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Jaap Schröder

Born: 31st December 1925, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Died: 1st January 2020, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Nationality: Dutch

Jaap Schröder or Jaap Schroeder was a Dutch violinist, conductor, and pedagogue.

He studied at the Amsterdam Conservatory and at the Sorbonne in France. In the 1960s he was a member of the Dutch early music group Concerto Amsterdam and made recordings with Gustav Leonhardt, Anner Bylsma, Frans Brüggen and others. Since 1981 he served as the director and concertmaster of the Academy of Ancient Music, and in 1982 he was appointed the visiting music director of the Smithsonian Chamber Players.

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