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Orchestra of the East reinstated: HET Symphony Orchestra has 'new' name

From Dutch Symphony Orchestra with international ambitions back to provincial orchestra with as yet nothing at all. Now, except for the ironclad original name. It could be a commercial for Telfort. In between are many lost court cases, the grotesque protest name *****Symphony Orchestra and the equally garish HET Symphony Orchestra. It is the ultimate capitulation of the once by just about everything and everyone... 

Arnhem decides: who takes decisive lead in the battle of the orchestras?

Tonight, the Arnhem city council will take an important decision on the renovation of Musis Sacrum, the monumental concert hall located at a prominent point in the city. But the real news is not in what will be decided tonight, but in the far-reaching consequences. Musis Sacrum dates back to 1847 and is part of the cultural heritage. The venue complex is in dire need of refurbishment and with... 

Supervisory failure at HET Symphony Orchestra: drama that could have been avoided

The money at HET Symphony Orchestra has run out. Despite all the extra millions from the province and after years of writing off tons of general reserves, the end is in sight. And so the orchestra is scrapping concerts, will be seen less in theatres in Deventer and Zwolle, stops CD recordings and shuns any risky performances. To keep the... 

Orchestra finds name: the HET The Symphony Orchestra

Hooray! We have a new name. Nederlands Symfonieorkest was not allowed, *****Orkest everyone thought was a joke and reverting to the perfect name Orkest van het Oosten is not possible, because loss of face. What then?
Drumroffel…
Gewoon, het symfonieorkest. Of HET Symfonieorkest. Het Symfonieorkest.
Niet Die Orkest, wat wel een coole naam geweest zou zijn, niet 'dat', 'dit' of 'de', maar het. Alleen 'een' was nog nietszeggender geweest, maar wanhoopt niet: het blijkt wel ergens voor te staan: herke...

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Symphony orchestra seeks name. All suggestions are welcome.

Suddenly they are gone: the Dutch Symphony Orchestra's twitter account and facebook page. Searching for the new ***** name also yields nothing. Must have something to do with all sorts of lawsuits. But if you type in nederlandssymfonieorkest.nl, you happily end up at symfonieorkest.nl. Incidentally, if you type in orkestvanhetoosten.nl, that's also where you end up.

Timeless staging of St John Passion grips at throat

The main character of Bach's St John Passion? Jesus, of course. Wrong. It is the narrator, the evangelist, especially in Dale Duesing's wonderful staging, especially when interpreted by Robert Burt. Where in ordinary performances of the Johannes the evangelist's recitatives mainly interrupt the arias and choral passages, here they form the dramatic core. We truly see John's passion.

Director sues own orchestra to death

Het was groot nieuws. Het ene orkest legt beslag op de instrumenten van het andere. Alleen het klopt niet. Net zoals veel niet blijkt te kloppen in de brief van dirigent Jan Willem de Vriend in de Volkskrant van afgelopen donderdag.
Omdat wij de orkestenruzie tussen het Nederlands Philharmonisch en het Nederlands Symfonisch al een tijdje nauwgezet volgen, wisten wij al dat De Vriend met zijn uitspraak, dat het juridisch gezien nu 2-2 tussen beide orkesten stond, niet de waarheid sprak. Het staat...

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Orchestra war escalates: Enschede's star orchestra has to hand in instruments

Er dreigt beslag op de instrumenten van het voormalige Nederlands Symfonie Orkest. Het orkest, dat sinds een verloren juridische strijd met Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest het woord 'Nederlands' niet meer mag gebruiken, mag dus geen instrumenten verkopen of naar het buitenland meenemen. Hangende een tegenzet van het voormalige Orkest van het Oosten veranderde men daar de naam in ***** Symfonieorkest.
Jan Willem De Vriend, dirigent van het geplaagde orkest uit Enschede, schreef vanmorgen  in een...

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Star. Five times. And then Symphony Orchestra.

Vijfsterren Symfonieorkest. Zo gaat het Nederlands Symfonieorkest volgend seizoen heten. Het voormalige Orkest van het Oosten probeerde 'Nederlands' te worden, maar kreeg een rechtszaak aan de broek van het Philharmonisch Orkest, dat al 'Nederlands' was.  'De politiek moet zich met de rechtsgang gaan bemoeien. Want zo kan het niet langer. Dit kost bakken met geld.' Aldus Harm Mannak.
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De directeur van het voormalige Orkest van het Oosten i...

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Nederlandse Reisopera with a musical. With Sanne Wallis de Vries. In Royal Theatre Carré.

Nee, bang voor concurrentie is het gezelschap niet. Voor samenwerking evenmin, getuige de juichend ontvangen Fairy queen met Veenfabriek en Combattimento, het orkest dat tot voor kort geleid werd door Jan Willem de Vriend.
Combattimento? Dat orkest zou er toch mee ophouden?
Daar leek het inderdaad even op toen Jan Willem de Vriend bekend maakte zich te willen richten op het Nederlands Symfonieorkest, maar zonder haar oprichter maakte het orkest een succesvolle doorstart. Net als de Reisopera, di...

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From Dutch to National and vice versa. DNO and NRO give lesson on name change and collaboration

A joint press conference by two companies. In the post-Zijlstra era, that often does not bode well. A merger then seems obvious, especially when it involves the two largest opera companies in our country: De Nederlandse Opera and the Nationale Reisopera. Only now we have to turn that around: the Netherlands Opera will become the National Opera. And the building will be called National Opera and Ballet.

Een logische naamsverandering gezien de bestuurlijke fusie van het Muziektheater, Het National...

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Dutch Symphony Orchestra loses lawsuit and name

We already wrote about  the name change of the Orchestra of the East into the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra (NedSym). The Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra (NedPho) was not amused and felt that the Enschede-based orchestra was infringing its trademark and trademark rights and demanded that the orchestra choose a different name. Summary proceedings followed and in April 2012 the court ruled that the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra could only not use the abbreviation NedSO, but did not have to change its name.

Götterdämmerung marks end and new beginning Reisopera

Het is de eerste massascène in Wagners Ring: Siegfried voert Brünnhilde naar de Gibichungenburcht en Hagen roept al zijn mannen bijeen. Vanaf het zijtoneel klinkt letterlijk oorverdovend hoorngeschal, maar dirigent Ed Spanjaard laat doorspelen. En terecht: in het orkest slaat een vonk over. Het hele toneel is in een oogwenk gevuld en het koor zwelt in kracht aan, luider en luider, alsmaar luider, tot de extatische apotheose:

Gross Glück und Heil lacht nun dem Rhein
Terwijl het koor van links na...

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'Ajax states' in sudden war between Netherlands Symphony Orchestra and National Travel Opera

This week, the National Travel Opera begins rehearsals of Mozart's Le nozze di figaro. In the bin, the brand-new Netherlands Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jan Willem de Vriend. Business as usual, as the two companies have been working closely together for years and are united in the National Music Quarter Enschede. Only: orchestra and opera company have not been talking to each other since last week.

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