After several rounds of auditions, the Belgian violinist and laureate of the Queen Elisabeth Competition Sylvia Huang has been appointed La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra’s new concertmaster.
From 2012 to 2014 Sylvia Huang was a member of the Belgian National Orchestra, where she was promoted to second violin soloist. She has been a member of the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam since August 2014. Passionately fond of chamber music, in September 2014 she and three colleagues founded the GoYa Quartet. They perform regularly at home and abroad. In 2019 she was awarded the Audience Prize in the violin edition of the Queen Elisabeth Competition. Today, at the age of 28, she joins Saténik Khourdoïan as La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra’s concertmaster.
To find out more about Sylvia, visit her personal website.
On Thursday 21 September, Peter de Caluwe, General and Artistic Director of La Monnaie, received the Ordine al Merito during a ceremony at the Italian Embassy in Brussels. This award, one of the highest honours of the Italian Republic, is presented by President Sergio Mattarella for special merits in the fields of the arts, economy, public service and social, philanthropic or humanitarian activities.
Which productions, artists, recordings and special projects coloured the past opera season for you? Draw your list of favourites and reward them with a nomination for the International Opera Awards 2023!
Thanks to the BRAVO! ticket, you can travel to La Monnaie by train at half price. Each of our performance tickets now has a unique SNCB discount code which allows you to book a low-cost return trip to Brussels on the day of your performance.
