"Energy, taste and a discriminating ear for balance and timbre were hallmarks of de Ridder's conducting here." The Telegraph, February 2008

 

NEWS & HIGHLIGHTS

Monkey Business at Covent Garden
The critically acclaimed production of Damon Albarn's first opera comes to the Royal Opera House, London this July. Monkey: Journey to the West is directed by Chen Shi-Zeng, with visual concept by Jamie Hewlett >more..

Turnage's Mambo, Blues & Tarantella in Stockholm
In his début with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, André de Ridder conducts the Swedish première of Mark-Anthony Turnage's new violin concerto, with Christian Tetzlaff as soloist, in October 2008 >more..

Beethoven in New York: opening concerts
In the first of a series of concerts juxtaposing the music of Beethoven with works by composers from New York, André de Ridder collaborates with the jazz pianist and composer Uri Caine this October. Included in the programme is the UK première of Caine's version of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations for piano & orchestra >more..

"This was a feast of a programme in which a great deal happened. Not only devised with flair, it was presented with acumen by André de Ridder, a budding talent from Berlin. Here was a conductor who knew how to illuminate every shake of his orchestral kaleidoscope." The Herald, October 2006