See Also: Haitink, Bernard (Johann Hermann)(encyclopedia)
Pfannenstiel, Hermann Johann(medicine)
Schein, Johann Hermann(encyclopedia)
Hermann, Friedrich(medicine)
Mooser, Hermann(medicine)
Broch, Hermann(encyclopedia)
Ebbinghaus, Hermann(encyclopedia)
Helmholtz, Hermann von(medicine)
Rorschach, Hermann(encyclopedia)
Hermann's fixative(medicine)

Haitink, Bernard (Johann Hermann) (sh)




born March 4, 1929, Amsterdam, Neth.

Dutch conductor.

Originally a violinist, he first performed with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in 1956. From 1961 to 1988 he was its permanent conductor, and he left a wide-ranging recorded legacy. He also had a noteworthy opera career as head of the Glyndebourne (1978-88) and Covent Garden (from 1988) operas.