Herman Krebbers (18 June 1923 –

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2 May 2018) was a Dutch

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ist. Born in

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, Overijssel, Krebbers studied in

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with

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. He gave his first concert at age 10. In 1943, Krebbers debuted with the

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. During the Second World War, he became a member of the ''Nederlandse Kultuurkamer'', under the control of the Third Reich. This subsequently led to a 2-year ban on performances by him after the war. In 1950, Krebbers became co-concertmaster (leader) of the

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, along with his childhood friend Theo Olof. Krebbers became concertmaster of the Concertgebouw Orchestra in 1962. In parallel, he had a career as a soloist and a chamber musician, and taught at the Amsterdam Muzieklyceum (now the Conservatorium van Amsterdam) for many years. Krebbers suffered a shoulder injury from an accident on his boat in 1979, which forced him to resign from the Concertgebouw Orchestra in 1980. He then focused primarily on teaching, with his work at the

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. His students included

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, Vera Beths, Rudolf Koelman, Szymon Krzeszowiec, Jeroen de Groot,

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and

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. He also served as chairman of the jury for the 1996 Leopold Mozart Violin Competition. He curtailed his teaching activities in 2001.

Recordings

* Bach: Concerto for Two Violins with

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conducting (Philips) * Bach: Concerto for Two Violins with Theo Olof, André Rieu sr. conducting (Artone) * Bach: Concerto for violin, strings and continuo with André Rieu Sr. (Artone) * Beethoven: Violin Concerto with

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(Philips) * Brahms: Violin Concerto with Willem Mengelberg 1943 * Brahms: Violin Concerto with Bernard Haitink (Philips) * Dvorak: Violin Concerto with Anton Kersjes (EMI) * Haydn: Violin Concertos with André Rieu Sr. (Artone) * Mozart: Violin Concertos K211 and K218 with

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(Philips) * Nardini: Violin Concerto with André Rieu Sr. (CNR) * Tchaikovsky: Three Souvenirs with Anton Kersjes (EMI) * Vivaldi: Concerto for two violins with André Rieu Sr. (Artone)

References

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