Concertgebouw Amsterdam Announces 2026-27 Season Featuring Magdalena Kožená, Nina Stemme, Cecilia Bartoli, Huw Montague Rendall, Julia Kleiter & Benjamin Bruns

By Francisco Salazar

The Concertgebouw Amsterdam has announced its 2026-27 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances.

The Royal Swedish Orchestra and Alan Gilbert perform music by Wagner alongside Nina Stemme.

Performance Date: August 17, 2026


The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra and Keri-Lynn Wilson perform music by Frolyak, Mahler, and Beethoven alongside soprano Julia Kleiter.

Performance Date: August 19, 2026


The Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and Jaap van Zweden will lead Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Gloria Jieun Choi, Ah-Kyung Lee, Jihoon Son, and Matthias Goerne.

Performance Date: August 31, 2026


“Stars in Concert” will feature Nikola Meeuwsen, Emma Kok, Nicola Benedetti, Caro Emerald, and Sonya Yoncheva.

Performance Date: Sept. 4, 2026


Oksana Lyniv conducts Korngold’s “Die Tote Stadt” with Benjamin Bruns, Johanni van Oostrum, Konstantin Krimmel, Natalie Lewis, Elisa Maayeshi, Eline Welle, Lucas van Lierop, and Mark Omvlee.

Performance Date: Sept. 12, 2026


The Mahler Academy Orchestra and Philipp von Steinaecker leads Mahler with Fleur Barron.

Performance Date: Sept. 14, 2026


Liza Ferschtman leads a masterclass with Elisa Maayeshi, Philipp Solle, Isaac Lottman, Thijs Willers, Albert Cano Smit, and Otilka Quartet.

Performance Date: Sept. 25, 2026


The Les Talens Lyriques under Christophe Rousset perform Charpentier and Campra with soloists Thaïs Raï-Westphal, Apolline Raï-Westphal, Abel Zamora, Nicholas Scott, and Adrien Fournaison.

Performance Date: Oct. 3, 2026


Lenneke Ruiten and Thom Janssen take on Brahms, Fauré and Debussy

Performance Date: Oct. 4, 2026


The Grootkoor Holland under Etty van der Mei and Nan van Groeningen perform with soloists Donij van Doorn, Eric Reddet, Andy Booth, Martin Mans, and Bart Jansen.

Performance Date: Oct. 4, 2026


The Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Nationaal Vrouwen Jeugdkoor conducted by Sander Teepen will perform Mozart, Hildegard von Bingen, J.S. Bach, and Pergolesi.

Performance Date: Oct. 11, 2026


The Radio Filharmonisch Orkest under Stéphane Denève perform Poulenc with soloists Julia Selina Blank, Lauranne Oliva, and Pierre Bokma.

Performance Date: Oct. 17, 2026


Solomon’s Knot take on Bach’s Motets.

Performance Date: Nov. 1, 2026


Wolfe and Moussa make up the program for the Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Nationaal Kinderkoor, Nationaal Vrouwen Jeugdkoor, and Nationaal Vrouwen-Projectkoor.

Performance Date: Nov. 7, 2026


Rossini’s Stabat Mater will be performed by Radio Filharmonisch Orkest and Groot Omroepkoor under Edward Gardner. Emily Pogorelc, Ekaterine Buachidze, Edgardo Rocha, and Giorgi Manoshvili star.

Performance Date: Nov. 8, 2026


The Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon perform Mozart, Schubert, Bruckner, and Mendelssohn with soloists Sabine Devieilhe, Xenia Puskarz Thomas, Kieran Carrel, and Huw Montague Rendall.

Performance Date: Nov. 11, 2026


Handel’s “Agrippina” will star Magdalena Kožená, Julia Lezhneva, Christophe Dumaux, Adèle Charvet, Nicolas Brooymans, Adrien Fournaison, and Paul Figuier.

Performance Date: Nov. 14, 2026


Bertin’s “Fausto” will be performed by Raffaella Lupinacci, Yaritza Véliz, Ante Jerkunica, Alasdair Kent, Dora Jana Klarić, Iida Antola, and Jasper Leever. Giulio Cilona conducts

Performance Date: Nov. 21, 2026


Erika Baikoff and Roman Borisov perform Schumann, Barber, and Rachmaninoff.

Performance Date: Nov. 24, 2026


Maarten Engeltjes conducts Handel’s Messiah Lenneke Ruiten, Fabio Trümpy, and Edward Grint.

Performance Date: Dec. 1, 2026


Samuel Hasselhorn and Ammiel Bushakevitz perform Schubert.

Performance Date: Dec. 1, 2026


The Radio Filharmonisch Orkest under Karina Canellakis will perform Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with soloist Julia Kleiter.

Performance Date: Dec. 6, 2026


The Amsterdam Sinfonietta is joined by John Holiday for Corelli, Vivaldi, Simon, and Vasks.

Performance Date: Dec. 6, 2026


The Constellation Choir & Ensemble will be led by Sir John Eliot Gardiner. 

Performance Date: Dec. 7, 2026


Cecilia Bartoli joins Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco.

Performance Date: Dec. 8, 2026


Magdalena Kožená and Malcolm Martineau perform Janáček, Wolf, and Dvořák.

Performance Date: Dec. 13, 2026


The Nederlands Kamerkoor and Cappella Mediterranea under Leonardo García Alarcón perform Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with Sophie Junker, Christopher Lowrey, Valerio Contaldo, and Andreas Wolf.

Performance Date: Dec. 16, 2026

Wishful Singing and VOCES8 Scholars Ensemble celebrate Christmas.

Performance Date: Dec. 19, 2026


The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge under Christopher Gray will perform Mathias, Wallen, Rutter, and Britten.

Performance Date: Dec. 20, 2026


Thomas Oliemans joins Cor Bakker and Bert van den Brink for a recital.

Performance Date: Dec. 20, 2026


Nikki Treurniet and Joseph Middleton perform Schumann, Brahms en Debussy.

Performance Date: Dec. 27, 2026


Elisa Maayeshi and Philipp Solle perform Poulenc’s “La Voix Humaine.”

Performance Date: Jan. 6, 2027


The Concertgebouworkest and Laurens Symfonisch under Andrey Boreyko perform Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 13. Alexander Roslavets is the soloist. The program also includes Weinberg and Schönberg with soloists Gregor Horsch and Jeremy Eichler.

Performance Date: Jan. 15, 2027


Karina Canellakis conducts the Galina Cheplakova, Štěpánka Pučálková, James Ley, and Jan Martiník in a program of music by Ravel, Janáček, and De Raaff.

Performance Date: Jan. 16, 2027


Vivaldi’s “Rosmira fedele” will be performed by Accademia Bizantina under Ottavio Dantone. The cast includes Sophie Rennert, Delphine Galou, Maayan Licht, Francesca Aspromonte, Emilia Bertolini, Renato Dolcini, and Nicolò Balducci.

Performance Date: Jan. 23, 2027


The Jakub Józef Orliński, il Pomo d’Oro, and Max Volbers performs Giovanni Alberto Ristori.

Performance Date: Jan. 26, 2027


Samy Moussa conducts Aphrodite Patoulidou in a program of music by Prokofiev, Moussa, Szymanowski, and Lutosławski.

Performance Date: Jan. 30, 2027


Julia Lezhneva performs with Alexander Melnikov in a program of Rachmaninoff.

Performance Date: Jan. 31, 2027

Bart van Reyn conducts Bach’s Mass with Joanne Lunn, Tim Mead, Kieran Carrel, and Krešimir Stražanac.

Performance Date: Jan. 31, 2027


The Nederlands Kamerkoor and Residentie Orkest under Ed Spanjaard perform Piazzolla, Falla, and Ferraudi.

Performance Date: Feb. 2, 2027


Camila Mandillo and Filipe Gaio Pereira perform in recital with music by Monteverdi, Rossini, Berio, Schubert, J. Strauss jr., Mozart, Rameau, Satie, Poulenc, Azguime, Berberian, Ligeti, and El-Turk.

Performance Date: Feb. 3, 2027


The Radio Filharmonisch Orkest and Karina Canellakis perform Barbara Hannigan in a program by John Adams, Barber, and Ives.

Performance Date: Feb. 6, 2027


Adèle Charvet and Florian Caroub perform French music.

Performance Date: Feb. 23, 2027


The Nederlands Philharmonisch, Hartmut Haenchen, and Gerhild Romberger perform Mahler and Bruckner.

Performance Dates: Feb. 27 & 28, 2027


The PRJCT Amsterdam, Maarten Engeltjes and Julia Lezhneva perform Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater. The program also includes Vivaldi.

Performance Date: March 2, 2027


Tim Mead and Korneel Bernolet perform Monteverdi and Purcell.

Performance Date: March 7, 2027


Karina Canellakis conducts Debussy’s “Pelléas et Melisande” will star Lauranne Oliva, Huw Montague Rendall, Stéphane Degout, Edwin Crossley-Mercer, and Helena Rasker.

Performance Date: March 20, 2027


The Nederlands Kamerorkest and Cappella Amsterdam under Daniel Reuss perform Bach’s St Matthew Passion. Lydia Teuscher, Thomas Walker, Eva Zaïcik, James Newby, and Raoul Steffani.

Performance Date: March 22, 2027


Will Liverman performs in recital featuring music by Poulenc, Mahler, Bonds, and and Schubert.

Performance Date: March 23, 2027


Ton Koopman conducts Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with Julia Lezhneva, Tilman Lichdi, Maarten Engeltjes, Kieran White, Thomas Laske, Tobias Wicky, and Klaus Mertens.

Performance Date: March 24, 2027


Vasily Petrenko conducts Berio and Shostakovich with soloists Sterre Konijn, Michaela Riener, Rianne Wilbers, Fanny Alofs, William Knight, Georgi Sztojanov, Arnout Lems, and Florian Just.

Performance Date: April 3, 2027


Laurence Kilsby and Ella O’Neill perform in concert.

Performance Date: April 4, 2027


Iván Fischer conducts Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Irene Verburg, Maria Bengtsson, Olivia Vermeulen, Andrew Staples, and Hanno Müller-Brachmann.

Performance Date: April 6, 2027


Elionor Martínez and Josep Maria Martí Duran perform Monteverdi, Strozzi, Purcell, Caccini, and Händel.

Performance Date: April 7, 2027


Sophia Burgos, Linard Vrielink and Daan Boertien lead a program of music by Puccini, Verdi, Donizetti, Bizet and Bernstein.

Performance Date: April 23, 2027


The Radio Filharmonisch Orkest and Groot Omroepkoor under Stanislav Kochanovsky will perform Ravel’s “Daphnis et Chloé.”

Performance Date: May 16, 2027


Julian Prégardien and Daniel Heide perform Schubert and Beethoven.

Performance Date: May 18, 2027

La Cetra, Barockorchester & Vokalensemble Basel under Andrea Marcon perform music by Vivaldi and Muffat.

Performance Date: May 29, 2027


Il Gardellino, Korneel Bernolet, Alexander Chance, and Silvia Frigato perform music by Vivaldi, Pergolesi, and Geminiani.

Performance Date: June 6, 2027


Bruno de Sá and Pedro Beriso perform music by Villa-Lobos, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, and Saint-Saëns.

Performance Date: June 20, 2027

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