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Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

The Antwerp Symphony Orchestra is the symphony orchestra of Flanders and is based in the Queen Elisabeth Hall in Antwerp.
Organization orchestra Q2663798

Facts

11 properties
Instance of
orchestra
Field of work
performing arts, orchestra[2][3]
Inception
1956[8]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 1956-01-01 GND (DNB) 2017 edition 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0 ↗
Country
Belgium[5]
Genre
classical music[6]
Official website
www.antwerpsymphonyorchestra.be[10]
Archives at
Letterenhuis[7]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Antwerp[4]
Location of formation
Antwerp[9]
Native label
Antwerp Symphony Orchestra[11]
Start of work period
1937[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en Koninklijk Filharmonisch Orkest Van Vlaanderen en Koninklijke Filharmonie van Vlaanderen (Royal Flemish Philharmonic) en Antwerp Symphony Orchestra en Philharmonie Van Antwerpen cs Antverpský symfonický orchestr es Orquesta Sinfónica de Amberes fi DeFilharmonie fr Orchestre symphonique d'Anvers he הפילהרמונית המלכותית של פלנדריה ja アントワープ交響楽団 ja フランダース・フィルハーモニー管弦楽団 ja ロイヤル・フランダース・フィルハーモニー管弦楽団 ja 王立フランダース・フィルハーモニー管弦楽団 ko 앤트워프 심포니 오케스트라 nl De Philharmonie van Antwerpen nl De filharmonie nl Filharmonisch Orkest van Vlaanderen nl Koninklijke Filharmonie van Vlaanderen nl Koninklijk Filharmonisch Orkest van Vlaanderen nl Philharmonie van Antwerpen
🔖 Identifiers · 20
VIAF cluster ID
156108121
GND ID
1153506114
BBC Things ID
a010f325-701c-4efb-bc80-ac9b404d3a43
Bandsintown artist ID
14557584
Deezer artist ID
13497321
Discogs artist ID
6.5M (1.1M–6.5M, n=4)
Facebook username
antwerpsymphonyorchestra
Flanders Arts Institute organisation ID (former scheme)
371448
Freebase ID
/m/04q7rzh
IdRef ID
178110604
Instagram username
antwerpsymphonyorchestra
Kunstenpunt Knowledge Graph ID
10cc
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LinkedIn company or organization ID
antwerp-symphony-orchestra
MusicBrainz artist ID
e40c9f67-de04-49a2-9fa1-3f0770da7a33
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000233975, M00000248251, M00000255898, M00000283264
ODIS ID
OR_13230
Quora topic ID
Royal-Flemish-Philharmonic
Songkick artist ID
9963454
Spotify artist ID
36uJQnD4PRdIcNPdkEUb6q
Topic's main category
Category:Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

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Source
GND (DNB)
Edition
20260930 · as of 2026-09-30 · newer edition 20261015 landed
Licence
CC0 1.0
Credit
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DNB GND open data: CC0 1.0 as stated by data.dnb.de's own /opendata/ listing. Person records (names, birth/death dates and places, gender, occupations, variant names) internal-only; gnd keys of persons marked entity: person.
🔗 Connections
← Mb:member of band 19
Peter Verhoyen, Benny Wiame, Jan De Maeyer, Piet Van Bockstal, Theo Mertens, Aldo Baerten, Armand Van de Velde, Benjamin Dieltjens +11 more
← Mb:conductor position 13
Elim Chan, Philippe Herreweghe, Jaap van Zweden, Edo de Waart, Enrique Jordá, Muhai Tang, Eduard Flipse, Emil Tschakarow +5 more
Field of work 2
orchestra, performing arts
← Mb:artistic director 2
Jan Raes, Joost Maegerman
Archives at 1
Letterenhuis
Country 1
Belgium
Genre 1
classical music
Instance of 1
orchestra
Kunstenpunt Knowledge Graph ID 1
10cc
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Antwerp
Location of formation 1
Antwerp
← Mb:composer in residence 1
Wim Henderickx
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Summary

Antwerp Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra[1].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Orchestra[13]

  • Country: BE[14]

  • Began / founded: 1955-11[15]

  • Genre(s): classical[16]

  • Community tags: belgian orchestra, classical, symphony orchestra[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: e40c9f67-de04-49a2-9fa1-3f0770da7a33[18]

Body

Industry

Fields of work include performing arts[2], a type of arts[19] and orchestra[3], a type of musical group[20].

Related Entities

Belgium

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . archiefbank.be. archiefbank.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Antwerp
    Wikipedia languages → ['cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'fr', 'he', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'nl', 'pl', 'pt', '
    Website → —
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