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Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest

Om te blijven doen wat wij doen is steun nodig. Van iedereen die het orkest een warm hart toedraagt. Dat gaat zeker niet alleen om grote gebaren, ieder bedrag telt.

Om te blijven doen wat wij doen is steun nodig. Van iedereen die het orkest een warm hart toedraagt. Dat gaat zeker niet alleen om grote gebaren, ieder bedrag telt.

Dit orkest is van iedereen

Voor iedereen van 4 tot 104 jaar: het leukste uitje voor jong en oud!

Voor iedereen van 4 tot 104 jaar: het leukste uitje voor jong en oud!

Kindervoorstellingen

Lezen, luisteren en bekijken: laat u verwonderen door het Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest!

News & Wonder

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Programme Notes

Yuja Wang & Tarmo Peltokoski

Whispering night music comes on, amid the fireworks Yuja Wang sets off.

Yuja Wang is as easily melancholy as she is fiery, sensitive, elegant, patient, gentle and always extremely tasteful.

Download the programme notes for this concert below.

Programme notes

Yannick Nézet-Séguin: Das Rheingold

Grammy Award winner Yannick returns with Wagner's Rheingold

Trouw about Wagner with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Rotterdam Philharmonic

Overwhelming… a musical experience of the first order

Christmas is on its way! Bring out the decorations, set out some treats, and fill your home with the scent of pine — we’ll provide the perfect soundtrack. The Nutcracker Suite, the ultimate classical Christmas piece, is of course not to be missed, but we have many more festive surprises in store.
Around the performance of The Nutcracker, there’s plenty more to experience. Immerse yourself in the magic of the holidays with activities that delight all your senses. Smell, see, hear, and taste Christmas: from fragrant perfumes to floral clouds, warm vocals and freshly baked treats — experience the season in all its forms.
<h3>Smell the Christmas season</h3>
As soon as you enter, you’ll be surrounded by an enchanting Christmas fragrance, created by the scents of Fôret Atelier.
You can also craft your own Christmas perfume, inspired by European landscapes. Learn about the use of aromatic plants, trees, and natural materials, with a focus on conifers such as spruce, pine, and juniper. Guided by Maidie van de Bos from Forêt Atelier, you’ll discover the process of distillation and making tinctures. You’ll go home with a small bottle of your own handcrafted, 100% natural eau de parfum.
<h3>See the Christmas season</h3>
Let your creativity take flight! In this workshop, you’ll create your own Christmas Cloud: an airy, cloud-shaped arrangement made from organic flowers, branches, and plants. Using colourful, seasonal flowers from local growers, you’ll design a sustainable eye-catcher that not only brings atmosphere into your home but also supports healthier flower cultivation.
<h3>Hear the Christmas season</h3>
Step into the magical world of The Nutcracker and discover the power of singing together! Under the guidance of VOISZ — a group of talented a cappella singers who aim to move and inspire — you’ll learn how to create a complete musical experience without instruments. Feel the magic of harmony and become part of a musical Christmas story.
<h3>Taste the Christmas season</h3>
Bring the delightful aroma of freshly baked Christmas cookies into your home! Together with the bakers from Aap Noot Brood, you’ll put together your own cookie mix to bake at home.
Aap Noot Brood works with carefully selected, organic and locally sourced ingredients, with pure flavour at the heart of everything they do. Their love for craftsmanship and sustainability can be tasted in every bite.
Get creative, assemble your perfect Christmas cookie mix, and enjoy the sweet taste of the holidays at home!

Start 7PM

Supporting Programme

Proms: Nutcracker & Company

Programme

A festive musical evening: Christmas magic with Maria Milstein: from The Nutcracker Suite to Tchaikovsky’s enchanting Sérénade mélancolique.

on Proms: Nutcracker

Visitor

First time at De Doelen. I had a fantastic experience with a wonderfully beautiful performance by the conductor and orchestra. The magic of The Nutcracker’s music came to life. Loved it!

Your personal bequest from your love of music

Bequests

Duke Bluebeard’s Castle

No musical piece leaves the listener with more questions than answers like this opera by the Hungarian genius Béla Bartók. Duke Bluebeard’s Castle is a peculiar musical piece. Contrary to other operas, its plot is not an ordinary love story and scenery – we won't see a dramatic romance on stage. &nbsp;Instead, Bartók gave us this musical thriller. 
The story has its roots in a French fairy tale with the same name by Charles Perrault. In the 20th century, the classic tale was the subject of new interpretations. Under the influence of symbolism, subconsciousness, and the emergence of the field of psychology, it was reinterpreted with a new mysterious and dark meaning. A foundation for Bartok’s opera came out of the pen of Hungarian librettist and poet Béla Balázs, a close friend of the composer.&nbsp;
<h3>What is Duke Bluebeard’s Castle about?</h3>
All attention of the opera is drawn to the two main characters, Bluebeard and his new 'wife’ Judith. Even though the opera's libretto doesn't state the marital status of Bluebeard and Judith, there are many connotations and theories stating it. What is quite apparent - the rumours around the mysterious Duke: what has happened to his previous wives? Are they still alive? Despite evil rumours, Judith decides to leave her family and stay by Bluebeard's side. &nbsp; 
Deprived of the company of servants and other inhabitants of a fairy-tale land, a young Judith starts a new life with a mysterious duke in his distant castle. The Bluebeard's castle stands at the centre of the plot as it is the only setting for this opera. Like the relationship of the main characters, it has a symbolic meaning, which gradually reveals its cherished awe-inspiring and terrifying secrets to the listener.&nbsp;
<h3>What does it sound like?</h3>
The opera is built in the form of a psychologically expressive dialogue; it is abundant with fluid, intensely expressive recitatives, which skilfully translate the characteristic manner of Hungarian musical folk motifs. Bartók’s vibrant music sparkles with subtle nuances, woven from a variety of original, sometimes daring in innovation, expressive techniques. With the help of these techniques, the composer skilfully writes out a mysterious, gloomy-fantastic, picturesque background against which the opera's actions unfold. With each new scene uneasiness in the air is only building up, the colours thicken and darken on the stage. In the dramatic climax of the opera, the orchestra sounds especially powerful and gloomy. A true musical thriller for your ears that must be heard live!&nbsp; 
  
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A newlywed couple and seven fatal questions: Duke Bluebeard’s Castle is a genuine psychological thriller.

Lahav Shani

Wondrous and mysterious… an experience that goes further than an ordinary concert.

Eroica Symphony with Han-Na Chang

Beethoven unleashes a revolution, Prokofiev puts the clock back two centuries: a concert involving musical time travel.

The Guardian about Han-Na Chang

Ferocious drive... but also a beautiful, honeyed introspection.

Memorial concert 2026

The bombing of 14 May 1940 set Rotterdam ablaze. Eighty-six years later, we commemorate the fragility of everything we hold dear.

Explore the creators of wonder

Maak kennis met de mensen achter de magie

Wij bieden een vrolijk <a href="https://d3jmo1dqocinsb.cloudfront.net/2025-07/Voorprogamma_De%20Vuurvogel%20A4_250701_Hr%20(1).pdf" target="_blank">voorprogramma</a> aan met gratis activiteiten voorafgaand aan de kindervoorstelling. In de bruisende hal van De Doelen kan je met het hele gezin op een interactieve manier muziek en kunst beleven. Waar moet je dan aan denken?
<ul>
<li>Instrumentenparade</li>
<li>Schminken (online schminkbon nodig - lees de info hieronder)</li>
<li>Knutselen &amp; tekenen</li>
<li>Virtual Reality experience</li>
<li>Orkest Ontdekker (interactieve klankinstallatie)</li>
<li>En nog meer&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
Het voorprogramma start een 1:15 uur voor aanvang van de kindervoorstelling. Het kan bij sommige activiteiten druk zijn, bezoek dan eerst een andere activiteit. Voor meer informatie kunt u <a href="https://d3jmo1dqocinsb.cloudfront.net/2025-07/Voorprogamma_De%20Vuurvogel%20A4_250701_Hr%20(1).pdf" target="_blank">hier</a> het voorprogramma zien en downloaden. Schminken Let op: Wil je schminken? Schaf dan bij je concerttickets een gratis online schminkbon aan – één per kind. Alleen met een online bon kun je plaatsnemen bij onze schminkartiesten!

Van Schminken tot VR-bril

Kom je ook naar het voorprogramma?

De vuurvogel

Zou het Prins Ivan lukken de Vuurvogel te bevrijden?

over onze kindervoorstellingen

Bezoeker

Het verhaal, de muziek, de interactie tussen orkest en de acteur, het klopte van het begin tot eind. Wat een geweldige manier om kinderen kennis te laten maken met klassieke muziek!

Bezoek het voorprogramma!

Trailer Apennoten Klassiek 

Apennoten Klassiek Live (3+)

Luisteren én meedoen met de liedjes van presentator Pepijn Gunneweg, gitarist Bas Fortgens en de musici van het orkest.

De kinderen hebben ademloos toegekeken en ontzettend genoten.

Trailer

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets™ in Concert

Experience the magic of Harry Potter™ in the concert hall: film screening with live music by a large orchestra.

Trouw

 You get the live experience that you would normally only have at a play or concert. It feels very intimate.

Ervaar de magie van een filmconcert. Elk seizoen spelen we een filmvertoning met live muziek door een groot orkest. Betoverende concerten waarin je de filmmuziek tot in je vezels voelt.

Filmconcert

Informatie over kaarten bestellen en kortingen

Bestelinformatie

This season, we welcome 6 new academy musicians! 

Welcome, new Academy Members of 2025/2026!

Concerttoelichting

Kom in de feeststemming met de persoonlijke kerstfavorieten van de King's Singers

Playlist

Kerst met de King's Singers

over The King's Singers

BBC Proms

Close harmony zang is zelden zo vlekkeloos als dit.

In Tristan und Isolde verklankt Richard Wagner op ongekende wijze een overweldigend liefdesverlangen.

Agenda

november 2026

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets™ in Concert

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets™ in Concert

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets™ in Concert

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets™ in Concert