Anner Bylsma (born Anne Bijlsma; 17 February 1934 – 25 July 2019)[1] was a Dutch cellist who played on both modern and period instruments in a historically informed style.
[2] He studied with Carel van Leeuwen Boomkamp at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and won the Prix d'excellence in 1957.
He was one of the pioneers of the "Dutch Baroque School" and rose to fame as a partner of Frans Brüggen and Gustav Leonhardt, who toured extensively together and made many recordings.
In 1979, Bylsma recorded the six suites for unaccompanied cello (BWV 1007–1012) by J. S. Bach, the first of its kind on a period instrument.
He later went on to recreate the same music in 1992 on the large Servais Stradivarius and on a five-string violoncello piccolo.