Prelude to the Belgian National Day

Belgian National Orchestra, Yoon & Choi Like every year, on July 20 at 8 pm, we celebrate the National Day with a free concert. This concert is organized by the Queen Elisabeth Competition, in collaboration with the Belgian National Orchestra, with the support of the FPS Chancellery of the Prime Minister and the National Lottery. The event will take place in the presence of the King and Queen, and exceptionally this year, in the magnificent Art Deco hall of NOVUM. The soloist is violinist Elli Choi, Third Prize at the 2024 Queen Elisabeth Competition. She will perform alongside the Belgian National Orchestra conducted by Hankyeol Yoon. The concert opens with The Hebrides (“Fingal’s Cave”) by Felix Mendelssohn. Elli Choi will then perform Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No.1. The orchestra will also perform The Noon Witch by Antonín Dvorák before closing the evening with the famous Waltz from Masquerade by Aram Khachaturian. Bookings (up to two seats per request) will open on this page from Thursday 25 June at 10.00 am. Thank you to the players of the National Lottery. Produced with the support of the FPS Chancellery of the Prime Minister and the Tax Shelter of the Federal Government of Belgium through Casa Kafka Pictures.