Opening Night
Festive free open-air concert in Amsterdam-Zuidoost
Celebrate the opening of the new season with the Concertgebouw Orchestra! This year, the orchestra is giving its annual free open-air concert in Amsterdam-Zuidoost, with sor and conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada.
A thrilling performance featuring sounds from around the world.
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About this concert
Join us at the Concertgebouw Orchestra’s free open-air concert! It promises to be a thrilling performance featuring sounds from around the world, with a special guest role for the well-known Dutch musician sor. After performances on Dam Square, in Westerpark and at the NDSM Wharf in Amsterdam-Noord, the Concertgebouw Orchestra now takes to Nelson Mandela Park, where it has been organising the Bijlmer Klassiek cross-over series with the Bijlmer Parktheater since 2022. Thus, the orchestra’s Opening Night makes the rounds through the city.
Open stage and pre-concert programme - The Concertgebouw Orchestra will organise an open stage for local performers during the afternoon before the concert. And at 7 p.m. there will be a special programme before the main concert, featuring the Leerorkest Zuidoost (‘Learning Orchestra’) performing with former musicians of Concertgebouworkest Young and some Concertgebouw Orchestra members. All afternoon food trucks will serve tasty food and nice drinks.
Television: The concert will be televised the following evening at 10.15 p.m. on NPO 2.
The Opening Night of the Concertgebouw Orchestra is made possible by the support of Global Partners ING, Unilever, and Booking.com, who aim to make classical music accessible to as wide an audience as possible.
Dates and tickets
About this concert
Join us at the Concertgebouw Orchestra’s free open-air concert! It promises to be a thrilling performance featuring sounds from around the world, with a special guest role for the well-known Dutch musician sor. After performances on Dam Square, in Westerpark and at the NDSM Wharf in Amsterdam-Noord, the Concertgebouw Orchestra now takes to Nelson Mandela Park, where it has been organising the Bijlmer Klassiek cross-over series with the Bijlmer Parktheater since 2022. Thus, the orchestra’s Opening Night makes the rounds through the city.
Open stage and pre-concert programme - The Concertgebouw Orchestra will organise an open stage for local performers during the afternoon before the concert. And at 7 p.m. there will be a special programme before the main concert, featuring the Leerorkest Zuidoost (‘Learning Orchestra’) performing with former musicians of Concertgebouworkest Young and some Concertgebouw Orchestra members. All afternoon food trucks will serve tasty food and nice drinks.
Television: The concert will be televised the following evening at 10.15 p.m. on NPO 2.
The Opening Night of the Concertgebouw Orchestra is made possible by the support of Global Partners ING, Unilever, and Booking.com, who aim to make classical music accessible to as wide an audience as possible.