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As musical minimalism was gaining currency throughout the world, a generation of Dutch musicians took increasingly radical approaches. Amsterdam’s Muziekgebouw is celebrating 50 years since this high watermark of musical dissent.

With an eclectic programming ethos, and some of the finest acoustics in the Netherlands, the Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ is about as adaptable as it’s possible for a modern concert hall to be.

The question of animal performers is a thorny one: should they be on stage at all? We explore their use in multiple productions, including Heiner Goebbels’ De Materie, which included a hundred sheep.

How co-founder Rob Overman and Symphony.live are trying to create the Netflix of orchestral performance.