Willem Mengelberg Society – A tribute to the legendary conductor

This website of the Netherlands Willem Mengelberg Society is dedicated to Willem Mengelberg (1871-1951), the legendary conductor.
To the benefit of all music lovers, worldwide, the activities of our Society are focused on the artistic achievements of Willem Mengelberg who, during a period of nearly 50 years, was the chief conductor of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra.

Radio Mengelberg

Beethoven – Symphony no. 3

Willem Mengelberg en het Mahlerfeest van 1920

Mengelbergs Matthäus-Passion (1939) belicht in podcast van Deutschlandfunk Kultur

Stadionconcert door Concertgebouworkest en Residentie Orkest

Willem Mengelberg en Sergei Rachmaninoff

Sergei Rachmaninoff & Willem Mengelberg – Legacy of a Friendship

Film "Het Concertgebouworkest" conducted by Willem Mengelberg

Willem Mengelberg - Interview

News

Najaarsbijeenkomst – zaterdag 7 november 2026

The autumn meeting of the Willem Mengelberg Society will take place on the afternoon of Saturday, November 7. Once again, we will be hosted by the Institute...

CD-box met composities van Willem Mengelberg

Eind 2018 verscheen bij het label Attacca een CD-box met composities van Willem Mengelberg. De box bevat 3 cd’s en 2 dvd’s en is te bestellen in de webshop...

News Updates

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Through the news updates, we will inform you a few times a year about interesting activities or noteworthy information regarding Willem Mengelberg.

Publications

Biografie Willem Mengelberg voltooid

Biografie over Mengelberg in het Duits verschenen

Dossier Willem Mengelberg

Biografie over Mengelberg in het Engels verschenen

Interviews

Interviews over Willem Mengelberg (1984-1985)

Interview Antal Dorati

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