Klarinet Archive - Posting 001076.txt from 2000/12

From: Neil Leupold <leupold_1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Julius Baker vs. Zoon
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 19:28:13 -0500

He's younger, but I wouldn't go that far. I think being a
principal player in one of the world's finest orchestras,
and teaching at one of the highest-level conservatories,
might nudge him into the intermediate category...

--- Tony Wakefield <tony-wakefield@-----.net> wrote:
> He`s still a beginner isn`t he compared to Baker?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Neil Leupold" <leupold_1@-----.com>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: 20 December 2000 16:23
> 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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