Ton Koopman

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Ton Koopman was born in Zwolle in 1944. After a classical education he studied organ, harpsichord and musicology in Amsterdam and was awarded the Prix d'Excellence for both instruments. Almost from the beginning of his musical studies he was fascinated with authentic instruments and a performance style based on sound scholarship. Even before completing his studies he laid the foundations for a career as a conductor of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century music and this fascination with the Baroque era led him in 1969, at age 25, to establish his first Baroque orchestra and, in 1979, to found The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra followed in 1993 by the Amsterdam Baroque Choir. Koopman's extensive and impressive activities as a soloist, accompanist and conductor have been recorded on a large number of LP's and CD's for labels like Erato, Teldec, Sony, Philips and DGG. Recently Ton Koopman has created his own record label: 'Antoine Marchand', with which he will publish his future recordings. Over the course of a forty-year career Ton Koopman has appeared at the most important concert halls and festivals of the five continents. As an organist he has performed on the most prestigious historical instruments of Europe, and as a harpsichord player and conductor of his Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir he has been a regular guest at venues which include the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Theatre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, the Philharmonie in Munich, the Alte Oper in Frankfurt, the

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Bach: Matthäus Passion - BWV 244

J.S. Bach Cantatas Vol. 2

Bach, JS : Weihnachtsoratorium [Christmas Oratorio]

J.S. Bach Cantatas Vol. 21

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Vivaldi's Cello

J.S. Bach Cantatas Vol. 1

Bach Organ Works

J.S. Bach Cantatas Vol. 8

Johann Sebastian Bach: Orgelwerke

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Simply Baroque - Expanded Edition

J.S. Bach Cantatas Vol. 10

J. S. Bach Cantatas Vol. 9

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