Noord Nederlands Orkest

Name: Noord Nederlands Orkest
Start: 2026-11-05T20:15:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-05T22:15:00+01:00
Location: De Oosterpoort

Thu, 5 Nov 2026 · 20:15

De Oosterpoort, Groningen

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The Noord Nederlands Orkest brings both classical and contemporary works to De Oosterpoort in Groningen.

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About: Noord Nederlands Orkest

Active since 1862, the NNO brings symphonic music to concert halls, festivals and schools across the northern Netherlands and well beyond. Chief conductor Eivind Gullberg Jensen steers a programme that pairs major orchestral works with genre-crossing collaborations.

100+

concerts per season

~70

musicians from 18 nationalities

1862

founding year - longest active professional symphony orchestra in the Netherlands

various locations in season 2025/2026

What's new

2025-08
The NNO opened the 2025/2026 season at Lowlands - for the fourth time the orchestra performed at the alternative music festival in Biddinghuizen, featuring among others Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, Ravel's Boléro and excerpts from The Planets by Holst.
2025-08
In August 2025 the NNO collaborated with techno pioneer Jeff Mills for the project Blue Potential at Het Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, where Mills' techno classics were performed with orchestral accompaniment.
2025-08-01
As of 1 August 2025 the British-Turkish conductor Kerem Hasan was appointed as permanent guest conductor of the NNO; his inaugural concert took place in March 2026 at De Oosterpoort.

Tour

GroningenDrachtenAssenUtrechtAmsterdamBiddinghuizen

Tracks

Mahler: Symfonie nr. 8Rarely performed large-scale work, season highlight 2025/2026

Jeff Mills - Blue PotentialCrossover project with Detroit techno pioneer Jeff Mills, Het Concertgebouw 2025

Sjostakovitsj: Symfonie nr. 7 'Leningrad'Performed under the direction of Eivind Gullberg Jensen, TivoliVredenburg April 2025

Masterpiece-serieRegular concert series with major symphonic works for a broad audience

Prokofjev: Romeo en Julia (suites nr. 1 & 2)Part of the inaugural concert of resident guest conductor Kerem Hasan, March 2026

Recent shows

Aug 23, 2026 Alpha, Biddinghuizen
Aug 17, 2025 Evenemententerrein Walibi Holland, Biddinghuizen
Feb 1, 2025 Grote Zaal, Utrecht

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