Who is Jaap van Zweden?
Jaap van Zweden
conductor
Jaap van Zweden, currently Music Director of the Seoul Philharmonic, will be Music Director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France from 2026-2027. From the 2018- 2019 through the 2023-2024 season, he was Music Director of the New York Philharmonic.
He also served as Music Director of the Hong Kong Philharmonic from 2012-2024 and the Dallas Symphony from 2008-2018.
Jaap van Zweden
Foto: Brad Trent
Jaap van Zweden
Foto: Brad Trent
Born in Amsterdam, Van Zweden was appointed the youngest-ever concertmaster of Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra at the age of nineteen. Almost twenty years later, in 1996 he began his conducting career. In 2023, he received the Concertgebouw Prize for exceptional contributions to that organization’s artistic profile.
He remains Conductor Emeritus of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra and Honorary Chief Conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, where he was Chief Conductor (2005-2013); he also served as Chief Conductor of the Royal Flanders Orchestra (2008-2011).
Born in Amsterdam, Van Zweden was appointed the youngest-ever concertmaster of Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra at the age of nineteen. Almost twenty years later, in 1996 he began his conducting career. In 2023, he received the Concertgebouw Prize for exceptional contributions to that organization’s artistic profile.
He remains Conductor Emeritus of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra and Honorary Chief Conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, where he was Chief Conductor (2005-2013); he also served as Chief Conductor of the Royal Flanders Orchestra (2008-2011).
Bijgewerkt op zondag 13 april 2025