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Chief conductor
Vince Mendoza
The American jazz conductor, composer and arranger Vince Mendoza was appointed Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Metropole Orchestra in 2005
Vince Mendoza received 5 Grammy Awards. In November 2009 together with the Metropole he was awarded a Latin Grammy.
News
'El encuentro': new CD with bandoneonist Dino Saluzzi
On 20 May 1935 Dino Saluzzi was born in Campo Santo in the Argentinian province of Salta. In Februari 2009 Dino Saluzzi and Anja Lechner made recordings for a CD together with The Metropole Strings...
New: CD Ivan Paduart and Metropole Orchestra
The Mons Records label has issued a new CD by Belgian pianist and composer Ivan Paduart. Its title is 'Crush'and Paduart plays his own compositions together with the Metropole Orchestra. The...
Watch concert Antony Hegarty
A year ago a 'girly giant' mesmerized the audience in Theater Carré in Amsterdam. During the Holland Festival 2009 the singer Antony Hegarty gave a concert with the Metropole Orchestra for...
Four stars for Ruud Breuls' 'Shades of Brown'
Recenltly T2 Recordings has released the CD 'Shades of Brown' of Ruud Breuls and The Metropole Strings. This is an ode to trumpet player Clifford Brown who died prematurely. Standards like...
New CD John Scofield with Metropole Orchestra
This May the CD ‘54’ with John Scofield and the Metropole Orchestra conducted by Vince Mendoza has been released. The arrangements were made by the orchestra's chief conductor Mendoza....