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Conducting project 2024

At the end of November 2024 it was party time at the Residentie Orkest. On the program was the final concert of the Conducting Project of Discover the Orchestra. As many as fourteen young conductors showed what they had in their conducting march.

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'Culture has always given us great pleasure and inspiration and I like to pass that on'

Lex Sip, an architect, has been attending the Residentie Orkest since he was a teenager . 'Over half a century of concert attendance, that creates a bond. That's why I started talking about bequeathing to the orchestra and the possibility of a named fund. That way, when I'm alive, I can do something for the orchestra that has always given and continues to give us so much.'

Retrospective

Review of musical evening in Juliana Plaza

On Wednesday evening, November 20, we celebrated the 120th anniversary of the Residentie Orkest with Club RO members, our corporate and private donors, funds, community partners and many others who are of great value to the orchestra. A fantastic musical evening in the Juliana Plaza where we reflected on the history and future of the orchestra.

Interview

Ninety-year-old former viola player Ernst Wauer on his thirty years with the Residentie Orkest

The Residentie Orkest is 120 years old. Ernst Wauer, originally from Germany, lived through more than thirty years of it. Days before his 90th birthday, Wauer looks back on the "old Residentie Orkest'. "We weren't actually supposed to be 'such a cozy orchestra,' but we were."

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120 years Residentie Orkest

Music can do anything....al 120 years! The Residentie Orkest celebrates its 120th anniversary with a unique impression of the orchestra that has been at the center of The Hague society since 1904.

Retrospective

Review of RO NOW Extra: Alpine Symphony

Last weekend, Richard Strauss' Alpine Symphony sounded for the first time at Amare . More than a hundred musicians provided a very successful musical journey through the Alps! A retrospective.

Podcast

RO NOW: The podcast on Bruch & Mendelssohn

In "RO NOW: The podcast," we shine the spotlight on our RO NOW concerts. A show full of fun facts for everyone who goes to the concert, or just loves (classical) music! Presenter Christiaan Kuyvenhoven looks ahead to the next concert in the RO NOW series: Bruch & Mendelssohn on Dec. 7.

One Minute Symphony

A One Minute Symphony for the birthday girl Residentie Orkest

At the Nov. 22, 2024 concert, Residentie Orkest celebrated its 120th anniversary. Especially for this, the young composition student Virág Anna Virág wrote a One Minute Symphony titled Birds aren't real. Where did she get her inspiration and what does the title mean?