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Our artists in 26-27
Music Stages brings musicians from the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra together with special artists - the stars of today and tomorrow.
For artists from previous seasons, check the archive.
Confluence Developer
Kay Sleking (1968, Zeist) is a musician, orchestra conductor, teacher, and consultant. He leads musical and cultural projects and works at the intersection of artistic quality and organizational expertise. Sleking studied classical guitar...
programmer of Vivaldi’s *The Four Seasons* and Moore
Sound artist and composer Kate Moore (born 1979 in Oxfordshire, England) grew up in Australia with her Dutch mother. In 2002, her music studies brought her to the Netherlands, where she studied with Louis, among others...
Programmer: Brahms & Poulenc
Maxim Emelyanychev (born 1988 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia) performs as a conductor, pianist, harpsichordist, organist, and cornetto player. After studying piano and conducting in his hometown, he continued his conducting studies with Gennadi...
Programmer for *L’Histoire du soldat*
Clarinetist Hein Wiedijk (1963, Haarlem) studied at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam. He has now been a member of the Concertgebouw Orchestra for 30 years. Hein is a co-founder of the record label Gutman Records, organizes...
dramaturg
Since Music Stages was founded in 2005, dramaturg and director Carel Alphenaar has been artistic director Michael Gieler’s constant collaborator. With an unerring instinct for form and building suspense...
Artist-in-Residence Season 26-27
Hamza Badi (born 1992 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a writer and multidisciplinary artist based in Amsterdam. In his work, he explores themes such as identity, gender, sexuality, and connection. Beneath his gentle exterior...
Programmer for "Forellenkwintet" and "Free Dive"
Pianist Anna Fedorova (born 1990 in Kyiv, Ukraine) displayed innate musical maturity and astonishing technical skills from a young age. She earned her Artist Diploma at the Royal College of Music...
photography and design
The photographs by Emelie Schäfer (*1977) are characterized by a unique atmosphere. She impressively captures the wide range of expressions found in Music Stages’ productions. For example, her...
lighting designer
Gé is one of the leading lighting designers. For every concert, he creates a unique design that undergoes exciting transformations throughout the performance.
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Artistic Director and Executive Director
Michael is the principal violist with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the founder of Music Stages, and a co-founder of Splendor Amsterdam. He works tirelessly to reach new audiences for (contemporary) classical...
Programmer at Toekomstmuziek
Renowned orchestra director and musicologist Elena Dubinets (born 1969 in Moscow, Russia) has served as artistic director of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra since May 2025. From 2021 to 2025, she held this position at the...
The IJ-salon's productions give the Concertgebouw Orchestra's outstanding musicians the opportunity to showcase their individual talents in a more intimate setting and to explore new and surprising collaborations...
slide guitar
Hamid Reza Behzadian blends Persian and Middle Eastern melodic traditions with the expressiveness of American blues. Through the Indian slide guitar, he immersed himself deeply in North Indian classical music, in which...
violin
Violinist Mara Mostert (2004) was born and raised in Amsterdam. In 2018, Mara won first prize at the Princess Christina Competition, and in 2020, she won second prize at the...
