Eduard van Beinum (Arnhem, 03.09.1900 - Amsterdam, 13.04.1959) was in his time one of the best conductors in the Netherlands. With his non-dictatorial attitude, he was able to create a great involvement with his musicians, which led to very natural, flowing, pure interpretations, without excesses, exaggerations or other effects. The music, not the ego, came first.
1927-1931: conductor of the Haarlem Orchestral Society
1931-1938: second conductor of the Concertgebouw Orchestra (alongside Willem Mengelberg)
1935-1940: conductor of R.K. Oratoriumvereniging Haarlem
1938-1945: second principal conductor of the Concertgebouw Orchestra
1945-1959: first conductor of the Concertgebouw Orchestra
1949-1952: First conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra
1952: Tour of the United States with the Concertgebouw Orchestra
1956-1959: First conductor Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
He introduced Bruckner's symphonies to the Netherlands, thereby establishing a Bruckner tradition for the Concertgebouw Orchestra alongside that of Mahler. Van Beinum was awarded honorary doctorates by Rutgers University in New Jersey and by the Municipal University of Amsterdam. Eduard Van Beinum died of a cardiac arrest on 13 April 1959, during a rehearsal with the Concertgebouw Orchestra.
Eduard van Beinum married Sepha Jansen, a violinist, in 1927. They had two sons.
Bart van Beinum (1929), violinist, wrote a beautiful book about his father: Eduard van Beinum: over zijn leven en werk (Toth, 2000).
Truus de Leur wrote a biography: Eduard van Beinum, Musicus tussen musici (Toth, 2004).
Beethoven - "Leonore": Overture no. 1 op. 138
London Philharmonic Orchestra c.b. Eduard van Beinum
78 rpm: Decca X.311
Matrix nrs.: AR.13511-1; 13512-1
Recorded: London, 1949 05 02
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