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Jaap van Zweden
Jaap van Zweden is Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and the Radio Chamber Philharmonic, the two classical orchestras affiliated with the Dutch Broadcasting Music Center. He started in this position in the 2005/2006 season.
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Markus Stenz chief conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Markus Stenz will become the chief conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra at the start of the 2012-2013 season. He will sign a contract for the appointment on Thursday August 26...
Positive review of Shostakovich' 11th symphony
‘So far this is the best one available’ reviewer Siebe Riedstra concluded. In the May/June issue of Luister - the Dutch equivalent of Gramophone - he discusses a recording of the...
Praise for European tour Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
On 1 March 2010 the Netherlands Radio Filharmonic Orchestra played in Manchester. This was the first of six concerts in England, Germany and Austria. At Bridgewater Hall the orchestra performed at...
James Gaffigan to be Permanent Guest Conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
The young American conductor James Gaffigan has signed on as the permanent guest conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra for a period of four years. Gaffigan will take up his...
Henk Swinnen returns to the Netherlands Broadcasting Music Center
On 1 January 2010 Henk Swinnen has joined to the Netherlands Broadcasting Music Center (MCO by its initials in Dutch) as the artistic manager/deputy manager MCO classical music. Until 1 July 2009...