Kees Bakels

Bakels fascinates me precisely because he started out as a violinist before he ever picked up a baton. A conductor who has sat in the orchestra knows what the players need, and that earns a kind of trust you cannot fake from the podium. Born in Amsterdam in 1945, trained both at home and in Siena, he held posts with the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and the Radio Symphony while guesting around the world. I respect musicians who walk one long, unbroken road in their craft. By now an octogenarian, he carries the kind of accumulated wisdom that only a lifetime of music can produce.

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Name (English)

Kees Bakels

Name (Japanese)

キース・バケルス

Reading

きーす・ばけるす

Born

January 14, 1945 (age 81)

Origin

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Occupation

conductor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rooster

• Official sitehttp://keesbakels.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kees%20Bakels
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q94377

Tags

• North Holland
• conductor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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