Gustav Leonhardt
Dutch keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor (1928-2012) · Netherlands · Musicians · Died at 83
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Something wrong?Gustav Maria Leonhardt was a Dutch keyboardist, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor. He was a leading figure in the historically informed performance movement to perform music on period instruments.
A life in dates
2012Died16 January 20122003Bach MedalAward1998Honorary Doctorate of the University of MetzAward1980Erasmus PrizeAward1967Zilveren AnjerAward1928Born30 May 1928
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Spouse: Marie LeonhardtAbout this person
Country
Netherlands
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1928 to 2012 · aged 83
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Nikolaus HarnoncourtAlso in Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968)
Paolo CarliniAlso in Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968)Bob van AsperenAlso in Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968)
John Eliot GardinerBoth received Bach Medal
Herbert BlomstedtBoth received Bach Medal
Masaaki SuzukiBoth received Bach MedalFame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.