![]() During his tenure his substantial recording output with the orchestra included Bruckner, Mahler, Schumann, and Tchaikovsky symphony cycles, as well as works by Strauss, Shostakovich, Ravel, Debussy, Brahms, Beethoven and Bartók.īernard Haitink also held posts as Principal Conductor or Music Director with: the London Philharmonic Orchestra (1967-1979) Glyndebourne Festival Opera (1978-1988) Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (1987-2002) Staatskapelle Dresden (2002-2004) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (2006-2010). In 1956, he made his debut with the Concertgebouworkest, and became its Principal Conductor in 1961, a position he held until 1988. His first concert conducting the Netherlands Radio Union Orchestra (later the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest) in 1954 led to roles as the orchestra’s second conductor and, in 1957, its Chief Conductor. ![]() ![]() With an international conducting career that spanned over 60 years, Bernard Haitink is considered to have been one of the most celebrated conductors of his generation.īorn in 1929 in Amsterdam, Haitink studied the violin and conducting at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, later studying with the German conductor Ferdinand Leitner. ![]()
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