On June 1, Edo de Waart, honorary conductor of the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, turns 80. He will conduct the AVROTROS Friday Concert on April 30 in a program featuring Brahms' Second Symphony and, with the help of the Groot Omroepkoor, Nänie and Gesang der Parzen.
In the run-up to his birthday concert, all week there is attention for Edo de Waart on NPO Radio 4 and NPO 2 Extra. An overview.
On Sunday, April 25, Edo de Waart was a guest on the program Podium Witteman on NPO2. Watch the entire broadcast back here.
After the broadcast, Podium Witteman Extra broadcast a conversation Hans Haffmans had with Edo two years ago about his career and the RFO. Watch this broadcast back here.
An ensemble from the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra played for Edo Henk de Vlieger's arrangements of Wagner's Siegfried-Idyll and the Prelude to the third act of Lohengrin.
On Monday, April 26, Edo was a guest for an hour with Hans Haffmans in Podium on NPO Radio 4. They talked about his career, his years with the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and his favorite music.
Listen back to the entire broadcast here.
Throughout the rest of the week, the programs De Klassieken and Podium also paid attention to Edo de Waart on NPO Radio 4.
On Wednesday, April 28, director of the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Roland Kieft, addressed Edo de Waart. Because of his artistic significance to the orchestra and his role in training young conductors, the orchestra is naming the assistant conductorship after Edo de Waart: the Edo de Waart Assistant Conductorship.
