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Willem Kes

composer conductor

February 16, 1856 (age 78)

Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands

He was the first principal conductor of the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, holding that position from 1888 to 1895. He left the Concertgebouw Orchestra to take up a conducting post with the Scottish Orchestra in Glasgow. From 1905 to 1926, Kes was director of a music conservatory in Koblenz.

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composer conductor

Willem Kes, was a Dutch conductor and violinist.

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He was the first principal conductor of the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, holding that position from 1888 to 1895. He left the Concertgebouw Orchestra to take up a conducting post with the Scottish Orchestra in Glasgow. From 1905 to 1926, Kes was director of a music conservatory in Koblenz.

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February 16, 1856

Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands
Died

February 22, 1934 (aged 78)

Munich, Upper Bavaria, Germany
Nationality
Netherlands

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