He's not driven by the huge overblown egos of certain other conductors!. It's like a breath of fresh air! The way he loves music, and respects and reveres the great composers, and how he sees his role, is exactly as it should be: as a medium between the composer and the players and the listeners. When Haitink was awarded Gramophone magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015, pianist András Schiff remarked of his friend and colleague, "Bernard is unique because, of all the conductors I know, he has the least ego. At last he acquiesced - and it became the beginning of his six-decade association with that orchestra, which he led as chief conductor for 27 years before becoming its honorary conductor. A scherzo takes the minuets place, giving the composition even greater scope and energy.
Around this time, his deafness was becoming more apparent and he began to realize that it might be incurable. In 1956, Haitink was asked to step in for conductor Carlo Maria Giulini at the Concertgebouw at first, he said no, saying that he wasn't ready for the opportunity. 2, is a work in four movements written by Beethoven between 1801-2 and dedicated to Karl Alois, Prince Lichnowsky. Shortly thereafter, he became conductor of the radio orchestra - and perhaps it was his own experience, sitting in the back ranks of the violins, that made him so sensitive to the players as well as to the score. He won a seat as a second violinist in the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, but soon began studying conducting as well. Haitink started out playing violin at age 9, and went on to study at the Amsterdam Conservatory. His management company, Askonas Holt, announced his death, saying that he died "peacefully at home." No cause was given. He made some 450 recordings of orchestral music and opera, ranging from Mozart's Don Giovanni to a complete cycle of Shostakovich's symphonies, as well as complete cycles of the symphonies by Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler and Beethoven (the last three times: with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Concertgebouw and the London Symphony Orchestra). principal conductor of both the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the London Philharmonic and principal guest conductor and then conductor emeritus of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Over the course of his long career, Haitink served as the chief conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam music director of The Royal Opera, Covent Garden and Glyndebourne Festival Opera in the U.K. The range of his work gives a glimpse of how much he was admired and beloved both in Europe and the U.S., particularly by orchestras and soloists who hailed him as a musician's musician, prizing the work itself over showboating and glamor.
Renowned Dutch conductor Bernard Haitink died Thursday at age 92. The conductor Bernard Haitink leading the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in an undated photo.
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