Stories

On Friday evening 12 September, we will open the new season with a festive open-air concert in the Sloterpark in Amsterdam Nieuw-West. Led by the energetic conductor Stéphane Denève, the orchestra will take you on a colourful musical journey full of dazzling dance rhythms. Welcome - admission is free!

Our first composers’ workshop took place on 12 June 2025. It was a fantastic opportunity for young promising talent to gain experience with a high-level symphony orchestra! It proved to be a fascinating, valuable learning moment for the orchestra and the young composers alike – and for the audience too.

On June 21st, more than 200,000 people strolled along the A10, which for one day had been transformed into a festival ground celebrating Amsterdam’s 750th anniversary. The Concertgebouw Orchestra was also present, with our brass section performing musical highlights in the heat.

On 19 and 21 June, Han-Na Chang will conduct works by Beethoven, Richard Strauss and Bernd Richard Deutsch in her long-awaited debut with our orchestra. In this interview, she speaks about her passion for the music in this programme and her journey from cellist to conductor.

On 27 and 28 June, during the Holland Festival at the Muziekgebouw, we will be performing new works by young composers from Iran. It features a large ensemble of orchestra members, led by André de Ridder, performing alongside Iranian musicians on Persian instruments.

There’s lots and lots of music in Final Score – the Music Game. All of it was played and recorded by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. But you might want to know which pieces are playing and when (and why!).

You can buy single tickets for our 2025-26 season’s concerts now. Choose from beloved symphonic classics, exciting concerts featuring renowned conductors and exceptional soloists. Summer offer: enjoy 10% off.

With great shock and sadness, we've learned of the sudden passing of Pierre Audi (1957-2025). We will miss him tremendously as an artistic influence in the performing arts and as a cherished partner and friend to our orchestra. We will vividly remember his 1996 production of Schoenberg’s opera Moses und Aron and his role as creative partner from 2021 until 2024. Our thoughts are with his family.

On 1 May, Elena Dubinets will join the management team of the Concertgebouworkest as artistic director. Who is she, what is her background, what will she bring us? “To start with, I need to find out what makes people tick in Amsterdam and the Netherlands.”

For the first time ever, a symphony orchestra launches its own Roblox game. The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the ELJA Foundation present Final Score – the Music Game, a free multiplayer game with music performed and recorded by the orchestra itself.

Young, our international youth orchestra, is getting together for the fifth time this summer, opening the musical programme on the first day of SAIL Amsterdam with a special performance featuring cellist Julia Hagen and the well-known singers Karsu, Laetitia Gerards, and Lucas van Lierop.

Young, the youth orchestra of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, is proving to be a great springboard for future talent. Former participants Francisca Galante Vaz and Felipe Manzano are part of the orchestra’s Academy this season. The viola players share their experiences.

Composer Ellen Reid’s residency with The Concertgebouw and the Concertgebouw Orchestra began in late January of 2024, with an apartment close to the canals, plus a bike. During her stay in Amsterdam she worked closely with our musicians. On 13 November, we will premiere her work, Body Cosmic, conducted by Klaus Mäkelä. ‘The musicians can play anything.'

We are pleased that the Concertgebouw Orchestra has entered into a partnership with citizenM for our tour across the United States in November, 2024. This collaboration means a great deal to our orchestra, and we are excited to have citizenM supporting us on this international journey.

With an unforgettable Opening Night in Amsterdam-Zuidoost, our new season has officially begun. It was a celebration of musical encounters, local talent, and delicious food, with an amazing audience. A big thank you to everyone who contributed to the magic of the day. We had a wonderful time!

A new crop of academy students is embarking on their season ‘in house’ with the Concertgebouw Orchestra. Talented musicians selected for the 2024-25 Academy programme include two former members of Concertgebouworkest Young.

Travelling with the orchestra, getting to know the musicians and meeting other donors – Marga and Rick Donehoo have discovered what it truly means to give to the Concertgebouw Orchestra. In this video, filmed during the orchestra’s tour of Japan in the autumn of 2023, they share their unforgettable experiences with the orchestra since establishing their commemorative fund, the Frances Fund.

See ’the Concertgebouw Orchestra explained in two and a half minutes’ (in Dutch).

Watch the recordings of the Ammodo Conducting Masterclass presided over by Paavo Järvi. In three instalments, Maestro Järvi shares his knowledge and experience with four talented young conductors, each of whom was given the chance to conduct the Concertgebouw Orchestra.

Johnny ten Theije and Theo Soons are enthusiastic music lovers and art collectors. They decided to leave a large part of their estate to the Concertgebouw Orchestra, with the remainder going to the Rijksmuseum’s photography collection. ‘It gives us peace of mind to know that our estate is going where we want it to.’

On 15 February we will perform Het pand der goden, a music drama by the Surinamese composer Johannes Nicolaas Helstone (1853-1927). These performances are made possible in part by the Helstone Fonds, founded by the composer's great-grandniece Astrid Helstone and her husband Diederik Burgersdijk.