Frans Brüggen

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Frans Brüggen was a renowned Dutch recorder virtuoso and conductor, celebrated as a leading figure in the early music and historically informed performance movement.

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instanceOf conductor
human
musicologist
recorder player
university teacher
associatedAct Gustav Leonhardt NERFINISHED
Nikolaus Harnoncourt NERFINISHED
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century NERFINISHED
awardReceived Order of the Netherlands Lion NERFINISHED
Royal Philharmonic Society Award NERFINISHED
birthName Franciscus Jozef Brüggen NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath illness
countryOfCitizenship Netherlands
dateOfBirth 1934-10-30
dateOfDeath 2014-08-13
employer Harvard University
Royal Academy of Music, London NERFINISHED
Royal Conservatory of The Hague NERFINISHED
University of California, Berkeley
fieldOfWork early music performance
historically informed performance practice
musicology
founded Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century NERFINISHED
genre Baroque music
early music
instrument blockflute
recorder
languageOfWorkOrName Dutch
movement historically informed performance
name Frans Brüggen NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Dutch
notableFor pioneering historically informed performances of Baroque and Classical repertoire
revival of the recorder as a serious concert instrument
notableStudent Kees Boeke NERFINISHED
Marion Verbruggen NERFINISHED
Walter van Hauwe NERFINISHED
notableWork Beethoven symphony cycle with Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century NERFINISHED
recordings of J. S. Bach’s flute sonatas on recorder
recordings of Telemann’s recorder suites
recordings of Vivaldi’s recorder concertos
occupation conductor
musicologist
recorder player
university teacher
placeOfBirth Amsterdam, Netherlands NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Amsterdam, Netherlands NERFINISHED
positionHeld co-founder and conductor of the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century
residence Amsterdam, Netherlands NERFINISHED
spouse Diana Baroni NERFINISHED

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