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{{Short description|Dutch conductor (1929–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| honorific_suffix   = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CH|KBE}}
| image              = Bernard Haitink 1984b.jpg
| caption            = Haitink in 1984
| birth_name         = Bernard Johan Herman Haitink
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1929|3|4|df=yes}}
| birth_place        = [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2021|10|21|1929|3|4|df=y}}
| death_place        = London, England
| occupation         = {{flatlist|
* Conductor
* classical violinist
}}
| organizations      = {{plainlist|
* [[Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra]]
* [[London Philharmonic Orchestra]]
* [[Glyndebourne Festival Opera|Glyndebourne Opera]]
* [[Staatskapelle Dresden]]
* [[Chicago Symphony Orchestra]]
}}
|awards = {{plainlist|
* [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]]
* Honorary [[Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour]]
* [[Order of the Netherlands Lion]]
* [[Grammy Awards]]
* [[Gramophone Award]] 
}}
}}
'''Bernard Johan Herman Haitink''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈbɛrnɑrt ˈɦaːitɪŋk|lang}}; 4 March 1929 – 21 October 2021) was a Dutch conductor and violinist. He was the principal conductor of several international orchestras, beginning with the [[Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra]] in 1961. He moved to London, as principal conductor of the [[London Philharmonic Orchestra]] from 1967 to 1979, music director at [[Glyndebourne Opera]] from 1978 to 1988 and of the [[Royal Opera House]] from 1987 to 2002, when he became principal conductor of the [[Staatskapelle Dresden]]. Finally, he was principal conductor of the [[Chicago Symphony Orchestra]] from 2006 to 2010. The focus of his prolific recording was classical symphonies and orchestral works, but he also conducted operas. He conducted 90 concerts at [[The Proms]] in London,<ref>{{cite web |title=Bernard Haitink: 50 years at the BBC Proms |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1Xm8dn2MwgVfKPnvVwGM4Bj/bernard-haitink-50-years-at-the-bbc-proms |website=BBC |access-date=25 January 2023 |archive-date=25 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125193938/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1Xm8dn2MwgVfKPnvVwGM4Bj/bernard-haitink-50-years-at-the-bbc-proms |url-status=live }}</ref> the last on 3 September 2019 with the [[Vienna Philharmonic]]. His awards include [[Grammy Awards]] and the 2015 [[Gramophone Award]] for his lifetime achievements.

== Early life ==
Haitink was born on 4 March 1929 in Amsterdam,<ref name="nytobit">{{Cite news|last=Schweitzer|first=Vivien|date=21 October 2021|title=Bernard Haitink, Conductor Who Let Music Speak for Itself, Dies at 92|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/21/arts/music/bernard-haitink-dead.html|access-date=22 October 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=24 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024084817/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/21/arts/music/bernard-haitink-dead.html|url-status=live}}</ref> the son of Willem Haitink, a civil servant who later became director of the [[TenneT|Amsterdam electricity board]], and Anna Clara (Verschaffelt), who worked for [[Alliance française]].<ref name="Wroe">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/saturday_review/story/0,,381994,00.html|title=Master of the House|work=The Guardian|first=Nicholas|last=Wroe|date=14 October 2000|access-date=21 April 2007|archive-date=7 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007033642/https://www.theguardian.com/saturday_review/story/0,,381994,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="y286">{{cite web | last=Roe | first=Elizabeth Joy | title=Bernard Haitink: A Personal Approach | website=The Juilliard School | date=27 June 2012 | url=https://journal.juilliard.edu/journal/bernard-haitink-personal-approach | access-date=27 November 2024}}</ref> He studied the violin and conducting, with Felix Hupka,<ref name="Hupka">{{cite news| url=http://www.schenkerdocumentsonline.org/profiles/person/entity-000399.html| title=Schenker Documents Online| access-date=4 September 2019| archive-date=5 March 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305160905/https://schenkerdocumentsonline.org/profiles/person/entity-000399.html| url-status=live}}</ref> who conducted the school's orchestra,<ref name="Norris">{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3613533/It-was-all-egos.-There-are-still-a-few-scars.html| title=It was all egos| work=The Daily Telegraph| author=Geoffrey Norris| author-link=Geoffrey Norris| date=9 March 2004| access-date=4 September 2019| archive-date=22 October 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022103427/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3613533/It-was-all-egos.-There-are-still-a-few-scars.html| url-status=live}}</ref> at the [[Conservatorium van Amsterdam]]. He then played the violin in orchestras before taking courses in conducting under [[Ferdinand Leitner]] in 1954 and 1955.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ferdinand-Leitner Ferdinand Leitner] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022102619/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ferdinand-Leitner |date=22 October 2021 }} britannica.com</ref>

== Career ==
[[File:Bernard Haitink (1959).jpg|thumb|Haitink in 1959]]
Haitink conducted his first concert on 19 July 1954 with the Netherlands Radio Union Orchestra (later the [[Radio Filharmonisch Orkest|Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra]] [RFO]).<ref name="RFOpatron">{{cite press release|title=Haitink patron of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra |url=http://en.radiofilharmonischorkest.nl/mco_page/detail/22285 |publisher=Radio Filharmonisch Orkest |date=20 December 2012 |access-date=2 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806071554/http://en.radiofilharmonischorkest.nl/mco_page/detail/22285 |archive-date=6 August 2013 }}</ref> He became second conductor of the orchestra in 1955 and chief conductor in 1957. His conducting debut with the [[Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra|Concertgebouw Orchestra]] was on 7 November 1956, substituting for [[Carlo Maria Giulini]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,843759,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081215151307/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,843759,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 December 2008|title=The Diffident Dutchman| magazine=Time|date=12 May 1967|access-date=13 July 2007}}</ref> After the sudden death of [[Eduard van Beinum]], Haitink was named first conductor of the Concertgebouw on 1 September 1959. He became principal conductor in 1961, sharing that position with [[Eugen Jochum]] until 1963, when Haitink became sole principal conductor.<ref>The orchestra's own website gives 1963 as the date when Haitink became sole principal conductor.</ref> With the Concertgebouw Orchestra, Haitink made many recordings for the [[Philips Records|Philips]] label, and later for [[Decca Records|Decca]] and [[EMI Classics]]. He toured widely with the orchestra.<ref name="Patmore">{{cite web | last = Patmore | first = David | title = Bernard Haitink | url = https://www.naxos.com/person/Bernard_Haitink/32245.htm | work = [[Naxos Records]] | access-date = 22 October 2021 | archive-date = 9 July 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100709064601/https://www.naxos.com/person/Bernard_Haitink/32245.htm | url-status = live }}</ref>

In the early 1980s, Haitink threatened to resign his Concertgebouw post in protest at threatened reductions to its subsidy from the Dutch government, which could have led to the dismissal of 23 musicians from the orchestra. The financial situation was eventually settled,<ref>{{cite news|author=James R. Oestreich|title=An Eminently Rational Man in an Irrational Profession|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/10/arts/music-an-eminently-rational-man-in-an-irrational-profession.html?pagewanted=all|work=The New York Times|date=10 March 2002|access-date=30 October 2007|archive-date=27 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727212600/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/10/arts/music-an-eminently-rational-man-in-an-irrational-profession.html?pagewanted=all|url-status=live}}</ref> and Haitink remained chief conductor until 1988. In 1999, he was named the honorary conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. In December 2012, following his advocacy for the RFO in the wake of proposed budget cuts to the orchestra and Dutch music in general, Haitink accepted the title of patron of the RFO.<ref name="RFOpatron"/> In March 2014, Haitink told the Dutch newspaper ''[[Het Parool]]'' that he wished to renounce the title of RCO conductor laureate and to no longer guest-conduct the orchestra in protest of the orchestra's administrative management.<ref>"Haitink nooit meer bij Concertgebouworkest". ''[[Het Parool]]'', 4 March 2014, (in Dutch)</ref> In September 2015, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra announced a rapprochement with Haitink, with a scheduled guest-conducting engagement with the orchestra in the 2016–17 season.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.concertgebouworkest.nl/en/News/Press/2015-2016/Press-statement-Royal-Concertgebouw-Orchestra-and-Bernard-Haitink/ |title=Press Statement – Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Bernard Haitink |publisher=Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra |date=2 September 2015 |access-date=3 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018060618/http://www.concertgebouworkest.nl/en/News/Press/2015-2016/Press-statement-Royal-Concertgebouw-Orchestra-and-Bernard-Haitink/ |archive-date=18 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/muziek/concertgebouw-toont-zich-de-wijste-in-kwestie-haitink~a4134193/ | title=Concertgebouw toont zich de wijste in kwestie-Haitink | work=De Volksrant | author=Guido van Oorschot | date=3 September 2015 | access-date=3 September 2015 | language=nl | archive-date=13 July 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713034139/http://www.volkskrant.nl/muziek/concertgebouw-toont-zich-de-wijste-in-kwestie-haitink~a4134193/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

Haitink was principal conductor of the [[London Philharmonic Orchestra]] from 1967 to 1979. He was also music director at [[Glyndebourne Opera]] in England from 1978 to 1988.<ref name="Brug">{{cite news | last=Brug | first=Manuel | url=https://www.welt.de/kultur/klassik/article234562474/Bernard-Haitink-Der-reservierte-Hollaender.html | title=Der reservierte Holländer | work=[[Die Welt]] | date=22 October 2021 | access-date=22 October 2021 | archive-date=22 October 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022103723/https://www.welt.de/kultur/klassik/article234562474/Bernard-Haitink-Der-reservierte-Hollaender.html | url-status=live }}</ref> He was music director of the [[Royal Opera, London|Royal Opera House]], Covent Garden, from 1987 to 2002, where his musicianship was praised, though he also received criticism for his degree of attachment to the organisation as a whole.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/02/arts/classical-music-for-a-reluctant-maestro-relief-no-regrets-in-berlin.html?pagewanted=all|title=For a Reluctant Maestro, Relief, No Regrets, in Berlin|work=The New York Times|author=Nicholas Kenyon|date=2 June 1991|access-date=6 January 2008|archive-date=27 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727212236/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/02/arts/classical-music-for-a-reluctant-maestro-relief-no-regrets-in-berlin.html?pagewanted=all|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2002/jun/21/classicalmusicandopera.artsfeatures|title=A great musician – but that was not enough|work=The Guardian|author=Andrew Clements| date=21 June 2002|access-date=21 April 2007}}</ref>

From 2002 to 2004, Haitink was chief conductor of the [[Staatskapelle Dresden]]. His original contract with Dresden ran to 2006, but he resigned in 2004 over disputes with the Staatskapelle's [[Theater manager|Intendant]], [[Gerd Uecker]], over the orchestra's choice of successor.<ref name="clark">{{cite news|url=http://search.ft.com/ftArticle?queryText=Bernard+Haitink&y=8&aje=true&x=22&id=041022007114|title=Bernard Haitink: unfinished symphony|work=Financial Times|author=Andrew Clark|date=22 October 2004|access-date=5 May 2007|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102232511/http://search.ft.com/ftArticle?queryText=Bernard+Haitink&y=8&aje=true&x=22&id=041022007114|archive-date=2 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:London Barbican Hall LSO Haitink.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|At the [[Barbican Centre]] in London with the [[London Symphony Orchestra]], 2011]]
Haitink was principal guest conductor of the [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]] from 1995 to 2004, when he took on the new title of conductor emeritus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bso.org/brands/bso/features/remembering-bernard-haitink.aspx|title=Bernard Haitink (1929—2021) Boston Symphony Orchestra &#124; bso.org|website=www.bso.org}}</ref> In addition, he appeared with l'[[Orchestre National de France]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Hommage : Bernard Haitink et l'Orchestre National de France |url=https://www.francemusique.fr/emissions/les-grands-concerts-de-la-maison-de-la-radio-et-de-la-musique/les-ballets |website=France Musique |access-date=23 October 2021 |language=fr |date=23 October 2021 |archive-date=23 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023084419/https://www.francemusique.fr/emissions/les-grands-concerts-de-la-maison-de-la-radio-et-de-la-musique/les-ballets |url-status=live }}</ref> and the [[London Symphony Orchestra]] (LSO). In the early 2000s, he recorded the complete [[Beethoven]] and [[Brahms]] symphony cycles with the LSO for the ''LSO Live'' label.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.classicalsource.com/cd/lso-haitink-beethoven-cycle-3/|title=LSO/Haitink Beethoven Cycle (3) – The Classical Source|date=14 July 2006|access-date=23 October 2021|archive-date=23 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023131122/https://www.classicalsource.com/cd/lso-haitink-beethoven-cycle-3/|url-status=live}}</ref> Haitink was an honorary member of the [[Berlin Philharmonic]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/stories/obituary-bernard-haitink |title=Mourning Bernard Haitink |year=2021 |publisher=Berliner Philharmoniker |access-date=23 October 2021 |archive-date=30 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230183836/https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/stories/obituary-bernard-haitink/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In April 2006, after an acclaimed two-week engagement in March 2006 with the [[Chicago Symphony Orchestra]] (CSO), the CSO appointed Haitink to the newly created position of principal conductor, effective from the 2006–07 season.<ref name="Brug" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20061015/ai_n16784796 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924095126/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20061015/ai_n16784796 |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 September 2015 |title=Symphony in good hands |work=Chicago Sun-Times |author=Andrew Patner |date=15 October 2006 |access-date=21 April 2007 }}</ref> The contract's duration was four years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/28/arts/movies/arts-briefly-chicago-symphony-conductors-but-no-music-director.html|title=Arts, Briefly; Chicago Symphony: Conductors but No Music Director|work=The New York Times|author=Daniel J. Wakin|date=28 April 2006|access-date=21 April 2007|archive-date=27 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727212422/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/28/arts/movies/arts-briefly-chicago-symphony-conductors-but-no-music-director.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Haitink had declined the CSO's offer to be music director, citing his age.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Geoffrey|first=Norris|date=9 April 2008|title="Bernard Haitink: I love power without responsibility"|work=The Daily Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3559663/Bernard-Haitink-I-love-power-without-responsibility.html|access-date=22 October 2021}}</ref> Of this contract, Haitink said, "every conductor, including myself, has a sell-by date."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/06/arts/music/06hait.html?ex=1317787200&en=773d590cedcea461&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss|title=A Jet-Setting Maestro Sets a Brisker Pace for Beethoven|work=The New York Times|author=James R. Oestreich|date=6 October 2006|access-date=21 April 2007}}</ref> He concluded his Chicago principal conductorship in June 2010 with a series of concerts of the complete Beethoven symphonies<ref>{{Cite web|last=Patner|first=Andrew|date=19 June 2010|title="Haitink wraps up CSO tenure with revealing Beethoven's Ninth"|url=https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-sun-times/20100620/281694021031674|url-status=live|access-date=22 October 2021|website=Chicago Sun-Times|via=pressreader.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022022937/https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-sun-times/20100620/281694021031674 |archive-date=22 October 2021 }}</ref> and was awarded the [[Theodore Thomas (conductor)|Theodore Thomas]] Medallion by the orchestra.<ref>{{cite press release | title=CSO Principal Conductor Bernard Haitink Receives Theodore Thomas Medallion for Distinguished Service | url=http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/7_Learn/Press_Room/Press_Releases/2009/Haitink_ThomasMedallion_final.pdf | publisher=Chicago Symphony Orchestra | date=21 June 2010 | access-date=2 July 2010 | archive-date=16 July 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716180850/http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/7_Learn/Press_Room/Press_Releases/2009/Haitink_ThomasMedallion_final.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2004, Haitink said he would no longer conduct opera, but he made exceptions in 2007, directing three performances of ''[[Parsifal]]'' in Zürich in March and April and five of [[Debussy]]'s ''[[Pelléas et Mélisande (opera)|Pelléas et Mélisande]]'' in Paris ([[Théâtre des Champs-Élysées]]) in June. Also in 2004 he said he did not plan to conduct again at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/mar/05/classicalmusicandopera1|title=I started far too young. I still have sleepless nights ...|work=The Guardian|author=Martin Kettle|date=5 March 2004|access-date=21 April 2007|archive-date=29 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829124538/http://arts.guardian.co.uk/fridayreview/story/0,,1161832,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> but he returned to the Royal Opera in December 2007, with the same Zurich production of ''Parsifal''.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.metoperafamily.org/operanews/news/pressrelease.aspx?id=1396|title=Breaking News: Next Royal Opera Season Promises Minotaur Premiere, New Salome, Voigt as Ariadne|publisher=[[Opera News]]|date=10 April 2007|access-date=23 July 2007|archive-date=15 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215045931/http://www.metoperafamily.org/operanews/news/pressrelease.aspx?id=1396|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/dec/08/classicalmusicandopera|title=Parsifal (Royal Opera House, London)|work=The Guardian|author=Erica Jeal|date=8 December 2007|access-date=6 January 2008|archive-date=18 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218232129/http://music.guardian.co.uk/classical/reviews/story/0,,2224357,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Haitink led master classes for young conductors in [[Lucerne]] for several years.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/aug/11/bernard-haitink-masterclass | title=A masterclass with Bernard Haitink | work=The Guardian | author=Tom Service | date=11 August 2011 | access-date=4 October 2014 | author-link=Tom Service | archive-date=13 December 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213062411/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/aug/11/bernard-haitink-masterclass | url-status=live }}</ref>  In June 2015, the [[European Union Youth Orchestra]] announced his appointment as its conductor laureate, effective immediately.<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.euyo.eu/discover/news/euyo-announces-new-conductors/ | title=EUYO announces new conductors | publisher=European Union Youth Orchestra | date=29 June 2015 | access-date=3 September 2015 | archive-date=4 January 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104175839/http://www.euyo.eu/discover/news/euyo-announces-new-conductors/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>

In June 2019, Haitink said in an interview with the Dutch daily ''[[De Volkskrant]]'' that his final concert as conductor was to be in September 2019, formalising his previously announced sabbatical into retirement.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/cultuur-media/dirigent-bernard-haitink-zet-na-65-jaar-een-punt-achter-zijn-carriere~b8114c1e/ | title=Dirigent Bernard Haitink zet na 65 jaar een punt achter zijn carrière | work=De Volksrant | author=Guido van Oorschot | date=12 June 2019 | access-date=12 June 2019 | language=nl | archive-date=18 August 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818032501/https://www.volkskrant.nl/cultuur-media/dirigent-bernard-haitink-zet-na-65-jaar-een-punt-achter-zijn-carriere~b8114c1e/ | url-status=live }}</ref> His final concert <!-- restore only with a ref, not absolutely needed for his bio: with ensembles with which he was formally associated were as follows: 
* Chicago Symphony Orchestra: 30 October 2018{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
* Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam: 27 January 2019{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} --> with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra was on 15 June 2019.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.trouw.nl/cultuur-media/het-afscheid-van-haitink-was-geen-gewoon-concert-maar-het-einde-van-een-tijdperk~b35184d5/ | title=Het afscheid van Haitink was geen gewoon concert, maar het einde van een tijdperk | work=Trouw | last=Lint | first=Peter van der | date=16 June 2019 | language=nl | access-date=29 September 2019 | archive-date=29 September 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929165050/https://www.trouw.nl/cultuur-media/het-afscheid-van-haitink-was-geen-gewoon-concert-maar-het-einde-van-een-tijdperk~b35184d5/ | url-status=live }}</ref> His final UK concert was at [[The Proms]] in London on 3 September, 2019, with the [[Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/04/prom-60-vienna-philharmonic-ax-haitink-review-beethoven-bruckner-7 | title=Prom 60: Vienna Phil/Ax/Haitink review – a beautiful, masterful farewell | work=The Guardian | author=Erica Jeal | date=4 September 2019 | access-date=29 September 2019 | archive-date=28 September 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928195705/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/04/prom-60-vienna-philharmonic-ax-haitink-review-beethoven-bruckner-7 | url-status=live }}</ref> His last concert was in Lucerne at the KKL on 6 September 2019, with the Vienna Philharmonic.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/cultuur-media/maestro-bernard-haitink-90-neemt-soeverein-afscheid-in-luzern~b8bcf453/ | title=Maestro Bernard Haitink (90) neemt soeverein afscheid in Luzern | work=De Volksrant | author=Guido van Oorschot | date=8 September 2019 | access-date=29 September 2019 | language=nl | archive-date=29 September 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929142130/https://www.volkskrant.nl/cultuur-media/maestro-bernard-haitink-90-neemt-soeverein-afscheid-in-luzern~b8bcf453/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Haitink had five children with Marjolein Snijder, his first wife.<ref name="Wroe"/> Their marriage ended in the 1970s. Two further marriages, both to musicians, also ended in divorce.<ref name="Wroe"/> In 1994 Haitink married his fourth wife, Patricia (née Bloomfield), a [[barrister]] who was formerly a viola player in the orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.<ref name="ponsonby">{{cite news |title=Bernard Haitink obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/oct/22/bernard-haitink-obituary |first=Robert |last=Ponsonby |work=The Guardian |date=22 October 2021 |access-date=23 October 2021 |archive-date=24 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024164614/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/oct/22/bernard-haitink-obituary |url-status=live }}</ref> They lived in West London.<ref name="Wroe"/><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/sep/22/passion-and-pain-bernard-haitink | title=The passion and pain of Bernard Haitink | work=The Guardian | author=Tom Service | author-link=Tom Service | date=22 September 2009 | access-date=2 July 2010 | archive-date=18 June 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618024312/http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/sep/22/passion-and-pain-bernard-haitink | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2017/02/12/een-leven-zonder-dirigeren-lijkt-me-vrij-miserabel-6663660-a1545676 | title=Een leven zonder dirigeren lijkt me vrij miserabel | work=NRC Handelsblad | author=Mischa Spel | date=12 February 2017 | access-date=19 April 2017 | archive-date=24 October 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024141102/https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2017/02/12/een-leven-zonder-dirigeren-lijkt-me-vrij-miserabel-6663660-a1545676 | url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2019, [[Bärenreiter]] published the book ''Dirigieren ist ein Rätsel'' (''Conducting is a Mystery''), a collaboration between Haitink and the journalists Peter Hagmann and Erich Singer that includes personal reflections by Haitink on his life and career.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.br-klassik.de/aktuell/br-klassik-empfiehlt/buecher/buchtipp-haitink-dirigieren-ist-ein-raetsel-100.html | title=Buchtipp – Gedanken und Erkenntwisse eines grossen Dirigenten | work=BR-Klassik | author=Robert Jungwirth | date=19 August 2019 | access-date=6 October 2019 | archive-date=6 October 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006155215/https://www.br-klassik.de/aktuell/br-klassik-empfiehlt/buecher/buchtipp-haitink-dirigieren-ist-ein-raetsel-100.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

Haitink died on 21 October 2021, aged 92, at his home in London.<ref name="nytobit"/><ref name="Askona">{{Cite web|date=21 October 2021|title=Bernard Haitink,1929–2021|url=https://www.askonasholt.com/bernard-haitink-1929-2021-announcement/|website=Askonas Holt|access-date=21 October 2021|archive-date=21 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021214525/https://www.askonasholt.com/bernard-haitink-1929-2021-announcement/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Classic FM">{{Cite web|url=https://www.classicfm.com/artists/bernard-haitink/renowned-dutch-conductor-dies-aged-92/|title=Renowned Dutch conductor Bernard Haitink has died, aged 92|website=Classic FM|access-date=21 October 2021|archive-date=27 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027212815/https://www.classicfm.com/artists/bernard-haitink/renowned-dutch-conductor-dies-aged-92/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Awards and honours ==
===National===
* Kilyeni Medal of Honor, Bruckner Society of America (US, 1970)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bruckner Society of America|url=http://www.brucknersocietyamerica.org/about/kilenyi.html|access-date=2022-02-12|website=www.brucknersocietyamerica.org}}</ref>
* Knight of the [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]] (France, 1972)<ref name="Askona" />
* Honorary [[Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (UK, 1977)<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/saturday_review/story/0,,381994,00.html |title=Celebrated conductor Bernard Haitink dies aged 92 |work=[[The Guardian]] |first=Nicholas |last=Wroe |date=22 October 2021 |access-date=22 October 2021 |archive-date=7 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007033642/https://www.theguardian.com/saturday_review/story/0,,381994,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Officer of the [[Order of the Crown (Belgium)|Order of the Crown]] (Belgium, 1977)<ref>[https://whoswho.de/bio/bernard-haitink.html Haitink, Bernard] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022131906/https://whoswho.de/bio/bernard-haitink.html |date=22 October 2021 }} (in German) whoswho.de</ref>
* Honorary medal for Arts and Science of the [[Order of the House of Orange]] (Netherlands, 2000)<ref name="Patmore" />
* Honorary [[Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour]] (UK, 2002)<ref name="Guardian" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2117508.stm|title=Queen honours conductor Haitink|work=BBC News|date=9 July 2002|access-date=21 April 2007|archive-date=22 October 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021022044337/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2117508.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Commander of the [[Order of the Netherlands Lion]] (Netherlands, 2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.concertgebouworkest.nl/nl/bernard-haitink-commandeur-in-de-orde-van-de-nederlandse-leeuw|title=[nl] – Bernard Haitink promoted to Commander of the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands|website=www.concertgebouworkest.nl|language=nl-NL|access-date=2 April 2017|archive-date=10 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410230408/https://www.concertgebouworkest.nl/nl/bernard-haitink-commandeur-in-de-orde-van-de-nederlandse-leeuw|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Music industry and cultural===
* Gold Medal of the {{ill|Internationale Gustav Mahler Gesellschaft|de}} Vienna<ref>[http://www.gustav-mahler.org/gesellschaft/medaille.cfm ''Die goldene Mahler-Medaille''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029141800/http://www.gustav-mahler.org/gesellschaft/medaille.cfm |date=29 October 2014 }} (in German) gustav-mahler.org; retrieved 30 October 2014</ref>
* [[Gramophone Awards|''Gramophone'' Awards]] for his recordings in 1980 ([[Debussy]] orchestral works), 1985 (Mozart's ''[[Don Giovanni]]''), 1986 and 1990 ([[Vaughan Williams]] symphonies)<ref name="Gramophone">[https://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/article/conductor-bernard-haitink-has-died-aged-92 Conductor Bernard Haitink has died, aged 92] ''[[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]]'', 22 October 2021</ref>
* [[Erasmus Prize]] (Netherlands, 1991)<ref name="Patmore" />
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* ''[[Musical America]]'' "Musician of the Year" (USA, 2007)<ref>[https://theviolinchannel.com/out-now-conductor-bernard-haitink-releases-his-final-recording/ Out now / Conductor Bernard Haitink Releases His Final Recording] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022152814/https://theviolinchannel.com/out-now-conductor-bernard-haitink-releases-his-final-recording/ |date=22 October 2021 }} theviolinchannel.com 13 October 2021</ref>
* [[Grammy Awards]] (USA, 2003 and 2008)<ref name="Classic FM" /><ref name="Guardian" />
* [[Echo Klassik]] (Germany, 2013) for his recording of Mahler's Ninth Symphony (BR-KLASSIK)<ref>[https://www.br-klassik.de/orchester-und-chor/br-klassik-cds/symphonieorchester/cd-900113-so-haitink-mahler-100.html Haitink dirigiert / Mahler: Symphonie Nr. 9] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022153124/https://www.br-klassik.de/orchester-und-chor/br-klassik-cds/symphonieorchester/cd-900113-so-haitink-mahler-100.html |date=22 October 2021 }} (in German) br-klassik.de, 13 August 2013</ref>
* [[Gramophone Awards|''Gramophone'' Awards]] Lifetime Achievement Award (United Kingdom, 2015)<ref name="Classic FM" /><ref>[https://www.gramophone.co.uk/awards/gramophone-classical-music-awards-2015/lifetime-achievement Lifetime Achievement / Bernard Haitink] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022150846/https://www.gramophone.co.uk/awards/gramophone-classical-music-awards-2015/lifetime-achievement |date=22 October 2021 }} ''[[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]]'', 2015</ref>
* ''[[BBC Music Magazine]]'' 2018 "Recording of the Year" / "Orchestral Winner" Award for his recording of [[Gustav Mahler]]: Symphony No. 3 (BR-KLASSIK)<ref>Parr, Freya: [https://www.classical-music.com/news/bernard-haitinks-mahler-3-wins-recording-year/ Bernard Haitink’s Mahler 3 wins Recording of the Year] classical-music.com</ref>
* Honorary member of the [[Wiener Philharmoniker]] (2019)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.sn.at/kultur/musik/bernard-haitink-wird-ehrenmitglied-der-wiener-philharmoniker-75434218 |title=Bernard Haitink wird Ehrenmitglied der Wiener Philharmoniker |date=28 August 2019 |access-date=29 August 2019 |language=de |newspaper=[[Salzburger Nachrichten]] |archive-date=28 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828151418/https://www.sn.at/kultur/musik/bernard-haitink-wird-ehrenmitglied-der-wiener-philharmoniker-75434218 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Recordings ==
{{Main|Bernard Haitink discography}}
Haitink recorded with several orchestras, including the [[Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra]], [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]], [[Chicago Symphony Orchestra]], [[London Philharmonic Orchestra]], [[London Symphony Orchestra]] and [[Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra]]. He focused on classical symphonies and other orchestral works, conducting cycles of the complete symphonies by [[Beethoven symphonies|Beethoven]],<ref name="Classic FM" /> [[Brahms symphonies|Brahms]],<ref name="Classic FM" /> [[Tchaikovsky symphonies|Tchaikovsky]], [[Bruckner symphonies|Bruckner]], [[Mahler symphonies|Mahler]], [[Vaughan Williams symphonies|Vaughan Williams]]<ref name="Patmore" /> and [[Shostakovich]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/06/bernard-haitink-shostakovich-london-interview | title=Bernard Haitink: 'Shostakovich was too great to be miserable' | work=The Guardian | author=Ed Vulliamy | author-link=Ed Vulliamy | date=6 Oct 2013}}</ref> Haitink recorded the complete five [[List of compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven#Concertos|piano concertos of Beethoven]] and the two [[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Brahms)|piano concertos by Brahms]] with [[Claudio Arrau]].<ref>{{cite journal| last1=Anderson|first1=Robert|year=1973|title=Mahler: The Complete Symphonies|journal=Musical Times|volume= 114|issue= 1560| pages=152|jstor=957200| doi=10.2307/957200| publisher=Musical Times Publications Ltd.| last2=Mahler| last3=Soloists| last4=Choirs| last5=Orchestra| first5=Concertgebouw| last6=Haitink}}</ref> Other recordings include the complete orchestral works of [[Claude Debussy|Debussy]], and the two symphonies of [[Edward Elgar|Elgar]].<ref name="Classic FM" /> In the field of opera, he conducted the three [[List of operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]/[[Lorenzo Da Ponte|Da Ponte]] operas,<ref name="Patmore" /><ref>[https://www.warnerclassics.com/de/release/mozart-lenozzedifigaro Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro / Bernard Haitink] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022112713/https://www.warnerclassics.com/de/release/mozart-lenozzedifigaro |date=22 October 2021 }} warnerclassics.com</ref><ref>[https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7965937--mozart-cosi-fan-tutte-k588 Così fan tutte] prestomusic.com</ref><ref>[[Alan Blyth|Blyth, Alan]]: [https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/mozart-don-giovanni-45 Moazart Don Giovanni] ''[[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]]'', July 1984</ref> and Wagner's ''[[Tannhäuser (opera)|Tannhäuser]]''<ref>[https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7989952--wagner-tannhauser-dresden-version Wagner: Tannhäuser (Dresden version)] prestomusic.com</ref> and ''[[Der Ring des Nibelungen]]''.<ref name="Classic FM" />
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* [[Johannes Brahms]]: Symphonies 1–4, Piano Concertos 1–2 with [[Claudio Arrau]] (Philips)
* [[Anton Bruckner]]: Symphonies 0–9 (Philips)
* [[Claude Debussy]]: Orchestral Works (Philips, 1976–79)
* [[Gustav Mahler]]
** Symphonies 1–9 (Philips)
** ''Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"'', Elly Ameling, [[Aafje Heynis]], Netherlands Radio Chorus, (Philips 1968).
** Symphony No. 5 (remastered [[Pentatone (record label)|PENTATONE]])
** Symphony No. 8 "''Symphony of a Thousand''" (remastered [[Pentatone (record label)|PENTATONE]])
** Symphonies Nos. 1–5, 7, 9 (''Kerstmatinee''/Christmas Matinee; Philips)
** Symphony No. 4 (RCO Live SACD)
* [[Maurice Ravel]]
** Orchestral Works (Philips 1971–77)
** Daphnis et Chloé Suites & Ma mère l'oye (remastered [[Pentatone (record label)|PENTATONE]])
* [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]]: Symphonies 1–6 & Manfred (Philips, 1979)
* [[Dmitri Shostakovich]]: 
** Symphony No. 8 (Decca, 1983)
** Symphony No. 15 (RCO live 2012).
* [[Robert Schumann]]: Symphony No.3 in E flat "Rhenish" (Philips 411 104-1, 1983)
* ''Symphony Edition'' box set of RCO recordings of Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler, Schumann, Tchaikovsky (36 CDs – Decca, 2014)

[[Boston Symphony Orchestra]]:
* [[Johannes Brahms]] 
** Symphony No. 1, ''Nanie'' with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus (Philips, 1994)
** Symphony No. 2 in D Major, ''Tragic Overture'' (Philips, 1990)
** Symphony No. 3, ''Alto Rhapsody'' with Jard Van Nes with the men of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus (Philips, 1993)
** Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, ''Haydn Variations'' (Philips, 1992)
** Piano Concerto No. 2, with [[Emanuel Ax]] (Sony, 1997)
* [[Maurice Ravel]]
** ''Daphnis and Chloe'' with Tanglewood Festival Chorus (Philips, 1989)
** ''Ma Mere l'Oye'', ''Menuet antique'', ''Rapsodie espagnole'', ''La Valse'' (Philips, 1995)
** ''Alborada del Gracioso'', ''Bolero'', ''Le tombeau de Couperin'', ''Valses nobles et sentimentales'' (Philips, 1996)

[[Chicago Symphony Orchestra]]:
* [[Gustav Mahler]]
** Symphony No. 2<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/dec/13/mahler-resurrection-chicago-symphony-haitink | title=Mahler Symphony No 2: Chicago Symphony/Haitink | work=The Observer | author=Fiona Maddocks | date=13 December 2009 | access-date=27 October 2010}}</ref> (2009)
** Symphony No. 3<ref>{{cite news | title=Chicago Symphony Orchestra Announces Major Radio And Recording Initiatives|publisher=Chicago Symphony Orchestra|date=30 November 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://wap.metromix.mlogic3g.com/detail.jsp?key=1359&rc=critics |title=Haitink, CSO make magic with Mahler |work=Chicago Tribune |author=John von Rhein |date=20 October 2006 |access-date=21 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070507045245/http://wap.metromix.mlogic3g.com/detail.jsp?key=1359&rc=critics |archive-date=7 May 2007 }}</ref> (2007)
** Symphony No. 6<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/apr/25/classicalmusicandopera3 | title=Mahler: Symphony No 6, Chicago Symphony Orch/ Haitink | work=The Guardian | author=Andrew Clements | date=25 April 2008 | access-date=27 October 2010}}</ref> (2008)
* [[Dmitri Shostakovich]]: Symphony No. 4<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/aug/22/classicalreview.shostakavich | title=Classical review: Shostakovich: Symphony No 10, LPO/Haitink; Symphony No 4, Chicago SO/Haitink | work=The Guardian | author=Andrew Clements | date=22 August 2008 | access-date=27 October 2010}}</ref> (2008)
* [[Richard Strauss]]: ''[[Ein Heldenleben]]'' (with [[Anton Webern]]: ''Im Sommerwind'')<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/jun/17/strauss-heldenleben-webern-sommerwind-haitink | title=Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Webern: Im Sommerwind | work=The Guardian | author=Andrew Clements | date=17 June 2010 | access-date=27 October 2010}}</ref> (2010)

[[London Philharmonic Orchestra]]:
* [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]
** Piano Concertos Nos 1–5 / Choral Fantasy – [[Alfred Brendel]], piano (Philips)
** Symphonies Nos 1–9 (Philips)
** Triple Concerto – [[Beaux Arts Trio]] (Philips)
* [[Edward Elgar]]: [[Enigma Variations]]
* [[Franz Liszt]]: Complete Symphonic Poems (Philips)
* [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]]: [[Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov)|Scheherazade]] – [[Rodney Friend]], violin solo – (Philips 6500410, 1970s)
* [[Dmitri Shostakovich]]
** Symphonies Nos. 1–4, 7, 9, 10, 15 (Decca)
** Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93 – (LPO 0034) Recorded in 1986, Released in 2009
* [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]]: Symphonies 1–9 (EMI)
* Various: [[Glyndebourne Festival Opera: a Gala Evening]] (1992, Arthaus DVD, 100–432)

[[London Symphony Orchestra]]:
* [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]: Symphonies Nos 1–9 (LSO Live)
* [[Johannes Brahms]]: Symphonies Nos 1-4/Double Concerto/Serenade No 2 (LSO Live)
* [[Anton Bruckner]]: Symphony No 4; Symphony No 9 (LSO Live)
* [[Richard Strauss]]: Eine Alpensinfonie – (LSO Live LSO0689) Recorded in 2008, Released in 2010<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalcdreviews/7513492/Strauss-Eine-Alpensinfonie-review.html | title=Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, review | work=Telegraph | author=Geoffrey Norris | author-link=Geoffrey Norris | date=24 March 2010 | access-date=19 April 2017}}</ref>

[[Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra]]:
* [[Anton Bruckner]]: Symphony No. 5 (BR-KLASSIK 900109)
* [[Gustav Mahler]]: Symphony Nos. 3 and 9 (BR-KLASSIK 900149 and 900113)
* [[Joseph Haydn]]: [[The Creation (Haydn)|The Creation]] (BR-KLASSIK 900125)
* [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]: [[Missa solemnis (Beethoven)|Missa Solemnis]] (BR-KLASSIK 900130)
* [[Richard Wagner]]: [[Der Ring Des Nibelungen]] (EMI)-->

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* [https://www.concertgebouworkest.nl/nl/verhalen/eredirigent-bernard-haitink-overleden Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, 'Eredirigent Bernard Haitink overleden', 22 October 2021]
* [https://www.radiofilharmonischorkest.nl/en/nieuws/im-bernard-haitink/ Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, 'In Memoriam Bernard Haitink']
* [https://www.concertgebouw.nl/ontdek/in-memoriam-bernard-haitink-1929-2021 Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 'In memoriam Bernard Haitink (1929-2021)', 22 October 2021]
* [https://www.lpo.org.uk/news/bernard-haitink-1929-2021.html London Philharmonic Orchestra, 'Bernard Haitink 1929–2021', 22 October 2021] 
* [https://www.glyndebourne.com/festival/bernard-haitink-ch-kbe-1929-2021/ Glyndebourne, 'Bernard Haitink CH KBE, 1929-2021']
* [https://lso.co.uk/more/news/1723-tribute-bernard-haitink.html London Symphony Orchestra, 'Bernard Haitink, 1929–2021', 22 October 2021] 
* [https://www.staatskapelle-dresden.de/news/article/die-staatskapelle-trauert-um-bernard-haitink/56180/ Staatskapelle Dresden, 'Die Staatskapelle trauert um Bernard Haitink', 22 October 2021]
* [https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/stories/obituary-bernard-haitink/ Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, 'Mourning Bernard Haitink: On the death of the honorary member of the Berliner Philharmoniker']
* {{cite encyclopedia |last=Goodwin |first=Noël |author-link=Noël Goodwin |year=2001 |encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]] |title=Haitink, Bernard |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.12190 |isbn=978-1-56159-263-0 |url-access=subscription |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000012190 }} {{Grove Music subscription}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Bernard Haitink}}
* [http://401dutchdivas.nl/en/conductors/430-bernard-haitink-2.html List of recordings from Dutch Divas website]
* {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=q27900}}
* {{Discogs artist|Bernard Haitink}}
* {{IMDb name|0354411}}
* [https://www.askonasholt.com/artists/bernard-haitink/ Askonas Holt agency page on Bernard Haitink]
* {{NPG name|id=69762}}

'''Interviews'''
* [http://www.bruceduffie.com/haitink2.html Bernard Haitink interview], 13 January 1997

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[[Category:Edison Classical Music Awards Oeuvreprijs winners]]
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[[Category:Glyndebourne Festival Opera]]
[[Category:Chief conductors of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra]]
[[Category:Principal conductors of the London Philharmonic Orchestra]]
[[Category:Music directors of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra]]
[[Category:Music directors of the Royal Opera House]]
[[Category:Chief conductors of the Staatskapelle Dresden]]
[[Category:Grammy Award winners]]
[[Category:Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medallists]]
[[Category:Conductors (music) awarded knighthoods]]
[[Category:Honorary Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire]]
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[[Category:Honorary members of the Order of the Companions of Honour]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Order of the House of Orange]]
[[Category:Officers of the Order of Orange-Nassau]]
[[Category:Commanders of the Order of the Netherlands Lion]]
[[Category:Conservatorium van Amsterdam alumni]]
[[Category:Musicians from Amsterdam]]
[[Category:21st-century Dutch classical violinists]]
[[Category:Dutch male classical violinists]]
[[Category:Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]]
[[Category:Officers of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)]]