The Nederlands Radio Kamer Filharmonie (RKF) was a Dutch orchestra active from 2005 to 2013. It was based at the (MCO) and performed concerts at the Amsterdam
Concertgebouw Concertgebouw may refer to one of the following concert halls:
* Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands
* Concertgebouw, Bruges, Belgium
* Concertgebouw de Vereeniging, Netherlands
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History
The orchestra was formed in 2005 as a merger of the and some of the players of the
Radio Symfonie Orkest (itself an earlier merger of the and the
Promenade Orkest), though many of the functions and players of the RSO orchestra were instead merged into the
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic.
Jaap van Zweden was the RKF's chief conductor from 2005 to 2010, and
Michael Schønwandt
Michael Detlev Schønwandt (born 10 September 1953 in Frederiksberg) is a Danish conductor. In Denmark, he studied piano, theory, and composition, and later continued musical studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
Biography
In 1979, Sc ...
was appointed chief conductor in 2011.
In July, 2013, the Dutch government announced a total cut in the RKF's funding,
Dutch orchestra set to disband , Limelight
9 July 2013 and the orchestra gave its final performance at the Concertgebouw on July 14.
See also
* Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
References
External links
Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic
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Disbanded orchestras
2005 establishments in the Netherlands
2013 disestablishments in the Netherlands
Musical groups established in 2005
Musical groups disestablished in 2013
Former radio and television orchestras
Netherlands Public Broadcasting
Chamber orchestras
Orchestras in Amsterdam