Jaap van Zweden
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Dutch conductor Jaap van Zweden, 55, will be heading the Gstaad Conducting Academy and the Gstaad Festival Orchestra in Gstaad as of 2017, for 2 years with an option of extension. He will conduct 2 to 3 programs a year. Performances at the Schleswig Holstein Music Festival have already been scheduled for August 2017. Van Zweden is music director in Dallas and Hong Kong. Starting with the 2018/19 season, van Zweden becomes music director of the New York Philharmonic.
