We Make Waves
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Positive change
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We Make Waves
Creating sound waves is just the beginning for the orchestra. Their music has an emotional, social, cultural and innovative impact on humans, society and the future. We described the brand essence of the orchestra as ‘We make Waves’. Combined with new brand values the brand essence gave direction to impactful programming and concepts.
There are so many forms of music possible. Offline and online. With this we can continue to touch people worldwide.
” George Wiegel, directeur RPHO
Open to Wonder
For the opening of the new season, the brand essence was translated into a sensory campaign with musical and Augmented Reality experiences that symbolized the effect that the orchestra has on your mind, heart and body. Imagination, rapture, expectation… wonder!
Digital Future Scoping
The playing field for orchestras is changing. It isn’t a given anymore to have your audience come to the venue. At the same time we notice a lot of possibilities to inspire people with music and rich (digital) experiences. In a Future Scoping Sprint we explored these and other trends, and created a desired future vision and a concrete roadmap to ‘3 horizons’. In short: in 2030 the Rotterdam is a symphonic orchestra fascinated by the future standing on the foundations of her past.
Wow! It’s Beethoven
In 2020 the traditional month of Beethoven in December was celebrated digitally by the orchestra. With the concept WOW! It’s Beethoven the orchestra did more than livestream 9 symphonies: December was full of surprises. One of them was an Instagram filter, which brought Beethoven directly into your living room.
Academy
In season 21/22 the orchestra starts its own academy, where young talent is (further) educated to become an orchestra musician. Based on insights from interviews with old-academics we developed the promise of the academy: We future proof symphonic careers. From this derived concepts for program components, like ‘Learn to play Digital first’, and ‘Explore the future of the orchestra’ and creative content formats. The academy with its own, young, target audience, calls for a fresh design, with logo, color pallet and own font.
Wonder as a service
Would you like to know more about our work for the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra? We've orchestrated an online experience that activates a new audience's wonderlust while engaging traditional audiences with intuitive flows. Wonder, as a service!
