Kempen, Paul van

Performer

Paul van Kempen (16 May 1893 – 8 December 1955) was a Dutch conductor. Van Kempen was born in Zoeterwoude, Netherlands. He studied at the Amsterdam conservatory from 1910 to 1913, including composition and conducting with Julius Roentgen and Bernard Zweers, as well as violin with Louis Zimmerman. From 1913, he was a second violinist with the Concertgebouw Orchestra. One year later, he was in the first violin section. After 1916, he began to make his career more in Germany, and served as concertmaster in orchestras in Posen, Bad Nauheim und Dortmund. In 1932, van Kempen became a German citizen. He died in Amsterdam at age 62.  [source from Wikipedia]

Work

• Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
• Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19
• Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
• Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
• Piano concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 - Emperor
• Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466
• Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
• Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
• Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 - Eroica
• Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
• Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
• 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1
• Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Johann Adam Hiller, Op. 100
• Fingal's Cave, Op. 26
• Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in D major, K. 382