Background
Van Koppenhagen was born in Arnhem, the Netherlands, and came to the United States in 1921.
Van Koppenhagen was born in Arnhem, the Netherlands, and came to the United States in 1921.
He played with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra from 1928 to 1949 where he was principal cellist. In 1949 he moved to Providence, Rhode Island, where he became professor of music at Brown University. He died in Providence in 1978.