Favourite moments 2023-24

As the graduates of the Academy receive their certificates and the Ammodo Conducting Masterclass concludes, we wind up another season of great concerts. Before we get ready for summer, though, we’d like to share a few of the season’s finest moments with you.
Favourite moments 2023-24

Highlights of the 2023-24 season

  •                                     Opening Night at the de NSDM Wharf (photo: Nathan Reinds)
    Opening Night at the de NSDM Wharf (photo: Nathan Reinds)
  •                                     Inside Out: honorary guest conductor Iván Fischer conducting the orchestra in the middle of the main hall, surrounded by the musicians and the audience, sitting side by side (photo: Milagro Elstak)
    Inside Out: honorary guest conductor Iván Fischer conducting the orchestra in the middle of the main hall, surrounded by the musicians and the audience, sitting side by side (photo: Milagro Elstak)
  •                                     Asia tour: Omar Tomasoni with Japanese listeners during a pop-up concert by the brass players at Tokyo Tower (photo: Peter Tollenaar)
    Asia tour: Omar Tomasoni with Japanese listeners during a pop-up concert by the brass players at Tokyo Tower (photo: Peter Tollenaar)
  •                                     Annual Gala - After party in the Recital Hall (photo: Milagro Elstak)
    Annual Gala - After party in the Recital Hall (photo: Milagro Elstak)
  •                                     Children’s Concert: King Climbing Tree (photo: Milagro Elstak)
    Children’s Concert: King Climbing Tree (photo: Milagro Elstak)
  •                                     More than a century after the first performances in Paramaribo, the Concertgebouw Orchestra is breathing new life into 'Het pand der goden' (The Pledge of the Gods) by the Surinamese composer Johannes Nicolaas Helstone (photo: Milagro Elstak)
    More than a century after the first performances in Paramaribo, the Concertgebouw Orchestra is breathing new life into 'Het pand der goden' (The Pledge of the Gods) by the Surinamese composer Johannes Nicolaas Helstone (photo: Milagro Elstak)
  •                                     Children's concert (photo: Milagro Elstak)
    Children's concert (photo: Milagro Elstak)
  •                                     Theo Loevendie during the rehearsal of his 'Six Turkish Folk Poems' (photo: Eduardus Lee)
    Theo Loevendie during the rehearsal of his 'Six Turkish Folk Poems' (photo: Eduardus Lee)
  •                                     Klaus Mäkelä and Yuja Wang -  Piano Concerto for the Left Hand by Ravel (photo: Eduardus Leev)
    Klaus Mäkelä and Yuja Wang - Piano Concerto for the Left Hand by Ravel (photo: Eduardus Leev)
  •                                     Academy Masterclass by Klaus Mäkelä (photo: Eduardus Lee)
    Academy Masterclass by Klaus Mäkelä (photo: Eduardus Lee)
  •                                     A once-in-a-lifetime experience: conductor emeritus Riccardo Chailly leads the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Schönberg’s overwhelming Gurre-Lieder (photo: Simon van Boxtel)
    A once-in-a-lifetime experience: conductor emeritus Riccardo Chailly leads the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Schönberg’s overwhelming Gurre-Lieder (photo: Simon van Boxtel)
  •                                     Dayner Tafur-Diaz and Paavo-Jarvi during the Ammodo Conducting Masterclass (image: Eduardus Lee)
    Dayner Tafur-Diaz and Paavo-Jarvi during the Ammodo Conducting Masterclass (image: Eduardus Lee)
  •                                     Members of the Academy 2023-24 receive their certificates (image: Veerle Bastiaanse)
    Members of the Academy 2023-24 receive their certificates (image: Veerle Bastiaanse)