Born Antonius Koopman in Zwolle, Netherlands on October 2, 1944, the Dutch
conductor, organist and harpsichordist is better known by his nickname Ton. The
Dutch classical musician has spent his career studying early historical forms of
classical music and the way in which they were performed. Koopman is a scholar
in the works of Bach and founded the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, with whom he
has played at some of the world's finest concert halls. He grew up studying the
organ, harpsichord and musicology in Amsterdam and became part of the early
music movement in the 1960s, which s...