Jaap van Zweden

Jaap van Zweden is a Dutch conductor and violinist.

Van Zweden was born in Amsterdam, North Holland. His father, a pianist, encouraged him to begin violin studies at age five, and he studied music in Amsterdam. At age 15, he won a violin competition this allowed him to attend the Juilliard School in the United States, where he studied with Dorothy DeLay.

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