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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. You can hear how that meeting turned into notes on Friday, April 26, at Amare.

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Review of Stravinsky & Wantenaar

A premiere for The Hague! Mathilde Wantenaar wrote for the Residentie Orkest and the Dutch accordionist Vincent van Amsterdam her Concert for accordion and orchestra that sounded on Friday, March 15 in Amare. A retrospective!

Dutch premiere at the Residentie Orkest

Wouter Vossen has been concertmaster at the Residentie Orkest since 2018. In addition, he is violinist in the Storioni Trio, which is causing a furor far beyond the country's borders. On April 26, the Storioni Trio will collaborate with the Residentie Orkest in the Dutch premiere of Fagerlund's Triple Concerto.

One Minute Symphony

One Minute Symphony - Lydia Gardiner

On April 5, we will play Lydia Gardiner's One Minute Symphony. She will tell more about her work herself.

Review of Stravinsky's Firebird

On Sunday afternoon, March 3, Shostakovich's First Cello Concerto and Stravinsky's Fire Bird, among others, sounded in an almost sold-out Amare . An experience!

Simon Vandenbroecke on Stravinsky's Poetrushka

Immerse yourself in the classics during RO NOW. With an evening of surprises on March 15. Bassoonist Simon Vandenbroecke tells you why you should come and listen to Stravinsky's ballet Petrushka, based on a folk fairytale about love and jealousy. Powerful, colorful music that stands like a house even without the ballet!

What is Discover the Orchestra?

This season, the Friends Association is supporting the Discover the Orchestra curriculum. But what exactly is that? Marieke Meliesie of our education department explains more.

Review of Shostakovich 5

On Friday, Feb. 2, Rachmaninov's Fourth Piano Concerto and Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony sounded in a sold-out Amare . An experience!

Residentie Orkest At Dutch Violin Competition

On Saturday, Jan. 27, Residentie Orkest accompanied the three finalists of the Oskar Back Prize 2024.

Beethoven in The Hague

Almost 260 years ago, a young, very talented pianist and composer spent over six months in The Hague. His name? Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Strauss in The Hague

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

Ravel in The Hague

In the early 1920s, French composer, conductor and pianist Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) thought it was time for a tour. Not as a pianist but as a conductor of his own works. He had a busy touring schedule ahead of him, as he could be found from Sweden to Spain and from Canada to Italy. The Residentie Orkest also managed to snare him.

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