page_title: Edo de Waart
section_title: Honours
hierarchical_section_title: Edo de Waart / Honours
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Klassieke Edisons 1969 uitgereikt in het Concertgebouw te Amsterdam. Van links naar rechts: Karlheinz Stockhausen, Anneliese Rothenberger en Edo de Waart. 3 oktober 1969English: Dutch music award Edison 1969 to (left to right) Karlheinz Stockhausen, Anneliese Rothenberger and Edo de Waart. Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Netherlands (3 Oct. 1969)
context_page_description: Edo de Waart is a Dutch conductor. He is music director of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, chief conductor of the Royal Flemish Philharmonic, an Artistic Partner with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and music director of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
  De Waart studied oboe, piano and conducting at the Sweelinck Conservatory, graduating in 1962. The following year, he was appointed associate principal oboe of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
context_section_description: In January 2001 De Waart was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal "for service to Australian society and the advancement of music". In May 2005, he was appointed an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia "for service to Australia, particularly as Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra". He is a knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion.
caption: De Waart (right) with Karlheinz Stockhausen and Anneliese Rothenberger, receiving the Dutch Edison music awards in 1969.
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