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Strauss in The Hague

Did you know that the music of Richard Strauss has been played since the founding of the Residentie Orkest ?

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'The Residentie Orkest will always have an enriching role in our Hague community'

Twenty years ago, labor lawyer and mediator Anouk Talitsch met an orchestra member in her children's schoolyard. From then on, she and her family regularly went to concerts. Now she supports the Residentie Orkest as a member of Club RO: "The orchestra not only makes beautiful music, but also makes a valuable contribution to the community of The Hague.

Review of Close to Classics

In late January, our special series of concerts Close to Classics took place. Visitors literally sat between our musicians! A retrospective.

Music Moves

With the Symphony 2030 project 'Music Moves', Residentie Orkest is going into the districts of The Hague and organizing tailor-made projects in Amare to get different groups of people moving. The projects are mainly aimed at the elderly and people with an illness or disability.

A mystery unraveled

In the 120th anniversary year of the Residentie Orkest , an old folder of negatives surfaced at the well-known Hague antiquarian bookshop Colette. The photos revealed the life of a musical family from The Hague in the 1940s. And unusually, some of the photos also featured the name of the Residentie Orkest . But who was this family?

Klaas de Vries eighty years old

Klaas de Vries, one of Holland's greatest composers, turned eighty last summer. AND he has written a major new orchestral work that will be given its world premiere by the Residentie Orkest on March 21, 2025.

Review of Winter Dreams

With the Symphony 2030 project "Winter Dreams," the orchestra went into several neighborhoods in The Hague to ask area residents to tell their stories and memories of winter amid the music.

RO NOW: The stories behind Tchaikovsky 4

What do cymbals, the year 1904 and a Russian composer have in common? It all comes to pass in our concert RO NOW: Tchaikovsky 4. Presenter Christiaan Kuyvenhoven tells you more!

'I wouldn't want to miss my connection with the Residentie Orkest '

Sometime in the 1980s, Bart Lammers heard a piece in a London record store that touched him deeply. That's where the spark with classical music jumped over.' Once back in The Hague, he collected the entire Orchestral Fireworks series and became a regular visitor to the Residentie Orkest. Forty years later he is still closely involved, both in front of and behind the scenes.

VVRO chairman Han Moraal bids farewell

After no less than fifteen years, former attorney general Han Moraal is stepping down as president of the Friends of the Residentie Orkest (VVRO) Association. With pride he looks back on the development that the association and the orchestra have undergone in that time.

RO NOW: The podcast on Tchaikovsky 4

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: Tchaikovsky 4 on Jan. 31.

Review of the New Year's Concert

Last Friday in a sold-out Amare , we celebrated the New Year's Concert with festive music by Verdi, Puccini, Richard and Johann Strauss. A retrospective!