Jaap van Zweden

Dutch conductor (born 1960)

Jaap van Zweden is remembered in music for work that changed what came after it.

The record lists Jaap van Zweden as Dutch conductor (born 1960).

Jaap van Zweden was born at Amsterdam in 1960. His recorded nationality is Netherlands.

Amplification, television and the album as an art form defined this period, and the record industry reached its greatest scale.

He worked as conductor, concertmaster and violinist.

The instruments recorded are violin.

His work is classed as classical music.

What survives in music is rarely what sold best at the time.

That the work came out of Netherlands shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.

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