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The new season with Klaus Mäkelä

Artistic partner and future chief conductor Klaus Mäkelä is in Amsterdam for concerts with Janine Jansen and Martin Fröst this week. During the 2023/2024 season he will be conducting six programmes in several subscription series. Order a subscription series now and you can choose the best seats in the house, and at up to a 25% discount over the single-ticket price!
Photo: Marco Borggreve
Photo: Marco Borggreve

Klaus Mäkelä - 2023/2024 subscriptions

Klaus Mäkelä will conduct at least one programme in nearly all of our series. Besides Beethoven, Mahler and Bruckner, he’ll lead the orchestra in music by brother and sister composers Felix Mendelssohn and Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn, as well as works by Debussy and Ravel. Yuja Wang will be the soloist in both of Ravel’s piano concertos.

2023/2024 season - Klaus Mäkelä’s top picks

What are the high points of the coming season for Klaus Mäkelä? Watch the video and discover more about popular masterpieces, as well as new works.

Series 2023/2024 met Klaus Mäkelä

All concerts below are part of subscription series and take place in the Concertgebouw.

Alive, adventurous, alluring

S Serie

Klaus Mäkelä en principal clarinet Olivier Patey
Mozarts Clarinet Concerto and contemporary music by Jolas and Larcher

The great symphonic repertoire

B Serie Wednesday | B Serie Thursday

Wed 20 Sep | Thu 21 Sep 2023 - 8:15 pm
Klaus Mäkelä and Yuja Wang with the Concertgebouw Orchestra
Ravel's Piano Concertos and Debussy

Wed 20 Dec | Thu 21 Dec 2023 - 8:15 pm
Klaus Mäkelä conducts Beethoven
Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn and Beethovens ‘Eroica

Wed 7 Feb | Thu 8 Feb 2024 - 8.15 pm
Mäkelä conducts Mozart, Mahler and Larcher
Vienna then and now, with Olivier Patey performing Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto

The Variation

D Series

Thu 14 Sep 2023 - 8.15 pm
Klaus Mäkelä Conducts Mahler’s Third symphony
Gustav Mahler’s great vision for orchestra, choirs and soloists

Thu 11 Jan 2024 - 8.15 pm
Paintings at Mäkelä’s Exhibition
Klaus Mäkelä leads picturesque music from a variety of countries

Fri 3 May 2024 - 8.15 pm
Klaus Mäkelä and Bruckner’s Fifth
Anton Bruckner’s monumental Symphony No. 5

The great maestros

E Series

Fri 15 Sep 2023 - 8.15 pm
Klaus Mäkelä Conducts Mahler’s Third symphony
Gustav Mahler’s great vision for orchestra, choirs and soloists

Essentials

S Series

Sat 23 Dec 2023 - 9.00 pm
Essentials: Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’
Klaus Mäkelä conducts Beethoven’s revolutionary Third Symphony

The matinee series

Z series

Sun 17 Sep 2023 - 2.15 pm
Klaus Mäkelä Conducts Mahler’s Third symphony
Gustav Mahler’s great vision for orchestra, choirs and soloists

Bruckner cycle

Symfonieën 1 t/m 9

Thu 2 May 2024 - 8.15 pm
Klaus Mäkelä and Bruckner’s Fifth
Anton Bruckner’s monumental Symphony No. 5

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