Congratulations conductor Ton Koopman for winning the Edison Klassiek Oeuvre Award! On November 19th Koopman has received the award in the Dutch TV show Podium Witteman.
Head of the jury Mischa Spel: "Conductor, harpsichord player and organ player Ton Koopman (73) is a boiling source of knowledge of and enthusiasm for music. [...] Koopman is music, in the flesh! You see it in the way he conducts: rocking, breathing and experiencing every note."
On November 24th a new album of Koopman will be released together with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir and Nieuw Vocaal Amsterdam called 'Kerstspel' with Christmas songs especially arranged by Ton Koopman himself!