Jan Dahmen (30 June 1898 – 20 December 1957) was a Dutch violinist. He was the first concertmaster of the

Staatskapelle Dresden The Staatskapelle Dresden (known formally as the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden) is a German orchestra based in Dresden, the capital of Saxony. Founded in 1548 by Maurice, Elector of Saxony, it is one of the world's oldest and most highly re ...

and of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam.

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Born in

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, Dahmen came from a Dutch family of musicians of German descent. He was a student of André Spoor in The Hague and

Carl Flesch Carl Flesch (born Károly Flesch, 9 October 1873 – 14 November 1944) was a Hungarian violinist and teacher. Flesch’s compendium ''Scale System'' is a staple of violin pedagogy. Life and career Flesch was born in Moson (now part of Mosonmagy ...

in Berlin.Nelly Backhausen, Axel Kjerulf (ed.): ''Musikkens Hvem-Hvad-Hvor. Politikens Musikleksikon''. Vol. 2: ''Biografier A–Q''. 2nd edition, Politikens Forlag, Kopenhagen 1950, . In 1916, he won a gold medal in The Hague.Anton van Oirschot (ed.): ''Encyclopedie van Noord-Brabant''. Vol. 1: ''A–F''. Market Books, Baarn 1985, . At the age of 21 (January 1920) he became concert master II under Arthur Nikisch.Gerassimos Avgerinos: ''Künstler-Biographien: die Mitglieder im Berliner Philharmonischen Orchester von 1882–1972''. Self edited, Berlin 1972, . of the Berliner Philharmonischen Orchestra. He left the orchestra in August 1922. In 1922/23, he was primarius of the Dresden String Quartet. From 1924 to 1945, he was 1st concertmaster of the

, which was conducted during his term of office by

Fritz Busch Fritz Busch (13 March 1890 – 14 September 1951) was a German conductor. Busch was born in Siegen, Westphalia, to a musical family, and studied at the Cologne Conservatory. After army service in the First World War, he was appointed to senior p ...

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and

Karl Elmendorff Karl Eduard Maria Elmendorff (October 25, 1891 – October 21, 1962) was a German opera conductor. Born in Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian language, Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; ...

. Tours led him through Europe and to

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. As Primarius, he was the leader of the Jan Dahmen String Quartet from 1938 to 1943. He also taught at the orchestra school of the Sächsische Staatskapelle. Ortrun Landmann: ''Namenverzeichnisse der Sächsischen Staatskapelle Dresden: eigene Benennungen, Namen der Administratoren, der musikalischen Leiter und der ehemaligen Mitglieder von 1548 bis 2013, in systematisch-chronologischer Folge''. Vorgelegt 2013, updated and corrected annually since then (as of August 2017),
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. His students included among others

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, Folker Göthel, Henry Meyer, Erich MuckHans-Rainer Jung: ''Das Gewandhaus-Orchester. Seine Mitglieder und seine Geschichte seit 1743.'' Faber & Faber, Leipzig 2006, , . and Wolfgang Schulze). From 1946 to 1948, Dahmen was concertmaster of the

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conducted by

Issay Dobrowen Issay Alexandrovich Dobrowen (russian: Исай Александрович Добровейн; in Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire9 December 1953, Oslo, Norway), born Itschok Zorachovitch Barabeitchik, was a Russian/Soviet-Norwegian pianist, com ...

in Sweden. He was subsequently appointed Concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra by Eduard van Beinum.Truus de Leur: ''Eduard van Beinum 1900–1959. Musicus tussen musici. Biografie''. Thoth, Bossum 2004, , .

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