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The Concertgebouw opened on April 11 , 1888 . The Concertgebouw Orchestra, however, was not founded until a little later. It gave its first concert in the Concertgebouw on November 3 , 1888 under the principal conductor for its first seven years, Willem Kes . In 1895, Willem Mengelberg became its chief conductor, remaining with the organization for fifty years, an unusually long tenure for a music director (other long tenures at major orchestras include Evgeny Mravinsky at the Leningrad Philharmonic and Eugene Ormandy at the Philadelphia Orchestra ). He is generally regarded as having brought the orchestra to a level of major international significance. From 1945 to 1959, the orchestra's principal conductor was Eduard Van Beinum . After he suddenly died, Bernard Haitink and Eugen Jochum took over, with Haitink becoming sole principal conductor until 1988 . Riccardo Chailly was the principal conductor of the orchestra from 1988 to 2004 and the first non-Dutchman to hold the post. In 2004, he was succeeded by Latvia n conductor Mariss Jansons . Uniquely among orchestras of this caliber and age, the Concertgebouw Orchestra has had only six music directors, which has been yet another factor in creating the orchestra's distinct character. With its ‘velvet’ strings, the ‘golden’ brass sound and the exceptional timbre of the woodwinds, sometimes described as ‘typically Dutch’, the Concertgebouw Orchestra has won itself a place amongst the small, select group of top world orchestras. The nearly one thousand recordings that the orchestra has to its credit have also contributed to this reputation. MUSIC DIRECTORS
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