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Review of Inner Choices

Friday night, April 19, was all about choices with RO NOW Inner Choices. A fun and educational show by Mike Boddé, the Inner Choices Talk and the orchestra took you through the choices of Mahler & Franck.

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Dorine Schade plays Last concert with Residentie Orkest

Dorine Schade says goodbye to the Residentie Orkest this week . And with that she symbolically hangs up the piccolo after more than thirty years. "I have very fond memories of the orchestra: from Svetlanov to now," she said.

The Residents in Concert 2024

What a treat it was Saturday April 13, during "The Residents in Concert," for more than 300 children to join the musicians of the Residentie Orkest for a concert in Amare. A retrospective!

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Inner Choices by Franki Dodwell

Discover the choices of young composer Franki Dodwell through the lens of photographer Maxime de Bruin. In this series of photos, follow the composer's creative process. The photographer followed Franki from early in the morning behind the keys in her apartment until late at night. The series can be seen through April 22.

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Dutch premiere of The Louder the Birds Sing

Another Dutch premiere at the Residentie Orkest! On Sunday April 21, we will hear for the first time in our country The Louder the Birds Sing by Angela Elizabeth Slater. She wrote it during the coronalockdown and thus won the Gaudeamus Composition Award.

Our new cellist Iedje van Wees

The Residentie Orkest has a new Associate cello: Iedje van Wees. "The Residentie Orkest is a very open and welcoming orchestra."

Review of Classics with Jan Willem de Vriend

The well-known conductor Jan Willem de Vriend was back with the Residentie Orkest on April 5 and 7! Among other things, he conducted Haydn's Last symphony and Mozart's overwhelmingly beautiful Sinfonia concertante in which Maria Milstein and Hannah Strijbos played the solo. A retrospective!

Top pianist Steven Osborne back at the Residentie Orkest

Known for his enormous musicality and his refined and intelligent performances. The Scottish Steven Osborne guarantees a special, fresh approach to both known and unknown repertoire. After almost twenty years, he returns to The Hague on Sunday , April 14, with Beethoven's indestructible Emperor Concerto. "I want to get to the heart of the music."

Our chief conductor on Schubert's Unfinished Symphony

Why is Schubert's Unfinished Symphony so beautiful? Our chief conductor Anja Bihlmaier talks about it in this video.

Sven Arne Tepl on 2024/2025 season

"Especially versatile. This is how general and artistic director Sven Arne Tepl sums up season 2024/2025. 'The Residentie Orkest has really landed at Amare, that wonderful hall where we can share all those beautiful and exciting moments with the audience.'

Jan Willem de Vriend tells!

Is Mozart's "Sinfonia concertante" actually from this planet? Renowned Dutch conductor Jan Willem de Vriend tells you more about one of the most beautiful slow movements ever written as well as Beethoven and Haydn!

One Minute Symphony

One Minute Symphony - Anat Spiegel

Composition student Anat Spiegel engages in spirituality in her spare time. For her One Minute Symphony, Anat sought inspiration in The Hague. She met Soraya Jamila, alternative healer. How that meeting turned into notes can be heard on Friday April 26, at Amare.

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