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Wed 20.07.22 20:00

Preludium tot de Nationale Feestdag

Op woensdag 20 juli om 20 uur worden de feestelijkheden rond de Nationale Feestdag ingezet met een gratis concert. De Amerikaanse violiste Stella Chen, Eerste Laureate van de Koningin Elisabethwedstrijd voor Viool 2019, zal samen met het Belgian National Orchestra optreden in de Henry Le Boeufzaal

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Fri 09.09.22 20:00

Hilary Hahn & Brahms - Inaugural concert Antony Hermus new chief conductor

Pulses of the Earth by Antwerp composer Wim Henderickx focuses on the theme of the intangible and the supernatural. It is a very rhythmic composition that builds towards a huge climax in the final movement: a volcanic eruption in which the musicians not only play their instruments, but also cry out

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Sat 10.09.22 20:00

Hilary Hahn & Brahms - Inaugural concert Antony Hermus new chief conductor

Pulses of the Earth by Antwerp composer Wim Henderickx focuses on the theme of the intangible and the supernatural. It is a very rhythmic composition that builds towards a huge climax in the final movement: a volcanic eruption in which the musicians not only play their instruments, but also cry out

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Fri 23.09.22 20:00

Nicolas Altstaedt & Antonín Dvořák - Symphony "From the New World"

“Everything is vanity,” is the key message of the book of Ecclesiastes, written by King Solomon according to Jewish tradition. The Swiss-American composer Ernest Bloch took this book of the Bible as inspiration for his composition Schelomo, the last piece he wrote before emigrating to the United

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Sun 25.09.22 15:00

Nicolas Altstaedt & Antonín Dvořák - Symphony "From the New World"

“Everything is vanity,” is the key message of the book of Ecclesiastes, written by King Solomon according to Jewish tradition. The Swiss-American composer Ernest Bloch took this book of the Bible as inspiration for his composition Schelomo, the last piece he wrote before emigrating to the United

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Fri 30.09.22 20:00

Belgian National Orchestra & Guests - 50th Anniversary Concert CC Hasselt

CC Hasselt celebrates its 50th anniversary! In honour of this special occasion, the Belgian National Orchestra will play a jazz-inspired programme with no fewer than three Belgian soloists, who will each treat us to a rarely performed concerto. The conductor on duty is the promising young Martijn

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Thu 06.10.22 20:15

Nemanja Radulović Khachaturian - Brahms Hungarian Dances

Aram Khachaturian is one of the three most important composers of the Soviet period, along with Dmitri Shostakovich and Sergei Prokofiev. Born in Armenia, he moved to Moscow at the age of 18. His Violin Concerto, composed in close collaboration with the famous violinist (and legendary winner of the

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Fri 07.10.22 20:00

Nemanja Radulović Khachaturian - Brahms Hungarian Dances

Aram Khachaturian is one of the three most important composers of the Soviet period, along with Dmitri Shostakovich and Sergei Prokofiev. Born in Armenia, he moved to Moscow at the age of 18. His Violin Concerto, composed in close collaboration with the famous violinist (and legendary winner of the

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Sun 09.10.22 15:00

Nemanja Radulović Khachaturian - Brahms Hungarian Dances

Aram Khachaturian is one of the three most important composers of the Soviet period, along with Dmitri Shostakovich and Sergei Prokofiev. Born in Armenia, he moved to Moscow at the age of 18. His Violin Concerto, composed in close collaboration with the famous violinist (and legendary winner of the

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Sat 22.10.22 20:00

Thomas Hampson & Mahler

America's most famous baritone, Thomas Hampson, is known for his extraordinarily inspired and technically flawless interpretations. As a Lieder singer, no work is better suited to him than Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn, a collection of songs that he has already recorded twice: once with piano and

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Sun 23.10.22 17:00

Thomas Hampson & Mahler

America's most famous baritone, Thomas Hampson, is known for his extraordinarily inspired and technically flawless interpretations. As a Lieder singer, no work is better suited to him than Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn, a collection of songs that he has already recorded twice: once with piano and

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Fri 28.10.22 20:00

Raphaela Gromes & Saint-Saëns - Symphony 3 “Organ symphony”

The Preludio, corale e fuga was the final exam composition by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi at the Liceo Musicale di Bologna. The work is also the fruit of some lessons in composition that Respighi received from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Both composers met in St. Petersburg, where Respighi

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Sat 29.10.22 19:00

Paul Lewis & Mozart 25 / Franck Symphony in D

The Preludio, corale e fuga was the final exam composition by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi at the Liceo Musicale di Bologna. The work is also the fruit of some lessons in composition that Respighi received from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Both composers met in St. Petersburg, where Respighi

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Sun 30.10.22 15:00

Paul Lewis & Mozart 25 / Franck Symphony in D

The Preludio, corale e fuga was the final exam composition by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi at the Liceo Musicale di Bologna. The work is also the fruit of some lessons in composition that Respighi received from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Both composers met in St. Petersburg, where Respighi

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Sun 13.11.22 15:00

Paul Lewis & Mozart 25 - Franck Symphony in D

Ruslan and Lyudmila by Mikhail Glinka is a fascinating fairy-tale opera that can be considered the Russian counterpart of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte. The story of knights, dragons, an evil sorcerer and a princess that needs saving is based on a poem by Pushkin, Russia’s most famous poet. He would

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Fri 25.11.22 20:00

Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra - Jean-Luc Fafchamps Symphony 1

A key component of this concert is the world premiere of the First Symphony by Brussels pianist and composer Jean-Luc Fafchamps. A name that is now rather familiar: Fafchamps is not only a founding member of Ictus, the Brussels ensemble for contemporary music, he also composed the compulsory piece

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Fri 02.12.22 20:00

Glass & Stravinsky Firebird - Celebration 40th anniversary ONDRAF / NIRAS

On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of NIRAS – the National Agency for Radioactive Waste and Enriched Fissile Materials – the Belgian National Orchestra is creating a new performance in association with visual artist Eva L’Hoest, an expert in 3D design and computer graphics. Using her own

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Fri 09.12.22 20:00

Camille Thomas & Britten - Stravinsky

The Académie royale de Belgique, founded in 1772, is celebrating its 250th anniversary! In honour of this celebration, the Belgian National Orchestra, conducted by the Japanese conductor Kazuki Yamada, performs music by some of the most illustrious Académie members: Igor Stravinsky, Benjamin Britten

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Sat 10.12.22 19:00

Camille Thomas & Britten - Stravinsky

The Académie royale de Belgique, founded in 1772, is celebrating its 250th anniversary! In honour of this celebration, the Belgian National Orchestra, conducted by the Japanese conductor Kazuki Yamada, performs music by some of the most illustrious Académie members: Igor Stravinsky, Benjamin Britten

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Thu 15.12.22 19:30

Film Symphonic : The Great Escape - Full symphony, Dirk Brossé

The Hollywood film The Great Escape is based on a true story. During World War II, as many as 76 prisoners managed to escape from Stalag Luft III, a German prisoner of war camp in present-day Poland. The entire camp population worked on the plan for months, digging a tunnel more than 100 metres long

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Fri 16.12.22 20:30

Film Symphonic : The Great Escape - Full symphony, Dirk Brossé

The Hollywood film The Great Escape is based on a true story. During World War II, as many as 76 prisoners managed to escape from Stalag Luft III, a German prisoner of war camp in present-day Poland. The entire camp population worked on the plan for months, digging a tunnel more than 100 metres long

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Wed 21.12.22 18:00

Winter Concert - Mozart Viva la Libertà!

Every year, Bozar and the Belgian National Orchestra organise a heart-warming family performance just before the Christmas holidays. This year, the French artist collective Les Clés d’Ecoute, specialised in performances for young audiences presents a brand-new production based on the music of Mozart

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Fri 23.12.22 18:00

Winter Concert - Mozart Viva la Libertà!

Every year, Bozar and the Belgian National Orchestra organise a heart-warming family performance just before the Christmas holidays. This year, the French artist collective Les Clés d’Ecoute, specialised in performances for young audiences presents a brand-new production based on the music of Mozart

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Thu 29.12.22 20:00

Sylvester Konzert - Beethoven & Schubert

Beethoven's ballet Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus presents an update of the Greek myth of Prometheus, which was greatly inspired by Enlightenment ideology. Prometheus does not bring mankind fire, but rather introduces them to the sciences and the arts. Beethoven premiered his Piano Concerto No. 4 in

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Fri 06.01.23 19:00

New Year’s Concert – Waltzes, Opera and Film Music

The Belgian National Orchestra kicks off the new year under the baton of American conductor Ryan McAdams. Besides works by the ‘King of Waltz’ Johann Strauss Jr – including the well-known An der schönen blauen Donau – the orchestra will perform several opera and operetta excerpts by Jacques

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Sun 08.01.23 15:00

New Year’s Concert – Waltzes, Opera and Film Music

The Belgian National Orchestra kicks off the new year under the baton of American conductor Ryan McAdams. Besides works by the ‘King of Waltz’ Johann Strauss Jr – including the well-known An der schönen blauen Donau – the orchestra will perform several opera and operetta excerpts by Jacques

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Sat 14.01.23 14:00

Glass & Stravinsky Firebird - Celebration 40th anniversary ONDRAF / NIRAS

On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of NIRAS – the National Agency for Radioactive Waste and Enriched Fissile Materials – the Belgian National Orchestra is creating a new performance in association with visual artist Eva L’Hoest, an expert in 3D design and computer graphics. Using her own

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Sun 15.01.23 15:00

New Year’s Concert – Waltzes, Opera and Film Music

The Belgian National Orchestra kicks off the new year under the baton of American conductor Ryan McAdams. Besides works by the ‘King of Waltz’ Johann Strauss Jr – including the well-known An der schönen blauen Donau – the orchestra will perform several opera and operetta excerpts by Jacques

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Sat 21.01.23 20:00

Daniel Lozakovich & Mendelssohn - Brahms

Benjamin Britten sailed across the Atlantic with his life partner Peter Pears in 1939, partly because his pacifist stance in the period just before the Second World War broke out caused problems in his homeland of Great Britain. One of the works Britten wrote during his ‘American period’ was the

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Sun 22.01.23 15:00

Daniel Lozakovich & Mendelssohn - Brahms

Benjamin Britten sailed across the Atlantic with his life partner Peter Pears in 1939, partly because his pacifist stance in the period just before the Second World War broke out caused problems in his homeland of Great Britain. One of the works Britten wrote during his ‘American period’ was the

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Wed 25.01.23 20:00

A Night at the Opera with Angela Gheorghiu

The Romanian opera star Angela Gheorghiu is one of the great sopranos of our time. She made her international debut at the Royal Opera House in 1992. After that, her career really took off: in the same year she sang Mimi (La Bohème) in London and Adina (L’Elisir d’Amore) at the Wiener Staatsoper

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Sat 28.01.23 20:00

A Night at the Opera with Angela Gheorghiu

The Romanian opera star Angela Gheorghiu is one of the great sopranos of our time. She made her international debut at the Royal Opera House in 1992. After that, her career really took off: in the same year she sang Mimi (La Bohème) in London and Adina (L’Elisir d’Amore) at the Wiener Staatsoper

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Fri 03.02.23 20:00

Rachmaninoff festival - Complete Piano concertos

In two titanic concerts, the Belgian National Orchestra performs all the piano concertos by the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff, as well as the Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, also written for piano and orchestra. Two world-class pianists have been engaged for this mammoth undertaking: Uzbek

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Sun 05.02.23 15:00

Rachmaninoff festival - Complete Piano concertos

In two titanic concerts, the Belgian National Orchestra performs all the piano concertos by the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff, as well as the Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, also written for piano and orchestra. Two world-class pianists have been engaged for this mammoth undertaking: Uzbek

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Fri 10.02.23 20:00

Silver & Garburg Brahms - Elgar Enigma Variations

The world-famous Silver-Garburg piano duo commissioned the Austrian composer Richard Dünser to write a new arrangement of Johannes Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 1. Originally written for piano, violin, viola and cello, this composition now resounds in a version for four hands piano and string orchestra

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Wed 22.02.23 19:00

Silver & Garburg Brahms - Elgar Enigma Variations

The world-famous Silver-Garburg piano duo commissioned the Austrian composer Richard Dünser to write a new arrangement of Johannes Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 1. Originally written for piano, violin, viola and cello, this composition now resounds in a version for four hands piano and string orchestra

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Thu 23.02.23 19:00

Silver & Garburg Brahms - Elgar Enigma Variations

The world-famous Silver-Garburg piano duo commissioned the Austrian composer Richard Dünser to write a new arrangement of Johannes Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 1. Originally written for piano, violin, viola and cello, this composition now resounds in a version for four hands piano and string orchestra

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Fri 24.02.23 19:00

Silver & Garburg Brahms - Elgar Enigma Variations

The world-famous Silver-Garburg piano duo commissioned the Austrian composer Richard Dünser to write a new arrangement of Johannes Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 1. Originally written for piano, violin, viola and cello, this composition now resounds in a version for four hands piano and string orchestra

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Thu 02.03.23 20:00

Flamenco Night - de Falla El sombrero de tres picos

Spain’s most famous composer, Manuel de Falla, returned to Madrid shortly after the beginning of the First World War, having lived in Paris for seven years. There, he composed El amor brujo (The bewitched love), a ballet about an Andalusian gypsy woman who is harassed by the ghost of her deceased

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Fri 17.03.23 20:00

Josef Špaček & Beethoven - John Luther Adams Become Ocean

Human voices only, written in 2014, is the first orchestral work by Belgian composer and avant-garde jazz pianist Kris Defoort. He found his inspiration for this piece in Morocco: “I was on a flat roof during Ramadan and everywhere I heard these chants, infinite melodies that consist of only a few

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Fri 24.03.23 20:00

Mehldau by Mehldau - Luc Brewaeys Debussy Préludes

Debussy’s Préludes belong to the canon of piano repertoire. Debussy gave each of these 24 short character pieces a descriptive title (e.g. Danseuses de Delphes, Minstrels and Brouillards). In each case he notated them not at the beginning but at the end of the Préludes, so that the titles should be

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Fri 31.03.23 20:00

Arabella Steinbacher & Korngold - Larcher

Polish composer Witold Lutosławski composed his Symphony No. 1 under extremely difficult circumstances. The first movement was composed between 1941 and 1944 in Nazi-occupied Warsaw. A few days before the Warsaw Uprising, Lutosławski fled with his draft scores to a nearby village. In 1945, he

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Sat 22.04.23 20:00

Belgian National Orchestra & La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra – Glière 3

Reinhold Glière’s Symphony No. 3 is seldom performed: the vast instrumentation, the length and the technical difficulty make each performance a real challenge. To perform this phenomenal composition, a monument of Slavic culture, in Bozar, the Belgian National Orchestra is working with the La

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Fri 28.04.23 20:00

Alexandre Kantorow & Tchaikovsky 2 - Prokofiev

The modernism of the Tatar-Russian composer Sofia Gubaidoelina was not appreciated in the Soviet Union. She was only allowed to compose music for documentaries, animation films and radio programmes. Her composition Fairy-Tale Poem began as music to accompany a radio broadcast of the Czech fairy tale

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Sat 29.04.23 19:00

Alexandre Kantorow & Tchaikovsky 2 - Prokofiev

The modernism of the Tatar-Russian composer Sofia Gubaidoelina was not appreciated in the Soviet Union. She was only allowed to compose music for documentaries, animation films and radio programmes. Her composition Fairy-Tale Poem began as music to accompany a radio broadcast of the Czech fairy tale

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Sat 06.05.23 20:00

Hartmut Haenchen & Bruckner 9 - Te Deum

In recent years, the renowned German conductor Hartmut Haenchen, who as music director in the 1990s led the Dutch National Opera and the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra to unprecedented feats of brilliance, has conducted a lot of research into Bruckner’s symphonies. One of the fruits of this is

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Sun 21.05.23 15:00

Emmanuel Pahud, Anneleen Lennaerts & Mozart - Beethoven

After initial studies in Seoul, the South Korean composer Unsuk Chin moved to Hamburg in the 1980s, where she was taught for three years by none other than the Hungarian composer György Ligeti. One of her most recent pieces is Subito con forza, a concert opener she wrote in 2020 on the occasion of

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Fri 26.05.23 20:00

Film Symphonic : Vertigo - Alfred Hitchcock full symphony – Frank Strobel

The German conductor Frank Strobel is a pioneer of film concerts. He introduced the Western world to the film music of Alfred Schnittke, reconstructed the score Prokofiev wrote for the Soviet film Alexander Nevsky and conducted the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra at the world premiere of the restored

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Fri 16.06.23 20:00

Baiba Skride & Mozart - Lutosławski

The American jazz pianist and composer Anthony Davis has written many engaging operas, including one about the African American civil rights activist Malcolm X and about the Central Park jogger case, a court case in which black and Latino youths were convicted of a rape they did not commit

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Wed 21.06.23 20:00

Fête de la Musique

Throughout his life, Mendelssohn was fascinated by the works of Shakespeare. At the age of 17, after reading a German translation, he wrote a concert overture to the romantic comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Many years later, at the request of the King of Prussia, Mendelssohn also composed

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Tue 27.06.23 20:00

A Night at the Opera with Rolando Villazón

The Franco-Mexican opera star Rolando Villazón enchants audiences worldwide with his phenomenal vocal control and unparalleled charisma. Known as “the most charming of today’s divos” (The Times) with “a wonderfully virile voice ... ‘grandezza’, elegance and power” (Süddeutsche Zeitung), Villazón is

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Thu 29.06.23 20:00

A Night at the Opera with Rolando Villazón

The Franco-Mexican opera star Rolando Villazón enchants audiences worldwide with his phenomenal vocal control and unparalleled charisma. Known as “the most charming of today’s divos” (The Times) with “a wonderfully virile voice ... ‘grandezza’, elegance and power” (Süddeutsche Zeitung), Villazón is

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