Ton Hartsuiker

{{Short description|Dutch musician}}

Antoni Fredrik "Ton" Hartsuiker (12 May 1933 in Zwolle – 8 May 2015{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304114708/http://www.radio4.nl/podium/nieuws-pagina/11912/ton-hartsuiker-overleden |date=4 March 2016 |title=Ton Hartsuiker overleden}}, press announcement Dutch Radio 4. in Utrecht) was a Dutch classical pianist, best known as a performer of 20th-century classical music, composer, music school administrator, and radio broadcaster.

He was the director of both the Music Academy of Utrecht{{cite web| url=http://www.ncrv.nl/ncrv/radio?nav=xqpvGsHjHAQTDEiDrDK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105084443/http://www.ncrv.nl/ncrv/radio?nav=xqpvGsHjHAQTDEiDrDK |archive-date=5 January 2009 |url-status=dead |title=Musicus Ton Hartsuiker |work=ncrv.nl}} and the Conservatorium van Amsterdam,[http://www.minocw.nl/actueel/toespraken/470/toespraakvandeheeranuisstaatssecretarisvanonderwijscultuurenwetenschappentergelegenheidvanhetafscheidvandeheertonhartsuikeralsdirecteurvanhetsweelinckconservatoriumop24juni1998teamsterdam.html Speech upon the retirement of Ton Hartsuiker] by deputy minister Aad Nuis. and was also on the faculty of the Rotterdam Conservatoire and Enschede Music Academy. For 22 years he presented the program Musica Nova on Radio 4, the Dutch classical radio station, for broadcasting organization NOS. He was the musical director of and a pianist in Ensemble M (1974–1978), founded by Hartsuiker and the conductor David Porcelijn.{{cite web|url=http://www.radio4.nl/page/artikel/1243/|title=NPO Radio 4|work=radio4.nl}}

He won the Geneco Prize in 1998.{{cite web|url=http://archief.nrc.nl/index.php/1998/Juli/14/kunst/6/Prijs+voor+Ton+Hartsuiker%7ctitle=Zoeken%7cwork=nrc.nl|title=Zoeken|work=nrc.nl}} For his contributions to music in the Netherlands he was knighted by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (1998) and in 2002 received the Hogenbijl Prize.

Among his many students, at several music academies and as a private teacher, were Alwin Bär, Guus Janssen,{{cite web|url=http://www.draaiomjeoren.com/taketen/taketenjanssen.html |title=Guus Janssen: "Muziek is een prachtige manier om zonder woorden te gebruiken toch een eigen mentaliteit of levenshouding te laten spreken." |work=draaiomjeoren.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113103437/http://www.draaiomjeoren.com/taketen/taketenjanssen.html |archive-date=13 January 2017 |url-status=dead}} Arthur Jussen, Vera Kerstens, Christiaan Kuyvenhoven, Ralph van Raat, Christiaan Richter, Joey Roukens,[https://www.conservatoriumvanamsterdam.nl/nieuws/2015/5/oud-directeur-ton-hartsuiker-overleden/ "Oud-directeur Ton Hartsuiker overleden"]. Conservatorium van Amsterdam. Maarten van Veen,[https://www.locg.ch/fr/saison?saison_id=4&type_id=artists&artist_id=43 "Maarten van Veen"]. Orchestre de chambre de Genève. and Ljuba Moiz.[http://www.ljubamoiz.net/profile.htm "Ljuba Moiz. Profile"]. Website of Ljuba Moiz.