volume 4 - number 2 - nov 2018
RCO House opens its doors in jan. ‘19! The renovations to RCO House are now
ral weekend trip at the end of September,
chair for the reception area in RCO House
hearsal studio’s and offices got under way
on, donating three pianos to RCO House.
crucial in our race to the finish line. A few
complete! Work on the ensemble hall, rein October. Orchestra staff moved to the
new location at the end of November, a
sign that RCO House would soon be opening its doors. Although saying goodbye to
Jacob Obrechtstraat – where the orchestra’s offices have been located for years – will fill
made their own very welcome contributiOur Belgian Friends have also committed a generous donation this year.
The enthusiastic response we have received regarding the opportunity to sponsor a
or a tile for the building’s facade has been chairs and tiles are still available. All RCO
Global Friends and donors who have dona-
ted a tile or chair will have received an invitation to attend a festive Open House on 20 January.
many of us with nostalgia, orchestra and
staff alike are looking forward to a new era in which musicians, members of staff and
other employees will, for the first time in
the orchestra’s 130-year-long history, all be under one roof.
FUNDRAISING It is certainly thanks to your contributions, too, that we have nearly met our fundrai-
sing goals for RCO House. Indeed, EUR 9.85 million of the EUR 10 million needed has
already been raised. Your generosity made
the 15 September visit to RCO House, organised exclusively for RCO Global Friends, all the more special. Our Swiss Friends,
who were in Amsterdam for the cultu-
Managing Director Jan Raes welcomes a group of RCO Global Friends to RCO House the day after RCO Opening Night
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