Jan Willem Loot (15 December 1943 – 6 February 2021) was a Dutch orchestra administrator.
[2] Loot's first post with an orchestra was as deputy director of the Overijssels Philharmonsch Orkest.
[2] During this tenure, he altered the earlier policy of a lifetime appointment for the orchestra's chief conductor, and prevented a merger of this ensemble with Het Gelders Orkest.
[1][2][3] He served as director of the foundation that oversaw the NedPhO / NKO, and secured the Beurs van Berlage as a rehearsal and performance venue for the musicians.
[5] His tenure encompassed the granting of the title Eredirigent (honorary conductor) to Bernard Haitink, as a partial restoration of past ruptured relations between the orchestra and Haitink,[1] the appointment of Mariss Jansons as chief conductor, and establishment of the orchestra's own label 'RCO Live'.