Coenraad Bloemendal
| Coenraad Bloemendal | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 30, 1946 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation(s) | Cellist, pedagogue |
| Instruments | Cello |
| Years active | fl. ca. 1963 -present |
| Labels | Sony, CBC |
| Associated acts | Glenn Gould |
| Website | [1] |
| Notable instruments | |
| Bernardus Calcanius cello - 1730 | |
Coenraad Bloemendal (born April 30, 1946 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch-born Canadian cellist, who has performed, taught and recorded primarily in the field of classical music during a career that has spanned more than four decades.
In the min-1960s Bloemendal studied at the Amsterdam Conservatory with the Netherlands' leading cello pedagogue Carel van Leeuwen Boomkamp (also the teacher of Anner Bijlsma). After graduation he moved to Bloomington Indiana in the United States to study cello with Janos Starker and chamber music with William Primrose.
Still in his teens, Bloemendal started touring with a professional chamber ensemble in the Netherlands and Germany. At 19, he joined a group of cellists from the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam for a tour of the Netherlands and Belgium. In 1971 Bloemendal moved to Canada and joined Camerata (chamber emsemble), which was one of the leading Canadian chamber ensembles of the seventies and consisted of the classically trained musicians: Elyakim Taussig and Kathryn Root (pianists), Suzanne Shulman (flute), James Campbell (clarinet), and Adele Armin (violin). On occasion, they were joined by Mary Lou Fallis (soprano). Their unique programming concepts saw them joined by illustrious artists from various disciplines such as Maureen Forrester, Moe Koffman, Don Thompson and Doug Riley, Glenn Gould, The National Ballet of Canada, actor Tony Van Bridge and many others. Camerata Canada accompanied Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau to inaugurate cultural relations with Mexico, Venezuela and Cuba. In the late seventies Camerata embarked on several European tours. The group disbanded in 1982.
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