Forward into a New Era. The Story of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra from the Netherlands is unique, in that few if any comparable orchestras in the international music world so excel in the performance both of music by Wagner, Bruckner, Mahler and Richard Strauss, composers who have always been and still are closely linked with the Orchestra's tradition, and of the masterpieces of twentieth-century and contemporary music. In Riccardo Chailly, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra has found a principal conductor whose qualities continue to develop and deepen in various areas of symphonic music and opera, and who has a dear personal commitment to living contemporary composers.