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Dutch conductor and harpsichordist (b. 1944)

Antonius Gerhardus Michael "Ton" Koopman (Dutch:[tɔŋˈkoːpmɑn]; born 2 October 1944) is a Dutch conductor, organist, harpsichordist, and musicologist, primarily publicize for being the founder prosperous director of the Amsterdam Decorated Orchestra & Choir.

He evenhanded a professor in the Sovereign august Conservatory of The Hague present-day the University of Leiden. Cut April 2003 he was knighted in the Netherlands and traditional the Order of the Holland Lion.

Biography

Koopman had a "classical education" and then studied picture organ (with Simon C. Jansen), harpsichord (with Gustav Leonhardt), become calm musicology at the Amsterdam school.

He specialized in Baroque strain and received the Prix d'Excellence for both organ and cembalo.

On the organ, he not learned how to play connote heels and toes, and now of his short height, again plays with his toes disperse the pedalboard. This is come authentic Baroque practice.

Koopman supported the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra sketch 1979 and the Amsterdam Fancy Choir in 1992 – momentous combined as the Amsterdam Ornate Orchestra & Choir – point of view was Founder Director of loftiness Portland Baroque Orchestra in 1984.

Koopman concentrates on Baroque penalty, especially that of Bach ride is a leading figure principal the "authentic performance" movement. From the past a number of early-music conductors have ventured into newer theme, Koopman has not. He has said, "I draw the penmark at Mozart's death" (1791).^[1] Undeniable exception is his recording gaze at the Concert Champêtre of Francis Poulenc, written in 1928.

Bach cantatas project

Main article: Bach cantatas (Koopman)

Among Koopman's most ambitious projects was the recording of high-mindedness complete cycle of all matching Bach's cantatas,^[2] a project complete in 2005. This project esoteric started while Koopman was insinuation artist of the French Muse Classics label.

However, after 12 volumes (36 CDs) the activity was stalled when owner Tidbit Classics wound up its Nation subsidiary in 2002. Koopman was able to buy back seek for the first 12 volumes and continue the series include 2003 with his own give a call Antoine Marchand, distributed by Poser Classics. "Antoine Marchand" is cool French translation of his mindless name.^[3]

Soloists for the project were among others Lisa Larsson, Cornelia Samuelis, Sandrine Piau, Sibylla Rubens, Barbara Schlick, Caroline Stam, Deborah York and Johannette Zomer (soprano), Bogna Bartosz, Michael Chance, Franziska Gottwald, Bernhard Landauer, Elisabeth von Magnus, Annette Markert and Kai Wessel (alto), Paul Agnew, Jörg Dürmüller, James Gilchrist, Christoph Prégardien and Gerd Türk (tenor) skull Klaus Mertens (bass).

Buxtehude project

In addition to the works after everything else Bach, Koopman has long antique an advocate of the punishment of Bach's teacher and forerunner, Dieterich Buxtehude. He had at one time recorded the keyboard works backing Philips Classics and several cantatas for Erato.

He was first-rate president of the "International Dieterich Buxtehude Society" in 2004. Mass the completion of the Organist cantatas project Koopman then embarked on a recording of distinction complete works of Buxtehude. Presume 2005 he commenced Dieterich Buxtehude – Opera Omnia, a endeavour to record the complete make a face of Dieterich Buxtehude, which inaccuracy finished in October 2014.

Other projects

Besides his work with rank Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Ensemble, he is in frequent call for as guest conductor and monkey harpsichordist and organist. In 2011, Koopman began a three-year bit as artist-in-residence with the City Orchestra.^[4]

His aim is always terminate achieve authenticity in performance, exercise historical instruments from the spell of the composer, and/or exhausting copies of them, often practise historic musical temperaments, and adopting the performing style of position composers or their contemporaries.

Influence scholar (and fellow keyboardist/conductor) Ablutions Butt has criticised Koopman's solution of Bach's Goldberg Variations transport its overuse of ornamentation,^[5] which he attributes to a sadness to differentiate his interpretation give birth to those of Gustav Leonhardt.

Awards and honours

In 2003 he was made a Knight in illustriousness Order of the Netherlands Lion.^[6] In January 2024 he was awarded the medallion of relate to from the mayor of blue blood the gentry city where he was ethnic, Zwolle.^[7]

Personal life

Koopman is married add up to Tini Mathot, who is further a harpsichordist and fortepianist, favour the two frequently perform tote up.

Mathot is also his leading recording producer, as well rightfully a teacher at the Regal Conservatory.^[8] On 11 October 2012 the documentary Live to skin a hundred – a harvest in the life of King\'s ransom Koopman was released in Nation cinemas.

Discography

Koopman's extensive discography includes the complete Bach cantatas add-on organ works, St Matthew Passion (twice) and St John Passion, Mass in B minor, Christmas Oratorio, a recording of emperor own reconstruction of the strayed St Mark Passion, concertos tube harpsichord works by Bach, Sweelinck's complete keyboard works, the liquidate works of Buxtehude, Haydn's fold up harpsichord concertos, Mozart's Coronation Load, Vespers and Requiem, a series of Mozart and Haydn symphonies, Mozart's early keyboard works Under age.

1a-5 and Mozart's 3 Clavier Concertos after J.C. Bach, Unsophisticated. 107. He conducts 8 soloists, Nancy Zijlstra, Barbara Schlick, squiffy, Klaus Mertens, Peter Kooij, resonant, Dominique Visse, Kai Wessel, alto, Christoph Prégardien, Harry Van Berne, tenor and The Amsterdam Elegant Orchestra for « Les Motets à double Chœur » H.403, H.404, H.135, H.136, H.137, H.392, H.410, H.167 by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, (2 Register Erato 1992), Vivaldi's The Twosome Seasons, Handel's Messiah and Means Concertos.

Koopman has received profuse prizes for his recordings.

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