Maestro Jaap van Zweden
2008-2009 Classical Season Performances
Mozart and Mahler
September 11-14
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25
Mahler: Symphony No. 5
Emanuel Ax, piano
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
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Steven Stucky: August 4, 1964 - World Premiere
September 18-21
Stucky: August 4, 1964
Laquita Mitchell, soprano
Kelly O'Connor, mezzo
Vale Rideout, tenor
Robert Orth, baritone
David R. Davidson, chorus director
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
September 25-27
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
Horacio Gutiérrez, piano
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
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Brahms: Symphony No. 4
November 6-9
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante
Webern: Im Sommerwind
Erin Hannigan, oboe
Gregory Raden, clarinet
Wilfred Roberts, bassoon
Gregory Hustis, horn
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
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Elgar: The Music Makers
November 13-15
Elgar: The Music Makers
Mahler: Rückert Lieder
Christianne Stotjin, mezzo-soprano
Dallas Symphony Chorus
David R. Davidson, chorus director
Jaap van Zweden conductor
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Mussorgsky/Stokowski: Pictures at an Exhibition
January 8-11
Mussorgsky/Stokowski: Pictures at an Exhibition
J. Strauss Jr.: On the Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5
J. Strauss Jr.: Pizzicato Polka
Leroy Anderson: The Typewriter
J. Strauss Jr.: Polka Schnell from Die Fledermaus
J. Strauss Sr.: Radetzky March
Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
January 15-17
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
Cho-Liang Lin, violin
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
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Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, Organ
April 16-19
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, Organ
Guilmant: Symphony No. 1
Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite
Mary Preston, organ
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
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Mozart: Requiem
April 23-26
Mozart: Requiem
Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony for Strings
Vocal Soloists, TBD
Dallas Symphony Chorus
David R. Davidson, chorus director
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
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Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
April 30-May 2
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Alexander Raskatov: Violin Concerto - World Premiere
Emanuel Borok, violin
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
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Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
May 21-23
Tchaikovksy: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Brahms: Schicksalslied for Chorus and Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture (arranged for chorus and orchestra)
Violin, TBD
Dallas Symphony Chorus
David R. Davidson, chorus director
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
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Biography
Following his appointment as music director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in February of 2007, Jaap (pronounced YAP) van Zweden (pronounced van ZVAY-den) stepped into the role of the DSO's music director with the 2008-2009 season. His other titled positions include music director of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Kamer Filharmonie (2005-2013).
Having joined the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra as concertmaster at age 19, van Zweden spent the next sixteen years being inspired and mentored by Solti, Haitink, Giulini, Harnoncourt and Bernstein. As a matter of fact, it was Bernstein who pronounced that he was a born conductor and should pursue it. With this encouragement, van Zweden began studying conducting in the Netherlands and performed as violinist and conductor with several orchestras between 1994-1997.
In 1997, Jaap van Zweden made his decision to conduct full time and was named the chief conductor of the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra where he remained until 2003. In 2000, he added the music directorship of the Residentie Orchestra of The Hague to his credits, a post he held until 2005.
Since 2001, he has guested with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Philharmonic and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestras, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Orchestre National de France, Munich Philharmonic, Sydney and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras, Hong Kong Philharmonic and Tokyo Philharmonic, among others.
Apart from an extensive symphonic repertoire, opera also plays an important part in van Zweden's career. Also a prolific recording artist, Jaap van Zweden has recorded all of the Beethoven symphonies and is in the process of recording all of the Bruckner symphonies.
Born in 1960 in the Netherlands, Jaap van Zweden began his violin studies at the Amsterdam Conservatory before entering the Juilliard School in New York at age 16, as a student of Dorothy DeLay, and supported his way through school by winning various violin competitions. He was married in 1983, and he and his wife Aaltje have four children ages 22 to 12.
The van Zwedens are committed to bringing awareness and acceptance to the cause of autism, and in the Netherlands have established the Papageno Foundation, www.Stichtingpapageno.nl, devoted to bringing music therapy into the homes of autistic children.
