Herman Krebbers is a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 violin

Violin

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ist.

Born in Hengelo

Hengelo

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, Overijssel

Overijssel

Overijssel is a province of the Netherlands in the central eastern part of the country. The region has a NUTS classification of NL21. The province's name means "Lands across river IJssel". The capital city of Overijssel is Zwolle and the largest city is Enschede...

, Krebbers studied in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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 with Oskar Back. In 1943, the 19 year-old violinist debuted with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

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 and eventually became the Orchestra's Concertmaster

Concertmaster

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 in 1962.
In parallel he led a shining career as a soloist

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 and a chamber music

Chamber music

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ian. An accident in 1979 forced him to limit his soloist activities.

Krebbers has gained worldwide renown for his master classes at the Amsterdam Conservatory, where he has trained some of the most important contemporary violinists, including Frank Peter Zimmermann

Frank Peter Zimmermann

Frank Peter Zimmermann is a German violinist.He was born in Duisburg, Germany, and started playing the violin when he was five years old, giving his first concert with orchestra at the age of 10....

, Jeanne Lamon

Jeanne Lamon

Jeanne Lamon , violinist and conductor, born in New York, was raised in New York state, and began studying the violin at the age of seven. She studied violin at the Westchester Conservatory of Music with Editha Braham...

, Vera Beths, Rudolf Koelman

Rudolf Koelman

Rudolf Koelman is a Dutch violinist born in Amsterdam in 1959 and is currently a professor at the "Zürcher Hochschule der Künste" in Switzerland.-Biography:...

, Szymon Krzeszowiec, Jeroen de Groot and Emmy Verhey

Emmy Verhey

-Biography:Verhey got her first violin when she was 7. Recognized soon as a child prodigy, she went to study at age 8 with Oskar Back. Later she studied with Herman Krebbers, Bela Dekany, Wolfgang Schneiderhan...

, He has also served as chairman of the jury in the 1996 Leopold Mozart Violin Competition.