Jacques Zoon

Born in Heiloo, the Netherlands, in 1961, the flutist Jacques Zoon studied at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam with Koos Verheul and Harrie Starreveld; he also took master classes with Geoffrey Gilbert and András Adorján at the Banff Centre for the Arts. Awarded prizes at the Concours Jean-Pierre Rampal in Paris and the Scheveningen International Music Competition, he was appointed principal flute with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in 1988; in 1997, he joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra; the Boston Globe named him “Musician of the Year” in 1998. Zoon has been a freelance musician since 2001, performing worldwide as a soloist. He worked closely with Claudio Abbado, who appointed him to the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in 2003 and recorded Mozart’s Flute Concerto, K. 314, with him. Zoon has taught at the Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique de Genève since 2002 and at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofia in Madrid as well since 2008.

Jacques Zoon, who began performing regularly at Lucerne Festival since the end of the 1980s as a member of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, has appeared here every year since 2003 as principal flutist with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra.

July 2023