Metropole Orkest
Jazz
The next Metropole Orkest concert is scheduled for Thursday, October 2, 2025 at Parkstad Limburg Theaters in Heerlen, Netherlands. See all 5 upcoming concerts
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![Watch The Wheel (feat. Metropole Orkest) [Live with the Metropole Orkest] music video by SOHN](/mkimage/image/thumb/Video113/v4/59/76/e7/5976e7dc-7270-879c-a21f-f33764f68b4a/cover.jpg/575x575mv.webp "Watch The Wheel (feat. Metropole Orkest) [Live with the Metropole Orkest] music video by SOHN")
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![Watch Artifice (feat. Metropole Orkest) [Live with the Metropole Orkest] music video by SOHN](/mkimage/image/thumb/Video113/v4/75/9e/a4/759ea47d-77f4-9c6b-0e22-17b133902680/cover.jpg/575x575mv.webp "Watch Artifice (feat. Metropole Orkest) [Live with the Metropole Orkest] music video by SOHN")
![Watch Rennen (feat. Metropole Orkest) [Live with the Metropole Orkest] music video by SOHN](/mkimage/image/thumb/Video123/v4/8f/e5/ab/8fe5abaa-c551-6247-bde6-b839ae5067cd/cover.jpg/575x575mv.webp "Watch Rennen (feat. Metropole Orkest) [Live with the Metropole Orkest] music video by SOHN")
![Watch Nil (feat. Metropole Orkest) [Live with the Metropole Orkest] music video by SOHN](/mkimage/image/thumb/Video123/v4/9e/df/14/9edf14ec-6bce-4ff0-8754-6683ef42a700/cover.jpg/575x575mv.webp "Watch Nil (feat. Metropole Orkest) [Live with the Metropole Orkest] music video by SOHN")
About Metropole Orkest
Hometown
Netherlands
Formed
1945
Genre
Jazz
Famed big band the Metropole Orchestra was founded in 1945 by the Dutch Radio Foundation under the leadership of conductor Dolf van der Linden. In the decades that followed, the orchestra established itself as an institution of the European jazz community, backing everyone from Tony Bennett to Shirley Bassey to Natalie Cole. After 35 years at the helm, van der Linden left the orchestra in 1980, and was replaced by Rogier van Otterloo; in the wake of van Otterloo's 1988 death, the reins were handed to artistic director Dick Bakker, who held them until Vince Mendoza took over in 2005. The Metropole Orchestra's many recordings include collaborations with Lee Konitz, Ernestine Anderson, Bob Brookmeyer, and Clare Fischer, as well as tributes to composers as far ranging as Raymond Scott, Andre Popp, Roger Roger, and Dennis Farnon. ~ Jason Ankeny
Members of Metropole Orkest include, or have included, Robinson Khoury, Alida Schat, Arno van Nieuwenhuize, and Emile Visser.
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