SERVING THE ORCHESTRA

Dutch conductor Jaap van Zweden leads the New York Philharmonic in a set of performances in Beijing. Chen Nan reports.

Jaap van Zweden can still recall how he saved extra cash to buy New York Philharmonic tickets when he was studying at the Juilliard School in the United States.

Now, four decades later, Van Zweden, a 57-year-old Dutch conductor, will become the next music director of the New York Philharmonic starting with the 2018-19 season.