High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Dutch: Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest, pronounced ) is a symphony orchestra of the Netherlands, based at the Concertgebouw (concert hall) in Amsterdam. In 1988, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands conferred the "Royal" title upon the orchestra. In December 2008, a group of top critics invited by Gramophone ranked the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra as the top symphony orchestra in the world.