in Dutch) by Thomas Vanderveken.

Essentials: Symphonic Dances

The Concertgebouw Orchestra is looking forward to the return of veteran conductor Semyon Bychkov, this time with works by Dvořák, Shostakovich and Rachmaninoff. And the icing on the cake: violinist Vilde Frang.

Vilde Frang plays Shostakovich

Bringing Mahler home: the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra plays Mahler’s massive Third Symphony under the direction of Klaus Mäkelä at the Wiener Musikverein.

Mäkelä Conducts Mahler 3

Klaus Mäkelä conducts the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Bruckner’s overwhelming Fifth Symphony, ‘the greatest achievement as far as the symphonic form goes’.

Klaus Mäkelä and Bruckner’s Fifth

Bruckner’s Fifth symphony

Conductor Jaap van Zweden returns to the Concertgebouw Orchestra with Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony. And Antoine Tamestit plays the solo in Sofia Gubaidulina’s equally poignant Viola Concerto.

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