Willem van Otterloo

Willem van Otterloo
Willem van Otterloo
Background information
Birth name Jan Willem van Otterloo
Born December 27, 1907(1907-12-27)
Netherlands Winterswijk, Netherlands
Died July 27, 1978(1978-07-27) (aged 70)
Melbourne, Australia
Genres Classical
Occupations Conductor, pedagogue
Associated acts Residentie Orchestra
Sydney Symphony

Jan Willem van Otterloo (December 27, 1907 – July 27, 1978) was a Dutch conductor, cellist and composer.

Contents

Biography

Van Otterloo was born in Winterswijk, Gelderland, in the Netherlands, the son of William Frederik van Otterloo, a railway inspector, and his wife Anna Catharina Enderlé. He qualified to study medicine at Utrecht University but switched to studying cello and composition at the Amsterdam Conservatoire. While playing as a cellist in the Utrecht Stedelijk Orkest, he won a composition prize from the Concertgebouw Orchestra for his Suite No. 3, which he presented in his 1932 conducting debut, also with that orchestra. He held posts with the Utrecht Stedelijk Orkest, before being appointed chief conductor of the Residentie Orkest in The Hague (1949–1973).

He spent 11 years in Australia. From 1967 to 1970 he was chief conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and in 1971 he was appointed chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, where he remained until 1978.

Particularly prized for his performances of newer music, he made recordings, mostly for Philips Records, with Residentie Orkest, Concertgebouworkest, Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Vienna Symphony, Orchestre Lamoureux and the Sydney Symphony.

He died in East St Kilda, Melbourne in 1978 from injuries suffered in an automobile accident. This occurred not long after his farewell performance with the Sydney Symphony. His body was flown to The Hague for cremation.

His notable students include Graham George and Miroslav Miletić.

Personal life

Van Otterloo was married and divorced four times in the Netherlands.[1] He married Elisabeth ter Hoeve on August 1, 1935 (divorce 1938). On April 22, 1941 he married Anette Jacoba Adriana Heukers, with whom in December of that year he had a son, Rogier van Otterloo (1941–1988) [1], who would become a well-known conductor in the Netherlands as well. He and Anette divorced in April 1943, but remarried April 28, 1944. They would have another son and two daughters, but divorced again on September 20, 1954. Ten days later he married Susanne Maria Anna Wildmann with whom he had another daughter. A month after his fourth divorce, he married Carola Gertie Ludewig (born 1945) on 12 August 1970 in Australia.

Compositions

  • Suite (1938)
  • Symphoniëtta for 16 Wind Instruments (1943)
  • Serenade (1944)

Discography

  • Willem Van Otterloo and Residentie Orkest: The Original Recordings 1950-1960. 13 CDs. Challenge Classics, CC 72142

References

  1. ^ http://www.inghist.nl/Instituut/Onderzoek/Projecten/BWN/lemmata/bwn2/otterloo Biography at the Institute for Dutch History (Dutch)

External links

Preceded by
Frits Schuurman
Principal Conductor, Residentie Orkest
1949–1973
Succeeded by
Jean Martinon



Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Rogier van Otterloo — (* 11. Dezember 1941 in Amsterdam; † 29. Januar 1988 in Bilthoven) war ein niederländischer Jazz Bigbandleader, Arrangeur und Komponist Er war der älteste Sohn des Dirigenten und Komponisten Willem van Otterloo (1907 – 1978). Zunächst lernte er… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Otterloo — Rogier van Otterloo (* 11. Dezember 1941 in Amsterdam; † 29. Januar 1988 in Bilthoven) war ein niederländischer Jazz Bigbandleader, Arrangeur und Komponist Er war der älteste Sohn des Dirigenten und Komponisten Willem van Otterloo (1907 – 1978).… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Otterloo — Ọtterloo,   Jan Willem van, niederländischer Dirigent, * Winterswijk 27. 12. 1907, ✝ Melbourne 27. 7. 1978; leitete 1949 73 das Residentie Orkest Den Haag, daneben 1952 55 das Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Hilversum und 1967 68 das Melbourne… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Lex van Delden — Lex van Delden, born Alexander Zwaap, 10 September 1919 1 July 1988) was a Dutch composer. Early life and educationBorn Alexander Zwaap in Amsterdam (the Netherlands) as the only child of Wolf Zwaap, a school teacher, and his wife Sara Olivier,… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Dutch people — This is a list of Dutch people who are famous and/or have an article:Art Architecture *Jaap Bakema (1914 1981) *Hendrik Petrus Berlage (1856 1934) *Jo van den Broek (1898 1978) *Pierre Cuypers (1827 1921) *Willem Marinus Dudok (1884 1974) *Aldo… …   Wikipedia

  • Residentie Orchestra — The Residentie Orchestra of the Hague is a Dutch orchestra founded in 1904 by Henri Viotta. It received its first acclaim during the 1911 Richard Strauss Festival, in which the composer himself conducted some of his works. The orchestra soon… …   Wikipedia

  • Оттерло, Ян Виллем ван — В Википедии есть статьи о других людях с такой фамилией, см. Оттерло. Ян Виллем ван Оттерло нидерл. Jan Willem van Otterloo …   Википедия

  • John Blot — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Blot. John Blot Naissance 10 mars  …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Liste niederländischer Komponisten klassischer Musik — Inhaltsverzeichnis A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Michel van der Aa (* 1970) Peter Adriaansz (* 1944) Henk Alkema (* 1943) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Melbourne Symphony Orchestra — performing in the 2005 Classical Spectacular Background information Also known as MSO …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”