About the Orchestra

 

The Orchestra is an amateur symphony orchestra with passionate and advanced musicians. We rehearse every Tuesday evening in Amsterdam and annually present three varied concert programs. From large symphonic works to modern compositions and film music. We play in halls such as De Duif, the Zuiderkerk and the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), the Geertekerk (Utrecht) and the MCO (Hilversum).

 

The Orchestra has performed many major symphonic works by Mahler, Strauss, Beethoven, Brahms, Berlioz, Debussy, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Prokofiev. Modern compositions by John Adams, Gavin Bryars, Einojuhani Rautavaara and Calliope Tsoupaki have also graced our music stands.

 

The Orchestra played for 22 years under the direction of the Russian conductor Alexander Vakoulsky. In the years after that we played under conductors such as Jussi Jaatinen, Gustavo Gimeno and Joan Berkhemer.

 

Since 2014, Jacob Slagter has been our permanent conductor. We are very happy that Jacob gives our orchestra a wonderful evening every Tuesday evening with his drive, inspiration and jokes and thus passes on his invaluable valuable experience to us.

 

In recent years we have toured abroad to China, Czech Republic, Italy, France, Poland, Austria and Slovakia. Our tours are always a combination of music, culture and lots of fun.