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Preparation for play-along project Discover the Orchestra in full swing!

We are busy packing the instruments for the Discover the Orchestra play-along project.

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Thank you Anja Bihlmaier!

On Valentine's weekend we said goodbye to Anja Bihlmaier as chief conductor of the Residentie Orkest. We thank her for the inspiring years and the beautiful music we brought to the stage together!

Review of Winter and Crocus Concerts

Last weekends were traditionally marked by the Winter and Crocus Concerts. The cooperation between the cultural anchors of The Hague and the Residentie Orkest formed the basis of the program again this year. A retrospective!

Hague Women's Days 2025

On the occasion of The Hague Women's Day 2025 and International Women's Day, TransitionCinema, together with the Residentie Orkest and Alfa Wave, is organizing the screening of the documentary "Knowing the Score" on March 7.

Review of Swan Lake

What a party it was last weekend at our enchanting family performance "Swan Lake" at Amare. A retrospective!

Charlie Aptroot looks forward to new role as VVRO president

Charlie Aptroot succeeds Han Moraal, who is stepping down after fifteen aar, as chairman of the Friends of the Residentie Orkest Association (VVRO). The former mayor of Zoetermeer is obviously looking forward to it. "As a Friend of the Residentie Orkest kest, you get a look behind the scenes; I didn't know it was so much fun."

Strauss in The Hague

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

'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.

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