Anton Kersjes was a Dutch violinist-conductor who died in 2004 and was not well-known in this country due to a dearth of recordings. It's entirely possible he recorded only four or five times during his professional career, although he conducted hundreds of live concerts. He was born August 17, 1923 and established his reputation as a conductor of the Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra - not to be confused with the Royal Concertgebouw. The Amsterdam Phil started its life in 1953 as the Kunstmaand Orchestra and adopted its name (Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra) in 1969. It then became - after a merger with two other Dutch orchestras - the Dutch Philharmonic Orchestra in 1985. As far as I know, Anton Kersjes never conducted in the U.S.
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