30/10/1934, Amsterdam, Netherlands – 13/08/2014, same place
Dutch conductor, recorder player and baroque flautist. In 1955, at the age of 21, he was appointed professor at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. In 1972, he co-founded the avant-garde recorder ensemble "Sour Cream". The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE) named Brüggen its co-principal guest conductor, in parallel with Simon Rattle, in 1992. The OAE later gave him the title of Emeritus Conductor in 2007. Brüggen was a visiting professor at Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley.
