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Getting started with Discover the Orchestra

Last weeks, all teachers from the schools entering our Discover the Orchestra curriculum this year literally had to "get to work"! They attended a hands-on workshop to experience what their students will be experiencing in the coming years, and each of them conducted a piece of Carmen's Overture and rehearsed various play-along parts.

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Interview with violinist Karel Ligtenberg - part 1

Karel Ligtenberg played music for over forty years in the Residentie Orkest, as Principal of the second violins.

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Interview with violinist Karel Ligtenberg - part 2

Karel Ligtenberg played music for more than forty years in the Residentie Orkest, as Principal of the second violins. He recounts the orchestra's many tours.

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'To make a living out of this work, and thereby also give musicians a livelihood, that was my dream'

In his Last work, the Ninth Symphony, Anton Bruckner looks back proudly and lovingly on a life dedicated to music. Viola player Jacomine Punt talks with violin makers Jaap Bolink and Annelies Steinhauer about a life full of music and the attention and dedication required in making cellos, violins and double basses.

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"Music contributes to a better world."

For the magazine, we asked Henk van der Meulen, Director Royal Conservatoire The Hague, to write a column with the topic "Music can do anything.

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