Frans Brüggen (born October 30, 1934, Amsterdam) is a Dutch conductor, recorder player and baroque flutist. He is the uncle of recorder soloist and Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet member, Daniël Brüggen.
Brüggen studied recorder and flute at the Amsterdam Muzieklyceum. He also studied musicology at the University of Amsterdam. In 1955, at the age of 21, he was appointed professor at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. He has been a visiting pro...
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Frans Brüggen (born October 30, 1934, Amsterdam) is a Dutch conductor, recorder player and baroque flutist. He is the uncle of recorder soloist and Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet member, Daniël Brüggen.
Brüggen studied recorder and flute at the Amsterdam Muzieklyceum. He also studied musicology at the University of Amsterdam. In 1955, at the age of 21, he was appointed professor at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. He has been a visiting professor at Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley.
In addition to his career as a soloist in the baroque repertoire, Brüggen co-founded the Orchestra of the 18th Century (Orkest van de Achttiende Eeuw) in 1981, along with Sieuwert Verster. He has conducted many leading European orchestras, including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. He was the conductor of the Radio Kamerorkest from 1991 to 1994, and joint chief conductor of the orchestra, alongside Peter Eötvös, from 2001 until the dissolution of the orchestra in 2005....
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