The Orchestre du Collège Néerlendais (OCN) is a student orchestra composed mainly of students from the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris. It was launched in 2019 by Dr. Caroline Hoebens and enjoyed only a short season before the pandemic arrived. I took up the offer of being the musical director of this orchestra for a year now, and it has been a pleasure to work with all the people I’ve met along the way.
For its first out-of-doors event, the OCN held an end of year concert at Fondation des Etats-Unis. Our program included the first movement of Chopin second piano concerto Op.21 with FEU resident pianist Ian Tomaz, the first two movements of Beethoven’s Pastorale Symphony as well as a selection of Christmas carols.
Many thanks to the FEU for the invitation to perform in the beautiful Grand Salon.

With the musicians.