Yu Lu and Thomas Beijer join forces in an exciting project with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO)
conductor Yu Lu and pianist Thomas Beyer recorded the CD “Salon” together with Camerata RCO
This collaboration marks a new chapter, with Yu Lu conducting the RCO in an interactive game concert, and Thomas Beijer stepping into the role of composer
Commander_n00b
Under Yu Lu’s direction, the RCO will present a family concert. It’s a brand-new fun performance in cooperation with actors from Släpstick: Commander_n00b is a concert and game all in one!
Yu Lu will have to improvise, and he will interact and bring people on stage and in the hall together in following the game. The selected music comes from well-known classical music works and will include as well new compositions from three Dutch composers.
Please find more information on the orchestra’s website: https://www.concertgebouworkest.nl/en/concert/children-s-concert-6-commander_n00b
More information about Yu Lu on his artist page.
Yu Lu is represented worldwide by Leontien van der Vliet
E: leontien.vandervliet@interartists.nl
T: +31 652468707
More information about Thomas Beijer on his artist page
Thomas Beijer is represented worldwide by Ydeleine Berntsen
E: ydeleine.berntsen@interartists.nl
T: +31 6 25 46 18 66
Commander N00b
Cooperation
Thomas Beijer has been commissioned to compose a short musical interlude, or bumper, inspired by the game music of Commander n00b. Beijer used Monteverdi’s Moresca, the final movement from ‘L’Orfeo’ as a basis.
Yu Lu and Thomas Beijer have met each other before when they recorded the CD “Salon” together with Camerata RCO, an ensemble featuring members of the RCO. On this CD Thomas Beijer performs Poulenc’s Aubade for piano solo and ensemble. Now he is stepping into the role of composer. The two musicians are very much looking forward to their next project together.
Concertgebouw Featuring Thomas Beijer
6 & 7 March 2025 – Amsterdam’s 750th Anniversary
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra commissioned Beijer to make several orchestral arrangements, like for instance of beloved Joop Stokkermans songs, including “Meisje uit de provincie in het magies centrum” and “Zo tolerant” .
23 March 2025 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra performances of Commander_n00b.
4 April 2025 Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam
Symphonic Cinema - The Firebird (film and live music) piano duo Thomas Beijer and Ramon van Engelenhoven give Stravinsky's masterpiece a new dimension, interwoven with a story full of suspense, magic and seduction.
18 May 2025 Mahler Festival at the Concertgebouw
For this special occasion, Beijer has created his own arrangement for piano of the slow movement from Mahler’s Fourth Symphony, which he will perform alongside works by Brahms, Zemlinsky, and Janáček.
More information about Thomas Beijer on his artist page