Jaap Spaanderman
Jacobus Hendrikus Bastiaan "Jaap" Spaanderman jr. (17 October 1896 in Gouda – 22 July 1985 in Laren) was a Dutch pianist, cellist, conductor and piano and conducting pedagogue.
Jaap Spaanderman jr. was the son of organist and conductor Jacobus Hendrikus Bastiaan Spaanderman sr. (1864–1943).
He studied cello with and piano with Sarah Bosmans-Benedicts. He received the Dutch Prize of Excellence twice, once as a cellist (in 1918) and once as a pianist (1920), both at the Conservatoire of Amsterdam. He further studied conducting with Hagel in Berlin.
In his early twenties he made two concert tours through the Dutch East Indies, present-day Indonesia. From 1922 he taught piano at the Conservatoire of the Society Amsterdam 'Muzieklyceum' (one of the predecessors of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam). In 1932 he was appointed as conductor of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Arnhem. In 1949 he returned to his school in Amsterdam, now teaching piano and conducting.
Among the many students of Jaap Spaanderman are Bart Berman, Theo Bruins, , , , Guus Janssen,[1] , Reinbert de Leeuw, , Hans Vonk and Edo de Waart.
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- ^ "Draai om je oren - Take Ten Guus Janssen". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
- 1896 births
- 1985 deaths
- Dutch classical cellists
- Dutch classical pianists
- Dutch conductors (music)
- Male conductors (music)
- People from Gouda, South Holland
- Conservatorium van Amsterdam alumni
- 20th-century conductors (music)
- 20th-century classical pianists
- 20th-century male musicians