Klarinet Archive - Posting 001075.txt from 2000/12

From: "Tony Wakefield" <tony-wakefield@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Julius Baker vs. Zoon
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 19:28:12 -0500

He`s still a beginner isn`t he compared to Baker?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Leupold" <leupold_1@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] Julius Baker vs. Zoon

> --- 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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