Musicians of Concertgebouworkest Young, the new youth orchestra which the Concertgebouworkest has launched in the 2019/2020 season and which caters for European hidden talent aged 14 to 18, are making their debut with Mozart s Eine kleine Nachtmusik, KV 525. At the Young summer camp, they participated in an intensive programme of group practice, orchestra rehearsals, chamber music, coaching sessions and workshops led by professional workshop leaders, and classes given by members of the Concertgebouworkest. The Concertgebouworkest views the development of top talent as of the utmost importance. In addition to that, with Young the Orchestra aims to stimulate personal development, a strong sense of community and a democratic mindset. A special program will be designed in collaboration with the United World Colleges Nederland. This new youth orchestra will serve as a bridge between society and a top-level cultural institute.

On Tuesday 15 November 2022 second violinist Coraline Groen gave a masterclass to former Academist Miranda Nee on the train from Bern to Zurich. Donors of the orchestra were invited to witness this special event. Our tour of Switzerland was made possible by the SBB. The Swiss Friends of the Concertgebouworkest are closely involved with our tour of Switzerland. To mark its fifteenth anniversary, they organised several events around the concerts. #sbb #swisstravelpass #swisstravelsystem #swisstravel

In the 42 years that Paul Peter Spiering has been a violinist in the Concertgebouworkest, one performance of Mahler s Ninth Symphony made a big impression on him. What is your favourite #MahlerMemory? Watch the stream tonight at 8:30 pm CEST on our YouTube channel! ► More information about the Mahler Festival Online: https://bit.ly/MahlerFestivalOnline

The 2019/2020 subscription season has started! From now on, you can find the concert programme 2019/2020 of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra on our website. Ticket sale starts on June 1st - https://www.concertgebouworkest.nl/en/subscriptions

Young musicians of Bratislava and Slovak Philharmonic s 1st concert master Jarolím Emmanuel Ružička rehearsing Carl Maria von Weber s Oberon Overture. On 19 November these 14 young musicians will join the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Semyon Bychkov at the Reduta Concert Hall in Bratislava, Slovakia, to play it Side by Side in the RCO Meets Europe tour: https://www.concertgebouworkest.nl/en/concert/rco-meets-bratislava

Concert season 2021-2022 has officially started with Opening Night 2021: Concertgebouworkest op de Dam. If you missed Opening Night, you can watch it here: https://www.npostart.nl/klassiek-concert-vanaf-de-dam/10-09-2021/AT_300002463 Concertgebouworkest op de Dam 10 September 2021 Daniel Harding, conductor Leonidas Kavakos violin Joey Roukens - Chase Richard Strauss - Don Juan Niccolò Paganini - ‘La Campanella’ Giuseppe Verdi - Overture La Forza Del Destino Lili Boulanger - D un Matin de printemps Maurice Ravel - Tzigane Mascagni - Intermezzo La calvalleria Rusticana Kreisler - Liebesleid Rossini - Finale Ouverture Guilaume Tell credits aftermovie: XSAGA

Vesko Eschkenazy has been concertmaster of the Concertgebouw Orchestra since January 2000, having occupied the same position earlier with the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra. Vesko Eschkenazy studied at the National Conservatory in Sofia and with Yfrah Neaman at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Among his prizes are those of the Wieniawski Competition in Poland (1985) and the Carl Flesch Competition in London (1988). In 2010 he was voted Musician of the Year in Bulgaria. To open the 2010/11 season he gave an open-air concert in his native town Sofia with the Philharmonic orchestra of Sofia for a massive audience. He performed as soloist with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Orchestra under conductors such as Yuri Bashmet, Colin Davis, Carlo Maria Giulini, Kurt Masur, Seiji Ozawa and Mstislav Rostropovich. He has been a soloist with the Concertgebouw Orchestra many times since his debut in 2000. In June 2014 the concertmaster conducted his own orchestra from the music stand in Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. In 2016 he was the soloist in Bach s Violin Concerto in a minor, BWV 1041. Vesko Eschkenazy plays the ex-Silverstein Guarneri del Gesú uit 1742, owned by a private patron received on loan via the Concertgebouworkest Foundation.

A great coincidence made her a member of the Concertgebouworkest. Meet viola player Santa Vižine!

Violinist Ulilan already learned a lot from her coach Borika van den Booren-Bayon in the first week of Concertgebouworkest Young.

Charles Mingus - Boogie Stop Shuffle Jelena Ristic - violin Mirte de Kok - violin Frederik Boits - viola Clément Peigné - cello Made in America On 28, 29 and 30 January you can experience a whole weekend of music brimming with the energy and diversity of the United States on our website. Recordings of chamber music, iconic film music and symphonic works by composers including Ives, Adams, Wolfe, Higdon, Dvořák and Copland and three concerts streams from the Concertgebouw: http://www.concertgebouworkest.nl/en/madeinamerica

Helma van den Brink started out studying violin and piano but after several years took up the cello. She ultimately chose the bassoon, however, and after only two years was admitted to the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague where she studied with Johan Steinmann and Gustavo Núñez. She obtained her solo diploma in June 2005. She has played in the European Union Youth Orchestra and the National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands and has performed as a substitute with various Dutch orchestras. Van den Brink was appointed second bassoonist with the Concertgebouworkest in December 2005. Outside her work with the orchestra, she performs both as a soloist and as a chamber music player. Helma van den Brink has no less than two bassoons on loan through the Foundation Concertgebouworkest. Since 2007, a Heckel that could be purchased thanks to a generous private donation and a second Heckel that is slightly smaller. This latter instrument was also purchased by a private donor during a tour in the United States.

☀️Next #SummerGem! Mendelssohn s bright and bubbly first movement of his Symphony No. 4 Italian under the baton of Thomas Hengelbrock. Enjoy your wonderful morning. ◆ Even more classical music? Check out our video pltaform: https://bit.ly/3SbKT5d #Mendelssohn #SymphonyNo4 #Symphony4 #Italian #Mendelssohn4 #Hengelbrock #ThomasHengelbrock #symphonicgems #symphonicgem #violin Our website: https://www.concertgebouworkest.nl/ Follow us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Concertgebouworkest/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/concertgebouworkest/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ConcertgbOrkest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/concertgebouworkest/ #concertgebouworkest #concertgebouworchestra #classical #classicalmusic #klassiek #klassiekemuziek #symphony

☀️#SummerGem time! Cool off with this breezy second movement of Debussy s La mer conducted by Klaus Mäkelä. What are your summer plans today? ◆ Even more classical music? Check out our video pltaform: https://bit.ly/3SbKT5d #Debussy #LaMer #ClaudeDebussy #KlausMäkelä #Mäkelä #Makela #symphonicgems #symphonicgem Our website: https://www.concertgebouworkest.nl/ Follow us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Concertgebouworkest/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/concertgebouworkest/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ConcertgbOrkest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/concertgebouworkest/ #concertgebouworkest #concertgebouworchestra #classical #classicalmusic #klassiek #klassiekemuziek #symphony

Principal clarinetist Olivier visits the Forbidden City in China.

Planning & Production Manager Frauke Bernds checks if the weather conditions in Grafenegg are suitable for an open-air concert.

Watch the complete performance free of charge in HD quality on our website: https://www.concertgebouworkest.nl/en/beethoven-symphony-no-9-choral Iván Fischer leads the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, four vocal soloists and the Netherlands Radio Choir in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. You can watch the performance with or without Iván Fischer’s commentary. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 ‘Choral’ Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony is a monumental work. Moreover, it is the first symphony that uses a choir (and vocal soloists) – hence the nickname ‘Choral’. In the Finale of his Ninth Symphony, Beethoven set parts of Friedrich Schiller’s famous ode An die Freude to music. The melody was very basic and of popular cut, but by continuing to develop this simple theme in more and more complex fashion, Beethoven was able to express the message of mankind’s salvation contained within Schiller’s ode. ‘All men become brothers!’ Iván Fischer, conductor Iván Fischer has been a welcome guest conductor with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra since 1987. Fischer’s way of working, which is as unusual as it is committed, and the musicians’ enthusiasm and virtuosity always result in very special performances. You can watch the performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with or without Iván Fischer’s commentary. The conductor’s fascinating explanation takes you straight to Beethoven’s time.

Watch the complete performance free of charge in HD quality on our website: https://www.concertgebouworkest.nl/en/mahler-symphony-no-9 The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra performs Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 9, conducted by Bernard Haitink. With the Ninth, his last completed Symphony, Mahler said farewell to life. Mahler’s Symphony No. 9 With his Symphony No. 9, Gustav Mahler not only took his leave from older forms of music, the piece also represents a farewell to life. Willem Mengelberg, who was the chief conductor of the Concertgebouw Orchestra from 1895 until 1945, stated that it was “a farewell to everybody whom he had loved and to the world. And to his art, his life, his music.” Mahler himself wrote the words “O Jugendzeit! Entschwundene! O Liebe! Verwehte!” in his final draft of the Ninth Symphony. Bernard Haitink, honorary conductor Bernard Haitink first conducted the Concertgebouw Orchestra in 1956. He was the orchestra’s chief conductor from 1961-88, and was named honorary conductor in 1999. From 1977 to 1987, Haitink received international acclaim for his interpretations of Mahler in the Eurovision Christmas Matinees. Many listeners still remember the last of these Matinees, with a poignant performance of the Ninth Symphony – shortly before Haitink’s retiring as chief conductor.

A preview of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra performing Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2 conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner. RCO Edition #4 will be available for download on 16 January 2014

Composer Michel van der Aa talks about his new Violin Concerto for Janine Jansen.