Concertgebouw plays in concentration camp
mainMembers of the orchestra played this weekend at Kamp Vught – now a national monument – to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Marius Flothuis, artistic director from 1955 until 1974.
Flothuis (1914-2001) an assistant at the orchestra from 1937, was incarcerated in Kamp Vught in 1942 over his resistance to the German occupation. A prolific composer, he was an important mentor to Bernard Haitink in his early years as music director.
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