Bernard Haitink
Born: 4th March 1929
Nationality: Dutch
Bernard Haitink was born in Amsterdam and studied music at the conservatoire there. He played the violin in orchestras before taking courses in conducting under Ferdinand Leitner in 1954 and 1955. He became Second Conductor of the Netherlands Radio Union Orchestra in 1955. He was principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra from 1967 to 1979, and of the Concertgebouw Orchestra from 1961 to 1988 (jointly with Eugen Jochum until 1964), music director at Glyndebourne from 1978 to 1988 and at the Royal Opera House from 1987 to 1998. From 2002 he has been musical director of the Dresden Staatskapelle. In 1977 he was awarded an honorary knighthood in the Order of the British Empire (KBE).
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Bernard Haitink (1929-2021)
22nd Oct 2021
The great Dutch conductor, widely loved for his kindness and humility as well as his revelatory interpretations of Wagner, Bruckner and Mahler, has died at home in London aged 92.
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Bernard Haitink conducts Mahler's Third Symphony
6th Jan 2017
Katherine listens to Bernard Haitink's new recording of Mahler's Symphony No. 3 with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
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