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Otterloo
Van Otterloo is a Dutch language, Dutch toponymic surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Gerrit-Jan van Otterloo, Dutch politician *Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch composer and conductor *, Dutch actor *Willem van Otterloo, Dutch conductor, cellist and composer See also *Otterlo {{surname Dutch-language surnames Surnames of Dutch origin Toponymic surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willem Van Otterloo
Jan Willem van Otterloo (27 December 190727 July 1978) was a Dutch conductor, cellist and composer. 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 van Otterloo (née 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 his last 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, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |