Let’s have a Kunstenaarsbal, the official afterparty of Rotterdam Art Week
The Kunstenaarsbal will close out Rotterdam Art Week with an arty afterparty at De Doelen. On Saturday, February 11, the Kunstenaarsbal offers a unique and multidisciplinary evening and night full of visual arts, photography, performance, theatre, audiovisual art, and music. It’s the first edition in Rotterdam and brings different generations, disciplines, and groups from all […]
An entire weekend of Patricia Kopatchinskaja
De Doelen is organizing a one-time festival, unique in the Netherlands, around the idiosyncratic violin phenomenon Patricia Kopatchinskaja – PatKop for short. She invites one of her favorite artistic partners, the top orchestra Camerata Bern, over to Rotterdam. Director of de Doelen Janneke Staarink: “Patricia Kopatchinskaja is one of the most idiosyncratic musicians of our […]
Sinfonia Rotterdam brings world star Maxim Vengerov to Rotterdam
Universally hailed as one of the world’s finest musicians, and often referred to as the greatest living string player in the world today. Sinfonia Rotterdam invites the master violinist Maxim Vengerov for a masterclass and the opening of the Sinfonia Classics Series. The concert Burlesque Folk Music in de Doele on September 22 is the starting signal […]
Schouwburgplein is the stage for SeptemberCool
On September 17 and 18 Schouwburgplein is transformed into a perfect late summer destination. SeptemberCool offers the Waluw Vintage Market, live music, spoken word, beats, and more. The event presents performances by local rapper Raw Roets, Spoken Beats led by Bianca Sallons, and music by the Koninklijke Rotterdamse Post Harmonie (Royal Rotterdam Post Harmony), Cor […]
De Doelen is bringing Immersive Tech Week and VR Awards to Rotterdam
After seven years in the city of Amsterdam, Immersive Tech Week 2022 will be hosted in de Doelen. As The VR Awards, the world’s premier virtual reality awards show, collaborates with Immersive Tech Week in Rotterdam world-class ceremony will move from London to Rotterdam to be part of Immersive Tech Week on 1st December 2022. […]
Anna Rune presents For Monumental People in De Doelen
Anna Rune is the stage name of Belgian artist Anna De Volder. She’s graduated at the Rotterdam Conservatorium in 2016 and ever since she has lived and worked here. Saturday June 25 she presents her new album in De Doelen. Her concert is part of North Sea Round Town. In 2015 Anna Rune was the […]
Waluw turns de Doelen into a vintage heaven
The Waluw Vintage Market has its first successful edition on the Eendrachtsplein at the end of August last year. The high-end market is now returning to a new location: the hall of de Doelen. The recently completely restyled hall will accommodate dozens of stands full of vintage design & fashion on Monday June 6. With […]
Raluca Baicu and Edwin van Andel are new programmers at de Doelen
With the appointment of Raluca Baicu and Edwin van Andel as programmers Jazz and Pop, an exciting new musical era has begun for de Doelen. Raluca Baicu currently programmes all the jazz concerts that de Doelen presents in collaboration with partners in the city. From now on, Baicu will take on the entire jazz programming […]
de Doelen Studio reopens
De Doelen is a regarded concert hall and convention center. It’s mainly known as a venue for classical music, as it’s the home of The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. But the monumental building is also a vibrant inner-city meeting place because of de Doelen Studio. It reopens Friday, April 22. De Doelen Studio is the smallest […]
Quinteto Irreal presents their first album in de Doelen
Quinteto Irreal is an international, new urban tango project based in Rotterdam. On April 23, the ensemble presents Volver, its first album with a concert in De Doelen. With a full set of original arrangements written by the Argentinian pianist and composer Aleksandra Tonelli, the repertoire of this quintet is inspired by the Guardia Vieja-style. […]
