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From 20th-century classics to brand new compositions

Contemporary music (also called modern classical or modern music) is music written from the early 20th century onwards, the beginning of major innovations in compositional practice. As rich, varied and vibrant as the music of the past century is, so are our concerts.

Select your concerts from the season 24-25, now at a discount of up to 35%.

  • Terra Memoria

    Meta4
    Fri 14 Mar 2025 20:15

    Saariaho’s love of strings
    Saariaho, Haydn

    Grote Zaal
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  • Saariaho’s chamber music

    Het Collectief
    Sat 15 Mar 2025 15:00

    Saariaho in her most elemental form
    Saariaho

    Grote Zaal
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  • Reconnaissance

    Helsinki Chamber Choir
    Sat 15 Mar 2025 20:15

    Saariaho’s sound world in voices
    Saariaho

    Grote Zaal
    Tickets

  • Kaija Saariaho and Anssi Karttunen

    Asko|Schönberg
    Sun 16 Mar 2025 20:15

    A special friendship and Japanese fascination
    Mendonça, Saariaho, Yokoyama

    Grote Zaal
    Tickets

  • Debussy: pioneer, aesthete, troublemaker

    Calefax
    Wed 19 Mar 2025 20:15

    The turbulent life of a musical talent in music and language
    Debussy, Fauré, Ravel, Kamperman, Palestrina a.o.

    Grote Zaal
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  • Round and Pointed

    IJ-Salon
    Sat 22 Mar 2025 14:15

    A thought-provoking story
    Eisler

    Grote Zaal
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  • Kāna Trio

    Lunchtime Concert Dutch Classical Talent
    Thu 27 Mar 2025 12:30

    Rhythm is in everything and everyone
    Cage, Hwang, Kutterer, Tinoco

    Grote Zaal
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  • Dreams and Thunder

    LUDWIG + Vincent van Amsterdam
    Thu 27 Mar 2025 20:15

    A sound monument for Wim Henderickx
    Henderickx, Liszt, Wagner, JS Bach, CPE Bach, Pärt

    Grote Zaal
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  • The Folly of Desire

    Ian Bostridge + Brad Mehldau
    Fri 28 Mar 2025 20:15

    British tenor and American jazz pianist together on stage
    Bostridge, Mehldau, Hilliard, Mann, Porter, Schubert

    Grote Zaal
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  • Reich/Richter

    Asko|Schönberg
    Thu 3 Apr 2025 20:15

    Music by the founder of minimal music interwoven with explosions of colour
    Reich

    Grote Zaal
    Tickets

  • Minimalism at its most powerful

    The Monochrome Project
    Fri 4 Apr 2025 20:15

    Eight trumpeters led by innovator Marco Blaauw
    Rykova, Leo Smith, Janulytė, Eastman

    Grote Zaal
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  • Sonata Marathon I

    Tamara Stefanovich
    Sat 5 Apr 2025 17:00

    Groundbreaking piano music from the 20th century and early Baroque
    Bach, Soler, Busoni, Scarlatti, Ives

    Grote Zaal
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  • Sonata Marathon II

    Tamara Stefanovich
    Sat 5 Apr 2025 19:00

    Groundbreaking piano music from the 20th century and early Baroque
    Scarlatti, Bartók, Eisler, Soler, Hindemith

    Grote Zaal
    Tickets

  • Sonata Marathon III

    Tamara Stefanovich
    Sat 5 Apr 2025 21:00

    Groundbreaking piano music from the 20th century and early Baroque
    Soler, Skrjabin, Scarlatti, Sjostakovitsj, Janáček, Oestvolskaja

    Grote Zaal
    Tickets

  • Schoenberg & Padding

    New European Ensemble + Maria Milstein
    Thu 10 Apr 2025 20:15

    Tribute to 150-year-old innovator Schönberg
    Schoenberg, Padding

    Grote Zaal
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  • Marvelous

    Nieuw Amsterdams Peil
    Sun 13 Apr 2025 16:00

    British music with tongue-in-cheek
    Finnis, Adès, Knussen, Ayres

    Kleine Zaal
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  • Alternative Passion

    Pynarello + Shishani
    Sun 13 Apr 2025 20:15

    Muziek van twee baanbrekende artiesten: Florence Price en Shishani
    Price, Shishani

    Grote Zaal
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  • Path of Miracles

    Tenebrae
    Wed 16 Apr 2025 20:15

    A spiritual journey, sung with British passion and precision
    Talbot

    Grote Zaal
    Tickets

  • Dokwerk Saxophone Quartet + CvA-sax

    Lunchtime concert in collaboration with Conservatorium van Amsterdam
    Thu 17 Apr 2025 12:30

    Discover exceptional talent and magnificent music

    Grote Zaal
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  • Arvo Pärt’s Passio

    Vox Clamantis
    Thu 17 Apr 2025 20:15

    Religious music imbued with profound emotion, performed by Pärt’s favourite choir
    Pärt

    Grote Zaal
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