The Salon

Together with singer Karsu, we kicked off the new year with a musical celebration in sixteen venues during our New Year’s tour. Turkish classics, major pop hits, and exciting string pieces thrilled the audience. Tickets for this stream are free. A donation is appreciated.

We recorded Bach’s famous double concerto for violin and oboe, BWV 1060, in the version for two violins. Our artistic director Candida Thompson and Simone Lamsma perform as solo violinists. The music film was created by Rietveld and Corbijn in their distinctive black-and-white style. Tickets for the stream are free. Donations are appreciated.

The American violinist William Hagen, who won third prize in the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2015, made his debut with Amsterdam Sinfonietta in Philip Glass’s Second Violin Concerto The American Four Seasons and received standing ovations after Philip Glass in India. Tickets are free.

The renowned Turkish pianist Fazıl Say puts his own spin on Mozart’s works in his Mozart-Say Suite. Ukrainian composer Silvestrov also pays tribute to Mozart with The Messenger, while Schnittke evokes the spirits of the old masters Mozart and Haydn. Tickets are free.

Amsterdam Sinfonietta and the prize-winning recorder player Lucie Horsch take their audience on a hallucinatory trip through time, travelling from Italy, via England to Hungary. The programme features works by composers who transform diverse musical styles into their own musical idiom.

The French cellist Victor Julien-Laferrière won the First Prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition. In this online concert he makes his debut with Amsterdam Sinfonietta in a programme featuring musical gems, with Haydn at its heart.

In this online concert, you will hear rarely performed pieces. String orchestra, string quartet and clarinet blend together in a unique sound experience.