Overview
Biography
Amsterdam-born Jaap van Zweden is one of today’s most sought-after conductors. Named Musical America’s Conductor of the Year for 2012, he has been Music Director of the Hong Kong Philharmonic since the 2012/13 season. Maestro van Zweden is currently Music Director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Honorary Chief Conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Conductor Emeritus of the Radio Chamber Philharmonic.
Prestigious orchestras with which he has worked include the Chicago Symphony, London Symphony, Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras, and the New York and London Philharmonic Orchestras. He has made highly acclaimed débuts with Berlin Philharmonic and Vienna Philharmonic respectively in 2013 and 2014. Opera also plays an important part in his activities. His repertoire includes La Traviata, Fidelio, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Parsifal and Vanessa.
He has recorded the complete Beethoven symphonies, Shostakovich Symphony no. 5, Mahler’s Symphony no. 5 (recorded live at his London Philharmonic début), Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring and the Brahms symphonies with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, with whom he has recently completed a cycle of Bruckner symphonies, to great critical acclaim.
In 1997, Maestro van Zweden and his wife Aaltje established the Papageno Foundation, its objective being to support families with one or more children with autism.
