Paavo Järvi and Beatrice Rana at the Concertgebouw

By Antonio D'Amato, 10 October 2025

Loading, please wait...

See full listing

“musical landscapes of striking clarity and breadth”

Reviewed at Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 9 October 2025

Beethoven, Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor, Op.37

Sibelius, Symphony no. 2 in D major, Op.43

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Paavo Järvi, Conductor

Beatrice Rana, Piano

Chailly makes a highly anticipated return to the Royal Concertgebouw

Max Lima, 4th March

Joined by two of the Netherlands' finest choirs, Riccardo Chailly conducts a Prokofiev double bill: the Fourth Symphony, a first for the orchestra, paired with the cantata Alexander Nevsky.

*****

Rafael Payare makes an unconvincing Royal Concertgebouw debut

Clare Varney, 19th February

Frank Peter Zimmermann joins the orchestra to bring Frank Martin’s seldom heard Violin Concerto back to the Netherlands.

***11

Jaap van Zweden, Dutch wanderer, rejoins the Concertgebouw Orchestra

Clare Varney, 21st January

Leonidas Kavakos joins the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra for an evening of Hollywood glamour and lush Romantacism.

*****

Barbara Hannigan conducts the Royal Concertgebouw

Clare Varney, 2nd October

The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra puts Persian music centre stage with the Dutch premiere of Tehran-based composer Golfam Khayam's I am a tale not to be told.

*****

Dramatic French flair from Thibaudet, Mäkelä and the Concertgebouw

Clare Varney, 17th September

Jean-Yves Thibaudet’s astonishing technical prowess in Saint-Saëns’ Fifth Piano Concerto entrances Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw.

****1

Magical stillness from the Royal Concertgebouw and Mäkelä at the Proms

Rohan Shotton, 24th August

Janine Jansen joins the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra for Prokofiev in a brilliantly conceived programme ending with Bartók’s ebullient Concerto for Orchestra.

****1

More reviews...

Antonio D'Amato

Antonio D’Amato is an Italian freelance journalist and international music critic based in The Hague, Netherlands. With over 20 years of experience, he specialises in classical music reviews, interviews and press services. He holds a Master’s degree in Economic Journalism. A skilled ghost writer, he was nominated and awarded at the Libreria Piave literary contest in Rome (2014) for best plot. Passionate food blogger and expert in Italian cuisine, he is also an avid collector of historical recordings and vintage high-fidelity audio equipment. He teaches Italian language, sharing his love for culture.

Of tempests and northern stillness: Paavo Järvi at the Concertgebouw