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This free multiplayer game, aimed at young people aged approximately 10 to 16, has already been played 750,000 times by gamers around the world and is highly rated. The launch of two new worlds, Aria Tundra and Sporchestra Woods have been added recently, making the game complete. All music in this game was performed by the Concertgebouw Orchestra.

The Concertgebouw Orchestra congratulates Aurel Dawidiuk on his appointment as General Music Director of Bochumer Symphoniker and Intendant of Anneliese Brost Musikforum Ruhr in Germany, starting from the 2026-27 season.

This month, we perform with Lucie Horsch in the brand-new recorder concerto Vents et Lyres by Lotta Wennäkoski, written especially for her. In it, Horsch plays five different recorders – and sings. Music has always played a central role in her life: “Once I have a recorder in my hands, everything just falls into place.”

On 25 September the orchestra conducted by Aurel Dawidiuk performed Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf with actress Diewertje Dir as narrator for patients and staff of the Princess Máxima Centre for Paediatric Oncology in Utrecht.

A photo story of Concertgebouw Orchestra Young, where for the fifth time young talents from across Europe were moulded into a solid symphony orchestra in just three weeks, with concerts in The Concertgebouw, at SAIL and in Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie as highlights.

This week, subscribers to the Dutch-language Donald Duck magazine will get a special edition about classical music in the mail. In an exclusive collaboration between our orchestra and the most famous duck in the world, Duckburg’s own 'Kwekgebouworkest' goes on tour, along with their new employee Donald Duck.

On Thursday 21 August, we left for Salzburg for the kickoff of our European summer tour. The next day, we gave a concert in Cologne, and on Saturday, we continued on to Londonfor two performances in the legendary Royal Albert Hall as part of the BBC Proms.

Barbara Hannigan made her conducting debut with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in December 2022. She’s coming back on 2 and 3 October with a programme in which she sings and conducts, sometimes doing both at the same time.

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!

From 21 August to 4 September, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra embarks on an extensive summer tour across key European venues and festivals, led by its chief conductor designate Klaus Mäkelä.

This photo series looks back on the 2024-25 season, capturing standout concerts and unforgettable moments. Take a look, enjoy, and relive it all: a season to remember, in pictures.

For the fifth time, hidden European talents come together for a summer of music and friendship. The Concertgebouworkest Young format: chamber music, rehearsals with orchestra musicians, and concerts led by conductor Elim Chan. Four participants look ahead.

The central square in the University Medical Center’s AMC location is usually a bustling thoroughfare, with hundreds of people passing through it. But last 12 December the mood was very different. The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra was seated in a half-circle around honorary guest conductor Iván Fischer, playing Dvořák’s Eighth Symphony.

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!).

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.”

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.