Yvon Baarspul
Yvon Baarspul (born September 14, 1918 in Utrecht , † February 20, 1993 in Cologne ) was a Dutch conductor .
Life
Yvon Baarspul was music director of the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in Batavia from 1948 to 1950 . Then he was conductor of the Twents Philharmonic Orchestra (" Twenter Philharmonic Orchestra"), renamed in 1954 to Overijssels Philharmonic Orchestra (" Overijsseler Philharmonic Orchestra").
From 1964 to 1970 he conducted as the successor to Franz-Paul Decker the Municipal Orchestra Bochum . Under Baarspul, the orchestra in Bochum was expanded to 80 musicians and was given its current name: Bochumer Symphoniker.
Honors
- 1950: Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau
Web links
- Dutch Music Institute: Yvon Baarspul
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Radio Philharmonic Orchestra 1948–1950 on the website of the Nederlands Muziekinstituut , accessed on May 28, 2016.
- ^ Bochum Symphony Orchestra: History
Rudolf Schulz-Dornburg (1919–1926) | Leopold Reichwein (1926–1938) | Klaus Nessträter (1938–1944) | Hermann Meißner (1945–1956) | Franz-Paul Decker (1956–1964) | Yvon Baarspul (1964–1970) | Othmar Mága (1971–1982) | Gabriel Chmura (1982-1988) | Eberhard Kloke (1988–1994) | Steven Sloane (since 1994)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baarspul, Yvon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Utrecht , Netherlands |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 20, 1993 |
| Place of death | Cologne |