Willem van Hoogstraten

Willem van Hoogstraten (March 18, 1884 – September 11, 1965) was a Dutch violinist and conductor.

Van Hoogstraten was born in Utrecht, and studied the violin from age eight including studies with Alexander Schmuller, and enrolled at the conservatory in Cologne at age sixteen where he studied with Bram Eldering. He also studied violin with Otakar Ševcik in Prague.

He began his career as the conduct… More