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After beginning his professional career at an incredibly young age, Jaap van Zweden has had an illustrious career as a violinist, but more notably, as a conductor. He has led ensembles of varying sizes in repertoire covering orchestral and opera works from the Baroque to the 21st century. Along with his wife, Aaltje, he established a foundation to provide music therapy to children with autism. In 2022, the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra announced that van Zweden will be its next music director, beginning with the 2024 season.Van Zweden was born on December 12, 1960, in Amsterdam. With his pianis ...read more
After beginning his professional career at an incredibly young age, Jaap van Zweden has had an illustrious career as a violinist, but more notably, as a conductor. He has led ensembles of varying sizes in repertoire covering orchestral and opera works from the Baroque to the 21st century. Along with his wife, Aaltje, he established a foundation to provide music therapy to children with autism. In 2022, the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra announced that van Zweden will be its next music director, beginning with the 2024 season.Van Zweden was born on December 12, 1960, in Amsterdam. With his pianist father's encouragement, he took up the violin at age five. After winning the National Oskar Back Violin Competition at age 15, van Zweden then enrolled at Juilliard, where he studied with Dorothy DeLay. In 1979, at age 18, van Zweden was appointed as a co-concertmaster of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, becoming the youngest person to hold this position. He remained in this post until 1995. Van Zweden won an Edison Award in 1984 for a recording of Brahms' violin sonatas, with Ronald Brautigam on piano. « hide |
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