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Music, Maestro

LAST YEAR, when it was announced that Jaap van Zweden would be the next music director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, a Dallas Morning News editorial proclaimed that "the orchestra's own Tony Romo has arrived." For Van Zweden, who's from the Netherlands, the magnitude of that endorsement--to say nothing of the expectations for the position--is likely still sinking in. The DSO may not be quite as visible as America's Team, but its bold new hire, who officially takes the helm this month, is coming in on a wave of near-unbridled excitement.

The 47-year-old Dutchman, who favors black Nehru-style jackets and wears a goatee that offsets his bald head, is certainly no novice to the stage. A Juilliard-trained violinist, he became the youngest concertmaster of Amsterdam's prestigious Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra at nineteen. And even though he began conducting on something of a whim--taking over a rehearsal of Mahler's Symphony No. 1 at Leonard Bernstein's insistence in 1990--his skill with a baton has since eclipsed his prowess on the violin. He's led orchestras across...

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