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Jacques Zoon was distinguished with the Jury?s Special Prize of the Jean-Pierre Rampal Competition in Paris. Zoon was born
in 1961 and studied at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam with Koos Verheul and Harris Starreveld and later with
Geoffrey Gilbert in Canada. He has been solo player with the Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, in The Hague, the
Concertgebouw, Boston Symphony, Berlin Philharmonic and, at present, he is soloist with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and
the Bologna Mozart Orchestra both under the baton of Claudio Abbado. He has been solo performer in concertos by
Mozart, Joliver, Martin, Gubaidulina, Bernstein, Ligeti and Boulez with conductors such as Abbado, Ozawa, Haitink and Boulez.
Jacques Zoon has played chamber music with violoncellist Iseut Chuat and as solo player in double concertos that
composers Bernhard Heiden and Paul Desenne wrote for him. His vocation for chamber music took him to collaborate
with ensembles such as Indomeno, Viotta, Gaudier, Ludwig Trio as well as the Orlando and Amati Quartets, among others.
The Boston Globe named him ?Musician of the Year? in 1988. He has made many successful recordings. His active interest
for the technical aspects for improving the flute resulted in the "Zoon model" flute that is being produced by Williams
Flutes, Boston. As a teacher he has taught at the Indiana and Boston Universities and at the Hanns Eisler Hochschule in
Berlin. At present he is professor at the Geneva Conservatory. Since the 2008-2009 academic year, Jacques Zoom is
Head Professor of the Flute Chair of the Reina Sofía School of Music. At present, he is also Professor of the Wind
Department of the International Institute of Chamber Music of Madrid.
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