Simone Young to replace Jaap van Zweden with the New York Philharmonic

Simone Young will replace New York Philharmonic Music Direcotr Jaap van Zweden in conducting Mahler’s Symphony No. 6 on 11, 12 and 13 April 2019. These performances will mark Simone Young’s first return to the New York Philharmonic since her debut, in October 1998. Jaap van Zweden sustained a serious second-degree burn on his shoulder last week and will not conducting for at least one week.