Antoni Fredrik "Ton" Hartsuiker (12 May 1933 in

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– 8 May 2015 in

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) was a Dutch classical pianist, best known as a performer of

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, composer, music school administrator, and radio broadcaster. He was the director of both the Music Academy of Utrecht and the

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,Speech upon the retirement of Ton Hartsuiker
by deputy minister Aad Nuis. and was also on the faculty of the Rotterdam Conservatoire and Enschede Music Academy. For 22 years he presented the program Musica Nova on Radio 4, the Dutch classical radio station, for broadcasting organization NOS. He was the musical director of and a pianist in Ensemble M (1974–1978), founded by Hartsuiker and the conductor

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. He won the Geneco Prize in 1998. For his contributions to music in the Netherlands he was knighted by Queen

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(1998) and in 2002 received the Hogenbijl Prize. Among his many students, at several music academies and as a private teacher, were Alwin Bär,

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, Arthur Jussen, Vera Kerstens, Christiaan Kuyvenhoven,

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, Christiaan Richter,

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, Maarten van Veen, and Ljuba Moiz."Ljuba Moiz. Profile"
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