'Verbeek finely sculpted each turn with thoughtful delays and organic breathing pauses. How he and Hannigan brought the sung final movement to a hushed conclusion was pure magic.'
De Volkskrant - May 21, 2021
'Rolf is a deep musician with infinite respect for music, composers, his colleagues and the audience.'
Barbara Hannigan - November 2023
Rolf Verbeek has been associated with Camerata RCO (members of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra) as permanent guest conductor and is also artistic director of the Somer Chamber Orchestra. He regularly conducts orchestras such as Filarmonica Banatul Timisoara, Brussels Philharmonic, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, Phion, the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.
Camerata RCO has so far released two CDs, Anton Bruckner’s 6th symphony in his own arrangement and the CD Sehnsucht with soloist Barbara Hannigan in songs by Alban Berg and Gustav Mahler’s 4th symphony.
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- June 2024
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Rolf Verbeek conducted a series of school concerts by the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra. 'A coach may shout his directions through the game. A conductor does it ...
- December 2023
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Final excerpt from the first movement of Bruckner's 6th symphony, live at Podium Klassiek.
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- November 2023
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...Verbeek knows "his" Bruckner, unmistakably: an excellent performance - obviously within the given chamber musical context - and a recording that rings like a bell.
...Concerts
- | St. Joseph church - Assen
- St. Joseph church - Assen
80 years of Liberation
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Chamber Orchestra Somer
Jenkins The Peacemakers
- | Oranjewoud Festival
- Oranjewoud Festival
Oranjewoud
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Chamber Orchestra Somer
Tabla Sandip Bhattacharya
Left Raga Malika for drums and orchestra