Jaap Vanzweden is a Dutch violinist born on December 12, 1960. He is best known for becoming the youngest concertmaster of the Concertgebouw Orchestra at the age of eighteen, a record that still stands today. He has since gone on to become a renowned conductor and has held positions with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic.
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Age, Biography and Wiki
💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M
About
Violinist who became the concertmaster of the Concertgebouw Orchestra at the age of eighteen, the youngest concertmaster at the time to hold the position.
Before Fame
At age five, his father taught him how to play violin; after winning a competition when he was fifteen, he attended the Juilliard School.
Trivia
He and Aaltje van Zweden-van Buuren founded the Papageno Foundation to provide musical therapy for autistic children.
Family Life
He married Aaltje van Zweden–van Buuren and with her he has a daughter named Anna-Sophia and three sons named Daniel, Benjamin, and Alexander.
Associated With
He recorded the complete symphonies of Ludwig Van Beethoven with the Residentie Orchestra in The Hague.
