Eduard Flipse

He was noted as a champion of the music of Dutch composers,[1] such as Léon Orthel.

[2] He prepared the chorus for one of the earliest Dutch performances of William Walton's cantata Belshazzar's Feast.

[3] He was the first Dutch conductor of Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring and Alban Berg’s Violin Concerto.

His recordings with the orchestra include a live performance from the 1955 Holland Festival of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No.

His first marriage to Louise Francina Victoria Snel, from 1923 to 1940, produced a son, and ended in divorce.