Jaap Van Zweden Named Chief Conductor Of Hong Kong Philharmonic

“Jaap van Zweden, in his fourth season as music director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, will also become music director of the Hong Kong Philharmonic starting in the 2012-13 season. Recently named Musical America‘s Conductor of the Year, and widely viewed as a major rising star, van Zweden will succeed another Dutchman, Edo de Waart, in the … position.”