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RO NOW: The stories behind Sibelius & De Graaff

What do swans, composing on the train and four saxophones have in common? It all comes to pass in our concert RO NOW: Sibelius & De Graaff. host Christiaan Kuyvenhoven will tell you more!

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RO NOW: The podcast

In 'RO NOW: The podcast' we turn 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! host Christiaan Kuyvenhoven looks ahead to the next concert in the RO NOW series.

New linocuts by Mariska Mallee

A new season means not only a year full of concerts but also a new series of unique linocuts by The Hague artist Mariska Mallee, created especially for the Residentie Orkest. These will be presented to the soloist and conductor afterwards.

Retrospective Spotlight Festival

Last Saturday we kicked off the new cultural season at the Spotlight Festival! A full Amare, many fun previews from dozens of institutions and artists, including our own preview concerts! A recap!

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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.

Sept. 7 - Spotlight Festival

Free previews and great discounts at the Spotlight Festival on Saturday , Sept. 7!

Review of South Park summer concert

Neighborhood residents and lovers of music gathered Sunday evening, September 1, in a completely sold-out Zuiderpark Theater for the traditional Zuiderpark Summer Concert of the Residentie Orkest. An enthusiastic audience enjoyed the finest music by Dvořák and Tchaikovsky, among others, conducted by young British conductor Kerem Hasan. A retrospective!

Reissue: Mahler 2 by Hans Vonk

Hans Vonk (1942-2004) was one of the most prominent Dutch conductors of the twentieth century and between 1980 and 1991 chief conductor of the Residentie Orkest. Brilliant Classics brings a CD reissue of Mahler's monumental Auferstehungs Symphony performed by the Residentie Orkest under the baton of Hans Vonk: an absolute must-have!

Sven Arne Tepl on 2025/2026 season

Season 2025/2026 is just around the corner and the Residentie Orkest can't wait. General and artistic director Sven Arne Tepl talks with visible enthusiasm about the orchestra and the promising musical moments ahead.

Discover the Orchestra

Playing as a percussionist with the Residentie Orkest, standing in front of the orchestra as a conductor or trying out different orchestral instruments. Is there any better way to bring music to life? Discover the Orchestra in the special trailer!

Album release: orchestral works by Toshio Hosokawa

Toshio Hosokawa is today's most important Japanese composer with fascinating worlds of sound. Naxos releases Volume 4 of Hosokawa's orchestral works, played by the Residentie Orkest conducted by Jun Märkl in collaboration with trumpeter Jeroen Berwaerts and violinist Paul Huang.

Review of Summer Concert

On Friday June 14, the annual Summer Concert took place for Gold and Platinum Friends. In the busy Nieuwe Badkapel in Scheveningen, music by Hahn, Caplet and Debussy was performed by musicians from the Residentie Orkest.

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