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Frank Peter Zimmermann

Frank Peter Zimmermann

Frank Peter Zimmermann has been played on NTS shows including Tafelmusik w/ Francesco Fusaro, with Violin Concerto 'To The Memory Of An Angel' first played on 11 May 2023.

Frank Peter Zimmermann

Born in 1965 in Duisburg, Germany, Frank Peter Zimmermann started playing the violin when he was 5 years old, giving his first concert with orchestra at the age of 10.

Since finishing his studies with Valery Gradov, Saschko Gawriloff and Herman Krebbers in 1983, Frank Peter Zimmermann has performed with all the major orchestras in the world, collaborating on these occasions with the world's most renowned conductors. His numerous engagements take him to all major concert venues and international music festivals in Europe, the United States, Japan, South America and Australia.

Frank Peter Zimmermann is also an avid chamber musician and recitalist. His interpretations of a wide range of repertoire have been received with great critical acclaim from press and public alike. His regular recital and chamber music partners are pianists Enrico Pace and Christian Zacharias and cellist Heinrich Schiff. In 2007 he performed an all-Beethoven programme with pianist Emanuel Ax. Pianist Piotr Anderszewski will be his partner during a short recital tour in April 2009. During the 2007/08/09 seasons he presents the newly formed string trio with viola player Antoine Tamestit and cellist Christian Poltéra to audiences in various cities throughout Europe.

Frank Peter Zimmermann was awarded the Premio del Accademia Musicale Chigiana, Siena 1990. In April 1994 he received the important Rheinischer Kulturpreis 1994 and in October 2002 the Musikpreis of the city of Duisburg. In January 2008 he received the Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.

During the past two decades Frank Peter Zimmermann has recorded virtually all the major concerto repertoire from Bach to Weill, as well as many works from the recital repertoire. Many recordings have received prestigious awards and prizes worldwide.

Frank Peter Zimmermann plays a Stradivarius from 1711, which once belonged to Fritz Kreisler, and which is kindly sponsored by the WestLB AG. Source http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/meettheorchestra/players/frankpeterzimmerman/

Special note: "Peter Zimmermann" is also an alias used by a German Synthwave, Synth-Pop, Italo Disco, and Vaporwave music producer. He started his own exclusive record label "Peter Zimmermann's World Of Music" in late 2020 that would later become known as "Record Club".

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Frank Peter Zimmermann

Frank Peter Zimmermann has been played on NTS shows including Tafelmusik w/ Francesco Fusaro, with Violin Concerto 'To The Memory Of An Angel' first played on 11 May 2023.

Frank Peter Zimmermann

Born in 1965 in Duisburg, Germany, Frank Peter Zimmermann started playing the violin when he was 5 years old, giving his first concert with orchestra at the age of 10.

Since finishing his studies with Valery Gradov, Saschko Gawriloff and Herman Krebbers in 1983, Frank Peter Zimmermann has performed with all the major orchestras in the world, collaborating on these occasions with the world's most renowned conductors. His numerous engagements take him to all major concert venues and international music festivals in Europe, the United States, Japan, South America and Australia.

Frank Peter Zimmermann is also an avid chamber musician and recitalist. His interpretations of a wide range of repertoire have been received with great critical acclaim from press and public alike. His regular recital and chamber music partners are pianists Enrico Pace and Christian Zacharias and cellist Heinrich Schiff. In 2007 he performed an all-Beethoven programme with pianist Emanuel Ax. Pianist Piotr Anderszewski will be his partner during a short recital tour in April 2009. During the 2007/08/09 seasons he presents the newly formed string trio with viola player Antoine Tamestit and cellist Christian Poltéra to audiences in various cities throughout Europe.

Frank Peter Zimmermann was awarded the Premio del Accademia Musicale Chigiana, Siena 1990. In April 1994 he received the important Rheinischer Kulturpreis 1994 and in October 2002 the Musikpreis of the city of Duisburg. In January 2008 he received the Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.

During the past two decades Frank Peter Zimmermann has recorded virtually all the major concerto repertoire from Bach to Weill, as well as many works from the recital repertoire. Many recordings have received prestigious awards and prizes worldwide.

Frank Peter Zimmermann plays a Stradivarius from 1711, which once belonged to Fritz Kreisler, and which is kindly sponsored by the WestLB AG. Source http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/meettheorchestra/players/frankpeterzimmerman/

Special note: "Peter Zimmermann" is also an alias used by a German Synthwave, Synth-Pop, Italo Disco, and Vaporwave music producer. He started his own exclusive record label "Peter Zimmermann's World Of Music" in late 2020 that would later become known as "Record Club".

Original source: Last.fm

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Choses Vues À Droite Et À Gauche
Auric, Françaix, Milhaud, Poulenc, Satie, Frank Peter Zimmermann, Alexander Lonquich
EMI Classics1993
Violin Concerto 'To The Memory Of An Angel'
Sir Simon Rattle, Frank Peter Zimmermann, Alban Berg Quartett
EMI Classics1996