Willem van Otterloo (27 December 1907 – 27 July 1978) was a Dutch conductor and composer. Van Otterloo was born in Winterswijk, The Netherlands, the son of William Frederik van Otterloo, a railway inspector, and his wife Anna Catharina Enderlé. He qualified to study medicine at the University of Utrecht but switched to studying cello and composition at the Amsterdam Conservatoire. While playing as a cellist in the Utrecht Stedelijk Orkest (City Orchestra), he won a composition prize from the Concertgebouw Orchestra for his Suite No. 3, a work the premiere of which constituted Van Ot… read more
Willem van Otterloo (27 December 1907 – 27 July 1978) was a Dutch conductor and composer. Van Otterloo was born in Winterswijk, The Netherlands, the son of William Frederik van Otterloo, a railway inspector, and his wife Anna Catharina Enderlé. He qualified to study medicine at the University… read more
Willem van Otterloo (27 December 1907 – 27 July 1978) was a Dutch conductor and composer. Van Otterloo was born in Winterswijk, The Netherlands, the son of William Frederik van Otterloo, a railway inspector, and his wife Anna Catharina Enderlé. He qualified to study medicine at the University of Utrecht but switched to studying cello and composition at the Amster… read more
