Klarinet Archive - Posting 001069.txt from 2000/12
From: Neil Leupold <leupold_1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Julius Baker vs. Zoon
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 19:28:06 -0500
--- Tony Wakefield <tony-wakefield@-----.net> wrote:
> Does anyone know who Zoon is?
I got the impression that the Zoon to which GT Gallant was referring
was a non-classical artist, perhaps jazz, folk , or new-age. What I
found via a quick Google search was a bio of an accomplished classical
flutist who, while not possessed of Baker's legendary status, is no
slouch himself. He's Principal Flute of the Boston Symphony Orchestra,
among other things. Oh, what would the flute-m list members think of
us Klarinetters for not knowing this! :-) Perhaps this is a different
Zoon (but what are the odds?):
Born in 1961, Jacques Zoon studied at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam
with Koos Verheul and Harrie Starreveld. After graduating with honors, he con-
tinued his education in Canada at the Banff Center for the Arts, where he at-
tended master classes with Geoffrey Gilbert and András Adorján. Mr. Zoon began
playing in orchestras at an early age and soon gained broad experience as an
orchestral musician. He was a member of the Netherlands Youth Orchestra and
the European Community Youth Orchestra, with which he played under such re-
nowned conductors as Abbado and Bernstein, and he was a soloist with the Am-
sterdam Philharmonic and The Hague Philharmonic. In 1988 he was appointed first
flute of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, with which he also won great praise
as a soloist in performances of Mozart, Jolivet, Martin, and Gubaidulina. In ad-
dition he was first flute with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, with which he
also appeared regularly as soloist. He has also been soloist with many other
orchestras throughout the world. An active chamber musician, he has been a mem-
ber of such groups as the Netherlands Wind Ensemble and the Gaudier Ensemble,
some of them using historical instruments.
Mr. Zoon joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra as principal flute at the start
of the 1997-98 season. As such, he is also a member of the Boston Symphony Cham-
ber Players. In 1981, together with pianist Bernd Brackman, Mr. Zoon won second
prize at the Wilhelm Pijper Competition. He was awarded the "Prix spécial du Jury"
in 1987 at the Jean-Pierre Rampal Flute Competition in Paris. At the 1988 Scheven-
ingen International Music Competition he won both third prize and the prize for
the performance of a contemporary composition. Jacques Zoon has made various re-
cordings for Philips, Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Vanguard Classics, Koch Schwann,
Canyon Classics, NM Classics, and Fidelio. He has recorded the Mozart flute con-
certos with Alain Lombard and the Orchestre de Bordeaux. In 1997, with pianist
Bernd Brackman, he was awarded an Edison Prize for their album of contemporary
Dutch repertory for flute and piano. Mr. Zoon maintains an active interest in
the mechanical aspects of the flute and has published his findings on making
technical improvements to the instrument. He was a Professor of Flute at the
Rotterdam Conservatory from 1988 to 1994 and in 1994 became Professor of Flute
at Indiana University in Bloomington. He now holds that same position at Boston
University and at the New England Conservatory of Music.
-- Neil
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