Jaap van Zweden
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Biography
Jaap van Zweden (born 1960 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch conductor and violinist. A child violin prodigy, he won the Oskar Back competition at the age of 15, then went on to study at the Juilliard School in New York. At 19, he became the youngest concertmaster in the history of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, a position he held from 1979 to 1995. He turned to conducting in the late 1990s. He was Principal Conductor of the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra (1996-2000), the Resident Orchestra of The Hague (2000-2005), the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (2005-2012) and the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra (2008-2011). Internationally, he has made a particular mark with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, of which he was Music Director from 2008 to 2018, and the Hong Kong Philharmonic, which he conducted from 2012 to 2024. In 2018, he took over as Music Director of the New York Philharmonic, a position he held for six seasons until 2024, while developing a career as guest conductor with many renowned orchestras. He is now Music Director of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and Music Director Designate of the Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Following the live recording of Wagner's Ring with the Hong Kong Philharmonic with Matthias Goerne, Michelle DeYoung, Stuart Kelton and Eri Nakamura, Zweden pursued with the Brahms symphonic cycle, Shostakovich's Symphonies No. 5 & No. 9, Mahler's "Titan" Symphony (with the Seoul Philharmonic) and Steve Reich's Jacob's Ladder with percussionist Colin Currie and the New York Philharmonic.
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- Symphony no. 8 in c minor: Scherzo (Allegro moderato)
- Symphony no. 8 in c minor: Finale (Feierlicht, nicht schnell)
- Schnittke: Concerto Grosso No. 3 - 1. Allegro featuring Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- Schnittke: Concerto Grosso No. 3 - 3. Pesante featuring Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- Schnittke: Concerto Grosso No. 3 - 2. Risoluto featuring Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- Schnittke: Concerto Grosso No. 3 - 5. Moderato featuring Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- Schnittke: Concerto Grosso No. 3 - 4. featuring Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- Lang: prisoner of the state - gold featuring New York Philharmonic
- Lang: prisoner of the state - where is the boy? featuring New York Philharmonic
- Lang: prisoner of the state - I stole a loaf of bread featuring New York Philharmonic
- Lang: prisoner of the state - prisoners! wake up! featuring New York Philharmonic
- Lang: prisoner of the state - I was a woman featuring New York Philharmonic
- Lang: prisoner of the state - o what desire featuring New York Philharmonic
- Adolphe: Unearth, Release - III. Embracing Mist by Jaap van Zweden
- Symphony no. 8 in c minor: Allegro moderato
- Lang: prisoner of the state - better to be feared featuring New York Philharmonic
- Symphony no. 8 in c minor: Adagio (Feierlich langsam, doch nicht schleppend)
- Lang: prisoner of the state - entrance of the governor featuring New York Philharmonic
- Lang: prisoner of the state - prison song featuring New York Philharmonic
- War Requiem op. 66: Requiem aeternam (Introitus and Kyrie)
- Lang: prisoner of the state - there is one thing featuring New York Philharmonic
- Lang: prisoner of the state - how cold it is featuring New York Philharmonic
- Lang: prisoner of the state - uhhh. so dark featuring New York Philharmonic
- Lang: prisoner of the state - he's moving featuring New York Philharmonic
