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Conducting Masterclass with Daniele Gatti

Conducting Masterclass with Daniele Gatti

23 September 2016

Following successful Conducting Master Classes with Mariss Jansons and Valery Gergiev, the RCO is proud to present a Conducting Master Class from 28 through 30 June 2017 with its new chief conductor, Daniele Gatti.

The book Toonaangevend to be published in English as Iconic

The book Toonaangevend to be published in English as Iconic

30 August 2016

The book 'Iconic – How to Create a Virtuous Circle of Success' focuses on fourteen iconic organisations, including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, which have managed to stay at the top of their game for half a century, a century or longer.

RCO to tour with Daniele Gatti

RCO to tour with Daniele Gatti

18 August 2016

Performances in Dublin, Lucerne, Salzburg, Ljubljana and Grafenegg

Response to withdrawal funding European Youth Orchestra

Response to withdrawal funding European Youth Orchestra

12 May 2016

The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO) is deeply disappointed to learn of the decision by the European Union’s Creative Europe Programme to withdraw funding to the European Youth Orchestra (EUYO).

Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1929 - 2016)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1929 - 2016)

06 March 2016

Sunday 6 March we received the sad news that our honorary guest conductor, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, has died. Our thoughts are with his wife Alice Harnoncourt and his family.

Alice Coote withdraws, Markus Werba to make his RCO debut

Alice Coote withdraws, Markus Werba to make his RCO debut

24 February 2016

Mezzo-soprano Alice Coote has had to withdraw for the RCO concerts on 25 and 26 February in Amsterdam and 27 February in Cologne. The young baritone Markus Werba will now sing the solo part of Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen under the baton of Lorenzo Viotti, who jumps in for Franz Welser-Möst. Both Viotti and Werba make their RCO debut.

RCO meets Europe

RCO meets Europe

28 January 2016

Starting in August 2016, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra will visit all the 28 member states of the European Union in the course of two and a half seasons as part of the RCO meets Europe concert tour. In repertoire, in spirit and in practice this tour will serve to highlight the fundamental ideas and ideals that can hold Europe together. Patron of RCO meets Europe is Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission.

Aleksey Semenenko solist in next Essentials concert

Aleksey Semenenko solist in next Essentials concert

19 January 2016

The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is giving its second Essentials concert of the season on 13 February 2016. In the opening work, the orchestra will once again be presenting a young, internationally up-and-coming artist – in this case, the Ukrainian violinist Aleksey Semenenko, who will be performing as soloist in Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir d’un lieu cher (in the orchestral arrangement by Glazunov).

Pierre Boulez (b. 1925, d. 2016)

Pierre Boulez (b. 1925, d. 2016)

07 January 2016

Pierre Boulez died at his home in Baden-Baden on 5 January. With his passing, the music world has lost one of the most important and influential composers and conductors of the twentieth century.

Kurt Masur (b. 1927, d. 2015)

Kurt Masur (b. 1927, d. 2015)

21 December 2015

The great conductor Kurt Masur has died in the United States at the age of eighty-eight.

Singer Aafje Heynis died

Singer Aafje Heynis died

19 December 2015

Singer and voice teacher Aafje Heynis has died. The renowned contralto appeared regularly with the Concertgebouw Orchestra from 1950 to 1975, initially singing works by Bach under the baton of Anthon van der Horst, and subsequently eighteenth- and nineteenth-century repertoire.

Composer Luc Brewaeys dies

Composer Luc Brewaeys dies

18 December 2015

On 18 December, the Belgian composer Luc Brewaeys succumbed to cancer at the age of fifty-six. A leading composer of his generation, Brewaeys was awarded numerous prizes for his compositions. He was also heralded as musician of the year by the Flemish classical music station Klara in 2013.

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