Martha Argerich speelt Sjostakovitsj

Schilderijen van een tentoonstelling

Binnenkort te beluisteren in de concertzaal

Onze concerten

Ontdek de concerten van seizoen 2023-2024

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!

Familievoorstellingen

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

News & Wonder

Onze concertseries bieden een selectie uit het brede aanbod van seizoen 2023-2024, met een aantrekkelijke korting ten opzichte van de prijs voor losse kaarten.

Concertseries

This summer the orchestra will return to Kaohsiung and resume its intercontinental concert program.

Asia tour 2023

This summer, our orchestra is once again a guest at the legendary music festivals of San Sebastián and Santander.

Spain tour 2023

Heartbreaking tale of a ‘material girl’.

La traviata

At the start of October, our orchestra will be visiting the capital of both Slovakia and Austria. Three performances will be given at the illustrious Musikverein in Vienna.

Bratislava & Vienna 2023

In the first half of March, our orchestra will be visiting the East Coast of the United States.

United States tour 2024

Martha Argerich plays Shostakovich

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows™ Part 1 in Concert

Janine Jansen plays Sibelius

Lahav Shani conducts Mahler 6

Yannick Nézet-Séguin: Die Walküre

Programme Notes

Pianist without equal, as a young eighty-something at the peak of her abilities.

de Volkskrant

Argerich is one of those musicians for whom the word phenomenon is not enough.

Concerttoelichting

Concertpodcast

Pianist zonder gelijke, als jonge tachtiger op het hoogtepunt van haar kunnen.

Argerich is een van die musici voor wie het woord fenomeen niet toereikend is.

Privacy & cookies

Janine Jansen speelt Sibelius

Sibelius' Vioolconcert en La mer: gelaagd, lokkend en geheimzinnig.

Sibelius met Janine Jansen: magie, samengebalde emotie en energie.

Beethoven 9: Ode an die Freude

In de dagen voor kerst brengt Beethoven ons een visioen van een betere wereld waarin alle mensen broederlijk samenleven.

Vacancies

Hartverscheurend verhaal van een ‘material girl’.

Lahav Shani dirigeert Mahler 6

Een gedroomde bergwandeling langs bloeiende weiden, grootse vergezichten en peilloze afgronden.

Chef-dirigent

Lahav Shani

Ze heeft een stralende stem, ze is heel expressief, ze is een artiest uit duizenden.

Explore the creators of wonder.

Musicians

Paintings from an exhibition

Mussorgsky's music takes us across the threshold into another world: surrealism avant la lettre.

Valentijnsconcert: Lahav & Chen

Verlangen, vertwijfeling, verrukking: niets maakt zulke tegenstrijdige gevoelens los als de liefde. 

Have you had a specific moment when you consciously chose the violin? Of course. Violin requires - like any instrument - a lot of discipline. When I was nine, I thought, 'I don't like it anymore.' My mother then said, 'Then you just stop, right?', but I didn't want that anyway. That was the moment of choice when I could have stopped, but didn't. I then continued. It wasn't until I was sixteen that I knew I seriously wanted to continue in music.
Have you started studying less and less over the years? Of course. In my time at the conservatory, it was mainly just working hours. In retrospect, it turns out that it is necessary to study so much. Now I can study much more concentrated and I get much more done in less time. Perhaps it is the experience that helps. I definitely study less.
Do you have a certain routine before a concert? No not really. It differs. Sometimes I like to have a chat with a colleague, sometimes I just need a break. I don’t have a regular routine. If possible, I'll lie down for a while. But that’s only when I can find a quiet place. Just your body at zero. But even that doesn't always work.
If you are so involved with music, can it still affect you? It can absolutely hit. The danger is, of course, because it's your profession, it can become too formulaic. You really have to watch out for that, because that is deadly. When music touches you, those are the most beautiful moments. When that happens, I think: 'Yes, this is what I do it for'.

Maija Reinikainen

Second Violin

When music touches you, those are the most beautiful moments. When that happens, I think: 'Yes, this is what I do it for'.

Simone Lamsma & Tarmo Peltokoski 

Had Wagner een eeuw later geleefd, dan had hij zijn Walhalla gevonden in Hollywood, net als Herrmann en Korngold.

Bachtrack

Philip Nones

Korngolds Vioolconcert van Simone Lamsma wordt met buitengewone behendigheid en diepte gebracht.

Explore the creators of wonder

Maak kennis met de mensen achter de magie

Brahms & Bruckner

Wat is er mooier dan eerst met Brahms het leven op aarde te vieren om je daarna door Bruckner naar de hemel te laten voeren?

Wenen: van Mozart tot Webern

Een middag in Wenen, muzikale hoofdstad van de wereld.

Beatriz Baião

Flute / piccolo

Sjostakovitsj met Tarmo Peltokoski

Hoop en vrees, verlangen en verzet wisselen elkaar af in een kolkende stroom die de luisteraar onverbiddelijk meesleurt.

Slagwerker

Ronald Ent

De Tiende symfonie van Sjostakovitsj is een genot voor iedere slagwerker, maar ook los daarvan is hij een van mijn favoriete componisten. Zijn muziek klinkt voor mij zo indringend eerlijk!

Rachmaninoff & Tchaikovsky

Beatrice Rana plays Rachmaninov. The debut of the year? That could just be possible.

Beatrice Rana (30) a pianist who unites the best of Maria João Pires and Martha Argerich: the heavenly and earthly, the spiritual poetry of the one and the indomitable fire of the other.

If you play as so music as a professional, can it still touch you? Absolutely. I listen to a lot of music. Even when I go home after work, I listen to music. But different music. Maybe not classical, maybe not what I've played the whole day. But there's not so much silence in my house. Although silence is also good sometimes.
How old were you when you knew the flute was your instrument? When did you know for sure? I guess I just didn't see it stopping at any point. And it just went all really smooth and natural, and I just kept on playing until things worked out and they did.
Is there another instrument you would like to master? If I wouldn't have been flutist, I would have loved to be a singer. Classical or non-classical. Maybe jazz, maybe something else, maybe pop, folk. I don't know. But I do that as a hobby, really low key, but just in my room with my guitar. So, I get a little bit of that as a side project. I don't feel like I need to learn another instrument now.
Do you have a favourite place in Rotterdam? I have lots of favourite spots. One that comes to mind is 'Spullen voor in je huis'. It's a little shop, it's just down my street and it's a shop where you can have brunch, but you can also buy second hand furniture and plants, lots of plants. I love plants. This is really my go to. Like, when I go there, it means I give a little treat to myself. This is a happy place.
How would you describe Rotterdam to someone who doesn't know the city? Actually, I find myself needing to describe Rotterdam quite often. Because whenever I go to France or to other countries for different projects, people ask me: ‘How's Rotterdam?’ So, I very often answer that it's a really cool city to live in. It's much more relaxed than Paris. I've been living in Paris so many years and I really enjoy the atmosphere here a bit better because you’re biking and everything is a bit closer by. People are a bit less stressed. What I also often say is that it's a fun mix of modern architecture together with really old cute little streets like in Delfshaven and the mix of the two is a bit unexpected. Because it's sometimes so random and I think that's what makes the charm of Rotterdam.
Best music besides classical music? I'm a big Jacob Collier fan, so I listen to his music a lot. But he's quite close to the classical music world, to be honest. He's so into architecture and harmony. But apart from that, I'm also a very huge Joni Mitchell fan. I just get really moved by the lyrics. I think she deserves the Nobel Literature Prize. They gave it to Bob Dylan, but I definitely think she should have won it. 
What is really characteristic of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra? I would say this collective risk taking. The perfect balance between perfection in playing but also daring to try something new.

Joséphine Olech

Principal Flute

Characteristic of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra is this collective risk taking. The perfect balance between perfection in playing but also daring to try something new.

What do you love about your instrument? The tone. Very warm and expressive.
Do you have a favourite spot in Rotterdam I love De Groene Passage. When I go to lunch at Spirit, it's really a gift for me. I love food a lot, and Spirit is the best place to eat and be calm. Also the Essenburgpark, which is very close to my home, it’s my little paradise. It's very green. I go there for walks very often. It's a small but very beautiful park. A bit like Giverny, where Claude Monet lived. It's my little Giverny.
Life as a professional musician is demanding. How do you keep yourself balanced? My favourite thing in my life is being a mother. That's very high on my list. My children give me energy, happiness, love. But I also love yoga, and I need to move, so I love swimming and I love walking. I love movies, watching movies. I love tea. I love chocolate. I love champagne, and I love my husband and my children.
What's your favourite music besides classical music? Brazilian music, samba.
What's really distinctive about the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra? Love. It's an incredibly loving orchestra, but also very alive. I don't have a lot of experience. I've only played in this orchestra, but from what I hear from other orchestras, I think this is the best place to be happy, because the people are so loving with each other. That's unique. And we play very well, and we're very professional. And we love to really play together.
Do you feel a certain connection to the audience while you're playing? Yes, especially after Covid. It was so emotional to feel the audience again. And we have a fantastic audience in Rotterdam. There is a great relationship between our audience and us musicians. Really touching. Very special. They're so kind, and you can feel that. They are with us all the way and very enthousiastic. It's fun.

Agenda

October 2023

Paintings from an exhibition

November 2023

Yuja Wang & Tarmo Peltokoski

Yuja Wang & Tarmo Peltokoski