Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic | |
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Orchestra | |
Native name | Nederlands Radio Kamer Filharmonie |
Short name | RKF |
Former name |
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Founded | 2005 |
Disbanded | 2013 |
Location | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Concert hall | Concertgebouw. |
Principal conductor | Michael Schønwandt (2011) |
The Nederlands Radio Kamer Filharmonie (RKF) was a Dutch orchestra active from 2005 to 2013. It was based at the Muziekcentrum van de OmroepConcertgebouw.
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History
The orchestra was formed in 2005 as a merger of the Radio Kamer OrkestRadio Symfonie Orkest (itself an earlier merger of the Omroep Orkest and the Promenade Orkest), though many of the functions and players of the RSO orchestra were instead merged into the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic.
and some of the players of theJaap van Zweden was the RKF's chief conductor from 2005 to 2010, and Michael Schønwandt was appointed chief conductor in 2011.[1]
In July, 2013, the Dutch government announced a total cut in the RKF's funding,[2] and the orchestra gave its final performance at the Concertgebouw on July 14.
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References
- ^ Two gifted boys | Radio Netherlands Worldwide 11 July 2011 "The Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic is conducted today by the Danish maestro Michael Schønwandt, who was recently appointed ."
- ^ Dutch orchestra set to disband | Limelight 9 July 2013