Kees Bakels
Kees Bakels (born January 14, 1945 in Amsterdam ) is a Dutch conductor .
Bakels began his music career as a violinist before studying orchestral conducting at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena , Italy, and after completing his studies was guest conductor at many orchestras, such as the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and the Netherlands Radio Symphony . In addition, he was first guest conductor at the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra for 10 years and recorded with this orchestra, among other things, records with symphonies by Ralph Vaughan Williams for the Naxos label .
In 1997 he took over the position of music director of the newly founded Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO). Irritations arose when Bakels learned that the English conductor James Judd was to be hired as the new music director from September 2003, before the end of his contract, which ran until 2005, and that Bakels threatened to no longer want to fulfill his contract. In April 2004, the MPO and Bakels reached an agreement without the public knowing anything about the details, and Judd's involvement was no longer possible. Bakels remained music director until Matthias Bamert officially and by mutual agreement took over the baton in 2005 and Bakels was appointed honorary conductor of the orchestra.
Bakels recorded several CDs for BIS Records with the orchestra, including compositions by Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow and Edouard Lalo .
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Individual evidence
- ^ Tim Ashley: Lalo, Cello Concerto; Symphony in G Minor; Namouna (excerpts) . In: The Guardian , April 14, 2006. Retrieved February 28, 2009.
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| SURNAME | Bakels, Kees |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 14, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |