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Haitink

British  
/ ˈhaɪˌtɪŋk /

noun

  1. Bernard. born 1929, Dutch orchestral conductor; received an honorary knighthood in 1977

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“Muti is probably the most consistent music director, interpreter, that we’ve had,” said Friedman, who joined the orchestra in 1962 and has played under Fritz Reiner, Jean Martinon, Georg Solti, Daniel Barenboim and Bernard Haitink.

From Seattle Times Jun. 24, 2022

Ewing met Peter Hall in 1978 when she sang Dorabella in a staging of Mozart’s "Cosi Fan Tutte" at Britain’s Glyndebourne Festival directed by Hall and led by conductor Bernard Haitink.

From Fox News Jan. 11, 2022

Whether he was conducting a Shostakovich symphony or an opera by Mozart or Richard Wagner, Mr. Haitink examined the musical score almost as if it were a literary work or a religious text.

From Washington Post Oct. 23, 2021

Bernard Haitink had led the London Symphony Orchestra through the first three movements of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony.

From New York Times Oct. 22, 2021

Haitink lay something close to a benediction on that benighted music, and through it on us, as if to say that everything would be all right, that we could accept calmly what was to come.

From New York Times Oct. 22, 2021

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