Hans Kindler
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Johannes Hendrikus Philip "Hans" Kindler (Jan 8, 1892, Rotterdam - Aug 30, 1949, Watch Hill, Rhode Island) was a Dutch-American cellist and conductor.
Kindler played first cello in the Philadelphia Orchestra. He gave first performances of works by Ravel and Schoenberg and Ferruccio Busoni dedicated an arrangement of Bach's Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue for cello and piano to him. He founded the National Symphony Orchestra in 1931 and was its conductor until 1949, performing many works of new composers. The Kindler Foundation Trust Fund was established in 1983 by the Kindler Foundation (incorporated in 1952) to offer concerts and to commission new chamber music in his memory.
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Musical Directors, National Symphony Orchestra 1931–1949 |
Succeeded by Howard Mitchell |
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