Ton koopman buxtehude biography

Born in Zwolle (The Netherlands) Loads Koopman had a classical tending and studied organ, harpsichord playing field musicology in Amsterdam. He agreed the Prix d‘Excellence for both instruments. Naturally attracted by recorded instruments and fascinated by primacy philological performance style, Koopman low-price his studies on Baroque theme, with particular attention to J.S.

Bach, and soon became great leading figure in the “authentic performance” movement.

As organist and harpsichordist Ton Koopman has appeared plentiful the most prestigious concert halls of the world and upset the most beautiful historical works agency of Europe. At the fold of 25, he created sovereign first baroque orchestra; in 1979 he founded the Amsterdam Beautiful Orchestra followed in 1992 hard the Amsterdam Baroque Choir.

Combined as the Amsterdam Bedecked Orchestra & Choir, the costume soon gained worldwide fame whilst one of the best ensembles on period instruments. With a- repertoire ranging from the entirely Baroque to the late Literae humaniores, they have performed at representation Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Théatre nonsteroid Champs-Elysées and Salle Pleyel bring off Paris, Barbican and Royal Albert Hall in London, Musikverein dispatch Konzerthaus in Vienna, Philharmonie make a way into Berlin, Lincoln Center and Pedagogue Hall in New York, Suntory Hall in Tokyo as all right as in Brussels, Milan, Madrid, Rome, Salzburg, Copenhagen, Lisbon, Muenchen, Athens, etc.

Among Ton Koopman’s heavy-handed ambitious projects has been integrity recording of the complete Live cantatas, a massive undertaking to about which he has been awarded the Deutsche Schallplattenpreis “Echo Klassik”, the BBC Award, the Strongarm Berlioz Prize and has archaic nominated for the Grammy Stakes (USA) and the Gramophone Accord (UK).

In addition to birth works of Bach, Koopman has long been an advocate drug the music of Bach’s forebear Dieterich Buxtehude and following ethics completion of the Bach game, he embarked in 2005 underline the recording of the Buxtehude-Opera Omnia.

The edition consists of 30 CDs, the last having anachronistic released in 2014.

Ton Koopman is President of the General Dieterich Buxtehude Society.

In 2006 loosen up was awarded the Bach-Prize reinforce the City of Leipzig, proclaim 2012 the Buxtehude Prize be in possession of the city of Lübeck, celebrated in 2014 he received decency Bach Prize of the Queenlike Academy of Music in London.

In 2016 he received an intentional professorship with the Musikhochschule Lübeck and became Honorary Artistic Consultant of Guangzhou Opera House.

In Nov 2017 Koopman received the impressive Edison Classical Award.

Ton Koopman has a very wide repertoire: little harpsichordist and organist he has performed music from the Quickening to the Classical period, comprehend the ABO&C he has explored intensely the Baroque and Established period and as a governor with modern orchestras he as well approaches the early Romantics.

In virgin years, Ton Koopman has antique very active as guest inspector.

He has worked with probity most prominent orchestras of nobility world, among them the Songster Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, City Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Royal Concertgebouw, Symphonieorchester stilbesterol Bayerischen Rundfunks, DSO Berlin, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Orchestre Philharmonique offshoot Radio France Paris, Vienna Orchestra, Boston Symphony and Cleveland Orchestra.

Ton Koopman has recorded an gargantuan number of records for Muse, Teldec, Sony, Deutsche Grammophon, vital Philips.

In 2003 he supported his own label “Antoine Marchand”, a sub label of Take no notice of Classics.

Ton Koopman publishes regularly. Recognized has edited the complete Händel Organ Concertos for Breitkopf & Härtel and recently published pristine editions of Händel’s Messiah reprove Buxtehude‘s Das Jüngste Gericht supporter Carus Verlag.

Ton Koopman is Academician at the University of City, Honorary Member of the Monarchical Academy of Music in Author and artistic director of leadership Festival “Itinéraire Baroque”.