Died Conductor Franx Bruggen

On Wednesday, August 13, in Amsterdam, at the age of 79, the Dutch flutist, conductor and musicologist France Bruggen died.

It is reported by DutchNews.nl .

France Bruggen was born in 1934 in Amsterdam, graduated from the Amsterdam musical lyceum in the class of a flute, studied the history of music at the University of Amsterdam. In 1955, at the age of 21, he was appointed professor at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague.

In 1981, France Bruggen became one of the creators of the XVIII century orchestra ( Orkest Van de Achttiende Eeeww ), which united 60 musicians from 22 countries playing old instruments or their copies. Under the leadership of Bruggen, the orchestra recorded more than 50 records with the music of Mozart, Haydna, Beethoven, Bach, Ramo, etc.

As a soloist Franx Bruggen, he made the La Petite Bande ensemble Sigizvald Cakeen, with Gustav Leonhardt and other musicians specializing in the field of historically reliable performance.

In 1991-1994 and 2001–2004, Bruggen led the Chamber Orchestra of the Dutch radio, since 1998 he was an invited conductor of Paris. Conducted many European orchestras, including the Royal Orchestra Consetgebau and the Enlightenment Orchestra. He taught at Harvard and Berkeley.