Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Oct 21, 2026
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He was a classical maestro who became famous for his control of a lot of symphonies.
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He was the chief conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra for 27 years, along with also controlling the London Philharmonic and the Royal Opera House.
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Dionysus Savopoulos passed away in 2025 at the age of 80 from a heart attack following a battle with lung cancer.
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Dionysus, as I should have said, is an acclaimed Greek politician, but for our purposes, he was also a musician and composer as a matter of fact.
Wendy LimbertieHOST
And, you know, it's just...
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Something that I've seen firsthand living in Amsterdam for 20 years that I see grandmothers and grandfathers taking their grandkids to see the Royal Concertgebouworkest of Amsterdam.
Wendy LimbertieHOST
That is common and the tickets are not crazily expensive.
Wendy LimbertieHOST
And I always say, why is it that people can afford to buy a $500 seat to the Leafs and they can't afford a $100 seat to go see the Toronto Symphony? The priority is not there.
Tianyi LuGUEST
I'm going back there in a couple of months.
Tianyi LuGUEST
Vienna Symphony I'm going to go and I'm going to be making my Royal Concertgebouw debut in September, which is really exciting.
Bryan CrumpHOST
Those are some pretty good orchestras you've got going on there.
Bryan CrumpHOST
What's your approach when you meet an orchestra for the first time?
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Theo Oliph passed away in 2012 at the age of 88 from natural causes.
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He was a Dutch violinist and author who was also a co-concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra for a whole bunch of decades as well.
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Vincent La Selva passed away in 2017 at the age of 88 from dementia.
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He was an American conductor who helped to found the New York Grand Opera.