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At the Klarafestival, the number 8 becomes a symbol of infinity during this musical evening following in Beethoven’s footsteps.

Three residents of the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel perform for the first time with the Belgian National Orchestra.

Impress your date or bring friends and colleagues for a unique afterwork at a Symphonic Date! Presenter Thomas Vanderveken will guide you with wit and charm through Beethoven's iconic Sixth Symphony.

Singer Véronique Gens presents the elegant Les Nuits d’été by Berlioz, followed by Mahler’s monumental Symphony No. 5.

Singer Véronique Gens presents the elegant Les Nuits d’été by Berlioz, followed by Mahler’s monumental Symphony No. 5.

Mahler’s Fifth Symphony travels through stormy depths to reach a triumphant light. A poignant journey that celebrates the passion and enduring strength of life.

Mahler’s Fifth Symphony travels through stormy depths to reach a triumphant light. A poignant journey that celebrates the passion and enduring strength of life.

This concert shines a spotlight on Prokofiev, featuring his Fifth Symphony and the Violin Concerto No. 2, performed by the renowned and charismatic Nemanja Radulović.

This concert shines a spotlight on Prokofiev, featuring his Fifth Symphony and the Violin Concerto No. 2, performed by the renowned and charismatic Nemanja Radulović.

This concert shines a spotlight on Prokofiev, featuring his Fifth Symphony and the Violin Concerto No. 2, performed by the renowned and charismatic Nemanja Radulović.

Music and climate activism come together in this nature-inspired concert, featuring works by Smetana, Sibelius, and Say.

Music and climate activism come together in this nature-inspired concert, featuring works by Smetana, Sibelius, and Say.

Mozart and Rossini engage in a lively dialogue in an evening full of wit, elegance, and mischief, brought to life by the dazzling voices of Lea Desandre and Huw Montague Rendall.

Mozart and Rossini engage in a lively dialogue in an evening full of wit, elegance, and mischief, brought to life by the dazzling voices of Lea Desandre and Huw Montague Rendall.

Experience the thrilling final week of the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition, where twelve outstanding cellists will compete for a place among the greats.

Experience the thrilling final week of the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition, where twelve outstanding cellists will compete for a place among the greats.

Experience the thrilling final week of the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition, where twelve outstanding cellists will compete for a place among the greats.

Experience the thrilling final week of the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition, where twelve outstanding cellists will compete for a place among the greats.

Experience the thrilling final week of the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition, where twelve outstanding cellists will compete for a place among the greats.

Experience the thrilling final week of the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition, where twelve outstanding cellists will compete for a place among the greats.

Two masterpieces in one evening: Rachmaninov’s renowned Piano Concerto No. 2 alongside an exceptional performance of Stravinsky’s powerful Firebird in full.

As part of the Fête de la Musique, enjoy a free concert offering a preview of the 26/27 season.

The BNO on tour in Amsterdam with Saskia Giorgini in Tchaikovsky's challenging First Piano Concerto. Also on the programme: Rachmaninoff's enchanting Symphonic Dances, conducted by British conductor Alpesh Chauhan.

Floating soundscapes, lyrical dialogue and a symphonic awakening. A brilliant season opening with Anna Thorvaldsdottir (composer-in-residence), Schumann and Mahler’s Titan.

Dive into Sheherazade, an unparalleled musical adventure with Thomas Vanderveken as its ideal narrator and the orchestra as its vividly coloured cast of characters.

Dvořák with an open heart. Rachmaninov reborn. Kobekina and Petrenko: pure emotion.

Brahms’ monumental Second Piano Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s tumultuous Fifth Symphony: Romanticism with a capital R — bold, sweeping and majestic.

Mozart’s imagination, Beethoven’s breakthrough and Berlioz’s poetry. Three great composers with their heads in the clouds and their eyes on tomorrow.

Schoenberg, Wagner, and Mahler at the edge of the unspeakable.

Beethoven’s dramatic Piano Concerto No. 3 and Bruckner’s rarely heard Sixth Symphony, with Antony Hermus and Nikola Meeuwsen.

Stravinsky, playwright of sound. A programme entirely dedicated to the famous composer, drawing inspiration from theatricality, dance and primitive pulse, with The Rite of Spring being the perfect example.

Stravinsky between mourning, faith and ecstatic dance.

Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique leads you on a gripping orchestral journey between dream and nightmare.

From virtuosic brilliance to hallucinatory obsession: Saint-Saëns and Berlioz push Romanticism to its limits.

Prokofiev’s best-known and most beloved Third Piano Concerto alongside Tchaikovsky’s sweeping Manfred Symphony: sparkling virtuosity meets romantic melodrama.

When the journey itself becomes home: Diaspora and the New World Symphony trace a shared horizon of memory and belonging.

Beethoven’s timeless Violin Concerto and Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony: from heroism to mist and memory.

From Ives’ open question to Berg’s angelic farewell, with Schumann searching for inexhaustible light.

An unusually dark and dramatic Mozart meets Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5, a  monument of survival, legacy and truth.

Dancing energy, raw vitality, and fire in Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra.

From Berlioz’s carnival flair to Bartók’s raw energy, with Thorvaldsdottir putting the orchestra on edge and cellist Julian Steckel in the spotlight.

Jazzy elegance, stillness, and ecstasy bring colour to a summer evening with Strauss, Ravel, and Sibelius.