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Ton Koopman
Sign in to saveAlso known as A.G.M. Koopman, Antonius Gerhardus Michael Koopman, Antonius G. J. Koopman
Dutch conductor, organist and harpsichordist, born 2 October 1944
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1944
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Il mondo delle cantate di Bach
- Studies in baroque
- Barokmuziek
- Authenticiteit in de historische uitvoeringspraktijk van de oude muziek
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 57,386
- Total plays
- 871,764
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Ton Koopman was born in Zwolle in 1944. After a classical education he studied organ, harpsichord and musicology in Amsterdam and was awarded the Prix d'Excellence for both instruments. Almost from the beginning of his musical studies he was fascinated with authentic instruments and a performance style based on sound scholarship. Even before completing his studies he laid the foundations for a career as a conductor of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century music and this fascination with the Baroqu
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Place of birth
- Zwolle
- Educated at
- Conservatorium van Amsterdam
- Employer
- Leiden University
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- Dutch
- Student of
- Gustav Leonhardt
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- organ
- Record label
- Erato Records
- Official website
- www.tonkoopman.nl/text/tonkoopman/?lan=2
- Image
- Tonkoopman.jpeg
- Work location
- Bussum
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- member of
- Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
- Commons category
- Ton Koopman
- date of birth
- 1944-10-02
- name in native language
- Antonius G. J. Koopman
- start of work period
- 1965-01-01
- end of work period
- 2012-01-01
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