Orchestra

Netherlands Symphony Orchestra

From: Netherlands
Since: present
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The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra (Dutch: Nederlands Symfonieorkest) is a Dutch symphony orchestra. The home of the orchestra is the Muziekcentrum in Enschede. The orchestra was previously known in Dutch as Orkest van het Oosten (literal translation "Orchestra of the East"), but in October 2011 changed its Dutch name to align with its English name, at which time the Dutch abbreviation "OvhO" was replaced with "NedSym." Due to objections from the Amsterdam-based Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, the Enschede orchestra had to change its name again, and from 2014 to 2019 was known as HET Symfonieorkest ("THE Symphony Orchestra"). Internationally, it continues to employ the name "Netherlands Symphony Orchestra".

As of September 2019, after fusion with the orchestra of Gelderland, the name of the orchestra is "Phion, Orkest van Gelderland & Overijssel" (Phion, Orchestra of Gelderland & Overijssel).
The orchestra performs about 75 concerts a year in Enschede, Hengelo, Zwolle and Deventer, as well as throughout the province of Overijssel and the Randstad. NedSym serves as orchestra for various provincial choirs and for the Dutch Touring Opera (Nederlandse Reisopera) for two productions a year.

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