honorary conductor, chief conductor 1961-1988
Bernard Haitink (1929-2021)
Bernard Haitink was born and trained in Amsterdam. His conducting career began at the Netherlands Radio, where he took part in their intensive conductors’ courses, and wherein 1957 he became the Chief Conductor of the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. He went on to become Chief Conductor of the Concertgebouworkest for 27 years. He is now Patron of the Radio Philharmonic, and Honorary Conductor of the Concertgebouworkest.
He also held positions as Music Director of Glyndebourne Festival Opera, The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, and as Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Staatskapelle Dresden and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He is an honorary member of the Berlin Philharmonic and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
During the 2018/2019 season Bernard Haitink returned to the Chicago Symphony, the Concertgebouworkest, and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestras. The London Symphony Orchestra marked his birthday in March with a series of concerts, and he also conducted the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra Mozart, the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestras, as well as the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, with whom he performed his first public concert in 1954.
Bernard Haitink has received many awards and honours in recognition of his services to music, including Musical America’s Musician of the Year and the Gramophone Lifetime Achievement Award. He has been made a Commander of the Order of the Netherlands Lion, and an honorary Companion of Honour in the UK, and received honorary doctorates from the University of Oxford and the Royal College of Music.
In the 2018/2019 season, during which he celebrated his 90th birthday and a 65 year conducting career, Bernard Haitink announced a sabbatical. In September 2019 he retired, after having conducted his final concert with the Wiener Philharmoniker at the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland.
Bernard Haitink was born and trained in Amsterdam. His conducting career began at the Netherlands Radio, where he took part in their intensive conductors’ courses, and wherein 1957 he became the Chief Conductor of the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. He went on to become Chief Conductor of the Concertgebouworkest for 27 years. He is now Patron of the Radio Philharmonic, and Honorary Conductor of the Concertgebouworkest.
He also held positions as Music Director of Glyndebourne Festival Opera, The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, and as Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Staatskapelle Dresden and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He is an honorary member of the Berlin Philharmonic and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
During the 2018/2019 season Bernard Haitink returned to the Chicago Symphony, the Concertgebouworkest, and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestras. The London Symphony Orchestra marked his birthday in March with a series of concerts, and he also conducted the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra Mozart, the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestras, as well as the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, with whom he performed his first public concert in 1954.
Bernard Haitink has received many awards and honours in recognition of his services to music, including Musical America’s Musician of the Year and the Gramophone Lifetime Achievement Award. He has been made a Commander of the Order of the Netherlands Lion, and an honorary Companion of Honour in the UK, and received honorary doctorates from the University of Oxford and the Royal College of Music.
In the 2018/2019 season, during which he celebrated his 90th birthday and a 65 year conducting career, Bernard Haitink announced a sabbatical. In September 2019 he retired, after having conducted his final concert with the Wiener Philharmoniker at the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland.
Bernard Haitink was born and trained in Amsterdam. His conducting career began at the Netherlands Radio, where he took part in their intensive conductors’ courses, and wherein 1957 he became the Chief Conductor of the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. He went on to become Chief Conductor of the Concertgebouworkest for 27 years. He is now Patron of the Radio Philharmonic, and Honorary Conductor of the Concertgebouworkest.
He also held positions as Music Director of Glyndebourne Festival Opera, The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, and as Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Staatskapelle Dresden and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He is an honorary member of the Berlin Philharmonic and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
During the 2018/2019 season Bernard Haitink returned to the Chicago Symphony, the Concertgebouworkest, and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestras. The London Symphony Orchestra marked his birthday in March with a series of concerts, and he also conducted the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra Mozart, the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestras, as well as the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, with whom he performed his first public concert in 1954.
Bernard Haitink has received many awards and honours in recognition of his services to music, including Musical America’s Musician of the Year and the Gramophone Lifetime Achievement Award. He has been made a Commander of the Order of the Netherlands Lion, and an honorary Companion of Honour in the UK, and received honorary doctorates from the University of Oxford and the Royal College of Music.
In the 2018/2019 season, during which he celebrated his 90th birthday and a 65 year conducting career, Bernard Haitink announced a sabbatical. In September 2019 he retired, after having conducted his final concert with the Wiener Philharmoniker at the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland.
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Bernard Haitink ** - conductor MCR Studio London 060908 Credit: © CLIVE BARDA/ ArenaPAL; image: ©2010 Clive Barda clivebarda@pobox.com +44(0)20 8579 5202 -
10/31/13 9:03:11 PM Chicago Symphony Orchestra Bernard Haitink Conductor Emanuel Ax Piano Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27 Bruckner Symphony No. 4 (Romantic) © Todd Rosenberg Photography 2013 image: (2013) Todd Rosenberg
Bernard Haitink (1929-2021)
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1959 - Bernard Haitink conducts the Concertgebouworkest (photo: Maria Austria) -
1959 - Bernard Haitink (photo: Maria Austria) -
1968 - Bernard Haitink relaxes during the tour to Japan -
1969 - Bernard Haitink listens to the recording of Bruckner's Second Symphony during a recording session. -
1971 - Bernard Haitink leads a rehearsal of the Concertgebouworkest (photo: Frits van Swoll) -
1978 - Unveiling of the painted portrait of Bernard Haitink on the stage of the Great Hall of the Concertgebouw (photo: Kors van Bennekom) -
1978 - Bernard Haitink gives his word of thanks after the unveiling of his painted portrait (photo: Kors van Bennekom) -
1979 - Recording of the Brahms Double Concerto with violinist Itzhak Perlman and cellist Mstislav Rostropovich conducted by Bernard Haitink -
1980 - recording session for Decca with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Julia Varády conducted by Bernard Haitink -
1982 - Bernard Haitink and the Concertgebouworkest receive a round of applause after a performance of Mahler's Third Symphony. Concertmaster is Jaap van Zweden. (photo: R. Friedrich) -
1982 - Bernard Haitink conducts a rehearsal. (photo: Robert Schlingemann) -
1983 - Bernard Haitink with pianist Alfred Brendel during a rehearsal in Bonn (photo: Peter Keller) -
1983 - Edison award winners Bernard Haitink (left) and Vladimir Ashkenazy (center) (photo: ANP) -
1988 - Farewell concert by Bernard Haitink as chief conductor of the Concertgebouworkest (photo: Kors van Bennekom) -
1988 - Bernard Haitink leaves the stage and the Concertgebouworkest after his farewell concert as chief conductor (photo: Kors van Bennekom) -
2017 - Bernard Haitink is promoted to Commander in the Order of the Netherlands Lion. (photo: Mladen Pikulic) (photo: Mladen Pikulic) -
2018 - Bernard Haitink (photo: Milagro Elstak)
