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RO x Joep Beving

Joep Beving, one of the most listened-to living pianists in the world, joins forces with the Residentie Orkest The Hague. The pianist we know for his minimalist and introspective compositions is collaborating with an entire orchestra for the first time. The result can be heard on September 28 & 29, 2024 during a special Symphonic Junction at the Concert Hall in Amare.

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Mahler in The Hague

Did you know that Gustav Mahler, on one of his many trips to Holland, also visited The Hague?

A storyteller full of love for the craft

Jean-Guihen Queyras. He is a philosopher, teacher and bon vivant all in one. And he brings it all out through his cello. From baroque to notes whose ink is not yet dry, it doesn't matter. The ideal artist in residence for the Residentie Orkest.

Jean-Guihen Queyras coming season artist in residence in The Hague

Jean-Guihen Queyras is artist in residence in The Hague at Residentie Orkest, Amare and the Royal Conservatory in the 2024/2025 season. In concerts conducted by Kerem Hasan, Anja Bihlmaier and Jun Märkl at Amare, the Concertgebouw and De Doelen , the top cellist will play works by Dvořák, Haydn and Bartók.

Residentie Orkest with Beethoven 9 into the Hague neighborhoods

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony - with the message "Alle Menschen werden Brüder" - premiered two hundred years ago. The Residentie Orkest celebrated that anniversary not only with grand performances on May 24 and 26, 2024 in Amare, but also with various musical activities in May in districts of The Hague.

Review of Residentie Orkest meets Storioni Trio

Renowned conductor Antony Hermus was back with the Residentie Orkest on April 26! Among other things, he conducted the Dutch premiere of the Triple Concerto 'Lanterna' which Finnish Sebastian Fagerlund had written especially for the Storioni Trio and the Residentie Orkest. A retrospective!

Sven Arne Tepl on Bruckner 7

Sven Arne Tepl tells his story of Bruckner's Seventh Symphony. "Like walking into a cathedral full of sounds."

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.

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.