Conductor Bernard Haitink is dead

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Bernard Haitink: He was an honorary member of the Berlin Philharmonic

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The Dutch conductor Bernard Haitink has died at the age of 92.

This was announced by his management in London.

Haitink died on Thursday in his home in London in the presence of his family.

Haitink, who was born in Amsterdam, was world-famous for his interpretations of the works of Gustav Mahler and Anton Bruckner and had received numerous international awards.

Haitink directed the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra for 27 years.

After leaving Amsterdam in 1988, Haitink directed the Royal Opera in London for 14 years.

He was also musical director of the Glyndebourne Opera Festival, chief conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Staatskapelle Dresden and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

He was an honorary member of the Berlin Philharmonic and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.

Haitink has conducted numerous concerts with the Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna Philharmonic, and was responsible for around 450 recordings.

In September 2019 Haitink gave his last concert with the Vienna Philharmonic in Lucerne.

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