English-Dutch translations for orchestra

• orkest
  Er waren een orkest en een koor, en het volkslied was te horen. En begonnen we vandaag ook niet met het volkslied? We had an orchestra, we had the anthem, we had a choir; we started today, did we not, with the anthem.
  De Russische president Vladimir Poetin werd in Lahti uitgenodigd om als solist van het EU-orkest op te treden. Russian President Vladimir Putin was invited to Lahti to play solo with the EU orchestra.
  U, mevrouw Ashton, bent nu de stem van Europa, en met de Dienst voor extern optreden krijgt u een fantastisch orkest. You, Baroness Ashton, are now the voice of Europe, and with the External Action Service, you are getting a splendid orchestra.
• orkestbak
• orkestra

Definition of orchestra

• A large group of musicians who play together on various instruments, usually including some from strings, woodwind, brass and/or percussion; the instruments played by such a group
• The area in a theatre or concert hall where the musicians sit, immediately in front of and below the stage, sometimes used by other performers

Related words

• orchestral
• orchestrate
• orchestration
• orchestrator
• orchestra pit
• orchestral music
• symphony orchestra
• chamber orchestra
• string orchestra