Tabea Zimmermann

Tabea Zimmermann (born 8 October 1966) is a German violist who has performed internationally, both as a soloist and a chamber musician. She has been artist in residence of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic, and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 2004, Zimmermann founded the Arcanto Quartet, a string quartet that performed until 2016. Several composers have written music for her, including György Ligeti (the Viola Sonata), and she has made her own version of Bartók's Viola Concerto from the composer's sketches.

Tabea Zimmermann
Zimmermann in 2007
Born (1966-10-08) 8 October 1966
Lahr, Germany
Occupations
Organizations
AwardsErnst von Siemens Music Prize
Websitewww.tabeazimmermann.de

Zimmermann is a professor at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts and gives master classes at the Kronberg Academy and elsewhere. Her awards include the 2020 Ernst von Siemens Music Prize.

Life and career

Born in Lahr, Baden-Württemberg, Zimmermann began learning the viola at age three,[1] and commenced piano studies at age five.[2] At age 13, she studied viola with Ulrich Koch at the Freiburg Conservatory and progressed to study with Sándor Végh at the Mozarteum of Salzburg.[3][4] She soon gained notice in international competitions, winning first prizes in Geneva (1982), Budapest (1984), and the Maurice Vieux International Viola Competition in Paris (1983), for which she was awarded an instrument by contemporary luthier Étienne Vatelot (1980). Since 2019, she has been playing an instrument built for her by Patrick Robin.[5]

As a soloist, Zimmermann has performed with major orchestra such as the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic, the BBC Philharmonic, and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, and with conductors including Kurt Masur, Bernard Haitink, and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. In 1992 she made her debut with the Berlin Philharmonic, performing Bartók's Viola Concerto.[6] She often performed Tibor Serly's version of the piece,[7] but after studying the original sketches in 1994, she prepared her own version.[8][9] She played her version in the final concert of the 2023 Kronberg Festival at the Casals Forum, with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony conducted by Christoph Eschenbach.[8]

Zimmermann has been artist in residence with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic,[6] and in the 2022/23 season the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.[10][11][12]

Zimmermann is also devoted to chamber music, having performed with Gidon Kremer, Lars Vogt, Hartmut Höll, Steven Isserlis, Javier Perianes, and Pamela Frank at numerous festivals. In 2004, she founded the Arcanto Quartet with Antje Weithaas, Daniel Sepec, and Jean-Guihen Queyras.[13] The string quartet existed until 2016.[14] She has also collaborated with the Ensemble Resonanz.[15]

Committed to 20th- and 21st-century repertoire, Zimmermann premiered Ligeti's Viola Sonata, which was written for her, on 23 April 1994 in Gütersloh.[4][16][17] Other composers who have written works for her include Heinz Holliger, Wolfgang Rihm, Georges Lentz, Bruno Mantovani, Sally Beamish, Enno Poppe, and Josef Tal.[4]

Teaching

Zimmermann was on the faculty of the Saarbrücken Music Academy from 1987 to 1989, and taught at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts from 1994 to 2002.[4] She then became professor of viola and chamber music at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin until 2023,[3] where Antoine Tamestit was one of her students.[18] Other students of hers include Amihai Grosz and Pauline Sachse.[19][20] As of 2023, Zimmermann is again a professor of viola and chamber music in Frankfurt.[15][21] She gives masterclasses at the Kronberg Academy.[16][22]

Other activities

Zimmermann chairs the Foundation Board of the Ernst von Siemens Foundation.[23] She is president of the Hindemith Foundation, based in Blonay, Switzerland,[3][24][25] and has chaired the Bonn Beethoven House since 2013.[26]

Awards

Zimmermann has won numerous national and international awards, including the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize,[27] the Frankfurter Musikpreis,[15] the Hessian Cultural Prize,[28] the Rheingau Musikpreis, the Hindemith Prize of the City of Hanau, the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) 2017,[29] and the International Prize of the Chigiana Music Academy of Siena.[11] She received the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2018.[11][30][31][11] With the prize money of €250.000 from the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, Zimmermann founded the David Shallon Foundation.[32]

Personal life

Zimmermann is the widow of conductor David Shallon.[33] Her second husband was the American conductor Steven Sloane. She has three children.[26]

Recordings

References
  1. Amling, Ulrich (23 January 2020). "Königin der Bratsche". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Berlin. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  2. "Bratschistin Tabea Zimmermann erhält Ernst von Siemens Musikpreis". Die Zeit (in German). Hamburg. dpa, ale. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  3. "Zimmermann". Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin (in German). Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  4. Eggebrecht, Harald (23 January 2020). "Königin der Viola". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Munich. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  5. "Musicians references and testimonials". Patrick Robin Luthier. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
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  7. "Béla Bartók - Viola Concerto op.posth (ed.Serly)". Boosey & Hawkes. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  8. Kösterke, Doris (5 October 2021). "Geeint von der Liebe zum Schönen". FAZ (in German). Retrieved 7 October 2023.
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  10. "Bratschistin Tabea Zimmermann beim BRSO: "Wir haben richtig geschuftet"". BR-Klassik (in German). 21 April 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  11. "Tabea Zimmermann". Salzburger Festspiele (in German). 28 July 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  12. Tholl, Egbert (21 April 2023). "München: Tabea Zimmermann als Artist in Residence beim BRSO — München". Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  13. "Arcanto Quartett mit Bartók/Brahms". Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in German). 21 January 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
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  19. "Amihai Grosz, 1st Principal Viola". Berliner Philharmoniker. 1 September 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  20. "Prof. Pauline Sachse". Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden (in German). Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  21. "Platzmangel an Hessens einziger Musikhochschule". Forschung & Lehre (in German). Retrieved 1 October 2023.
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  23. "Foundation Board". Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  24. "Hindemith-Stiftung mit neuer Präsidentin". Schweizer Musikzeitung (in German). 18 December 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  25. "Tabea Zimmermann: Paul Hindemith". Hindemith (in German). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  26. Schwering, Markus (7 April 2015). "Tabea Zimmermann im Interview "Ich liebe Musik, und ich werde immer etwas finden"". Kölner Stadtanzeiger (in German). Cologne. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  27. "Ernst von Siemens Musikpreis an Tabea Zimmermann". neue musikzeitung (in German). Regensburg. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  28. "Kulturpreise für Zimmermann, Zender und Musikinstitut Darmstadt". nmz (in German). 1 October 2002. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  29. "Winners 2017". ICMA. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  30. "Artikel: Bekanntgabe der Verleihungen vom 1. Oktober 2018". Der Bundespräsident (in German). Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  31. "Prof. Tabea Zimmermann erhält Bundesverdienstkreuz". Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin (in German). 2 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  32. "Preisverleihung an Tabea Zimmermann im Livestream". Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele (in German). 15 June 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  33. Erkelenz, Elisa (12 February 2021). "Interview mit Tabea Zimmermann". ensemble resonanz (in German). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  34. Poppe, Enno; Zimmermann, Tabea; Vasks, Pēteris; Ensemble Resonanz (2021), Filz : for viola and chamber orchestra. Enno Poppe, conductor ; Tabea Zimmermann, viola ; Ensemble Resonanz (in no linguistic content), Mainz: Wergo, OCLC 1289765872
  35. Zimmermann, Tabea; Nemtsov, Jascha; Veprik, A.; Kreĭn, Aleksandr Abramovich; Gnesin, M.; Gamburg, Grigoriĭ; Bloch, Ernest (2000), Tabea Zimmermann, viola, and Jascha Nemtsov, piano, play Jewish chamber music (in no linguistic content), Holzgerlingen, Germany: Hänssler Classic, OCLC 840105882
  36. Reger, Max; Bach, Johann Sebastian; Zimmermann, Tabea (2009), Tabea Zimmermann – Solo (in German), Köln: Myrios Records, OCLC 1246157659
  37. Bach, Johann Sebastian; Kurtág, György; Zimmermann, Tabea; Hahn, Patrick; Geffray, Geneviève; Cahen, Stephan (2020), Tabea Zimmermann – Solo II (in no linguistic content), Köln: Myrios Classics, OCLC 1398640128
  38. Zimmermann, Tabea; Der Bayerische Rundfunk (1994), Tabea Zimmermann : BR 4 : 28.02.1994 (in no linguistic content), [München]: [Selbstverlag], OCLC 957743302
  39. Ulm, Renate; Der Bayerische Rundfunk Programmbereich BR-Klassik (2023). Tabea Zimmermann, BRSO – Hartmann, Britten, Schostakowitsch (in German). München: Bayerischer Rundfunk. OCLC 1397018122.
  40. Ulm, Renate; Der Bayerische Rundfunk Programmbereich BR-Klassik (2022). Iván Fischer, Bartók, Tabea Zimmermann, Walton, Strauss, BRSO (in German). München: Bayerischer Rundfunk. OCLC 1387593545.
  41. Paganini, Niccolò; Weber, Carl Maria von; Beamish, Sally; Ciniselli, Michael; Bashmet, Jurij; Zimmermann, Tabea; Poppen, Christoph; Viola-Fest; Kamernyi Orkestr Solisty Moskvy; Junge Deutsche Philharmonie (2003), Viola-Fest 2003 – Kronberg Academy mit/avec Yuri Bashmet und/et Tabea Zimmermann, Moskauer Solisten/Les Solistes de Moscou und/et Junge Deutsche Philharmonie = Les stars de l'alto a l'Academie de Kronberg (in undetermined language), [S.l.]: HR, OCLC 315108816
  42. Bach, Johann Sebastian; Turnage, Mark-Anthony; Mackey, Steven; Hillborg, Anders; Neuwirth, Olga; Caine, Uri; Dean, Brett; Beiser, Maya; Chase, Claire; Dausgaard, Thomas; Esfahani, Mahan; Hardenberger, Håkan; Kelly, Fiona; Kuusisto, Pekka; Larsson, Mårten; Weithaas, Antje; Zimmermann, Tabea; Svenske Kammerorkester (2021), The Brandenburg project twelve concertos (in undetermined language), BIS Records : [sælges på internettet], OCLC 1288428947
  43. Rihm, Wolfgang; Stefanovich, Tamara; Zimmermann, Tabea; Widmann, Jörg; Gerhaher, Christian; Dodds, Stanley; Bayriske Radios Symfoniorkester (München) (2022), Sphäre nach Studie (in Latin), BRmedia Service, OCLC 1333198468
  44. Berlioz, Hector; Degout, Stéphane; Roth, François-Xavier; Zimmermann, Tabea; Siècles (2019), Harold en Italie (in French), Harmonia Mundi Musique, OCLC 1099696405
  45. Zimmermann, Tabea; Perianes, Javier; Piazzolla, Astor; Montsalvatge, Xavier; Falla, Manuel de; Villa-Lobos, Heitor; Casals, Pablo; Granados, Enrique; Albéniz, Isaac (2020), Cantilena (in no linguistic content), Paris: Harmonia Mundi, OCLC 1195903876
  46. Schubert, Franz; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus; Brendel, Alfred; Zehetmair, Thomas; Zimmermann, Tabea; Duven, Richard; Riegelbauer, Peter (1995), Forellenquintett Piano quartet in g minor / Mozart ; Alfred Brendel, piano ; Thomas Zehetmair, violin ; Tabea Zimmermann, viola ; Richard Duven, cello ; Peter Riegelbauer, double-bass (in German), [ S.l.]: Philips, OCLC 989937584
  47. Mayer, Albrecht; Becker, Markus; Zimmermann, Tabea; Neunecker, Marie-Luise; Klughardt, August; Schumann, Robert; Herzogenberg, Heinrich von; Steinmetz, Hans; Weismann, Julius (2012), Song of the reeds (in undetermined language), Decca Music Group, OCLC 871462232
  48. Zimmermann, Tabea; Gerstein, Kirill; Clarke, Rebecca; Vieuxtemps, Henri; Brahms, Johannes (2010), Sonatas for viola & piano. Vol. 1 (in no linguistic content), [Mainz, Germany]: Myrios Classics, OCLC 956454148
  49. Zimmermann, Tabea; Gerstein, Kirill; Brahms, Johannes; Schubert, Franz; Franck, César (2012), Sonatas for viola & piano. Vol. 2 (in no linguistic content), [Mainz, Germany]: Myrios Classics, OCLC 956454431
  50. Zimmermann, Tabea; Hoppe, Thomas; Sitt, Hans; Glazunov, Aleksandr Konstantinovich; Vierne, Louis; Vieuxtemps, Henri; Wieniawski, Henri; Liszt, Franz; Kreisler, Fritz; Kodály, Zoltán (2014), Romance oubliée (in no linguistic content), Köln, Germany: Myrios Classics, OCLC 956455848
  51. Strauss, Richard; Queyras, Jean-Guihen; Zimmermann, Tabea; Roth, François-Xavier; Gürzenich-Orchester Köln (2021), Don Quixote ; Till Eulenspiegel (in no linguistic content), [France]: Harmonia Mundi, OCLC 1292692927
  52. Brahms, Johannes; Zimmermann, Tabea; Queyras, Jean-Guihen; Belcea Quartet (2022), String sextets (in no linguistic content), [France]: Alpha, OCLC 1317748212
  53. Jarrell, Michael; Zimmermann, Tabea; Capuçon, Renaud; Rophé, Pascal; Orchestre national des pays de la Loire (2021), Émergences-résurgences ; 4 Eindrücke ; ...Le ciel, tout à l'heure encore si limpide.. (in no linguistic content), Åkersberga, Sweden: BIS, OCLC 1260465544
  54. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus; Zimmermann, Tabea; Zimmermann, Frank Peter; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Süddeutscher Rundfunk Sinfonie-Orchester (2022), Symphony no. 4 ; Sinfonia concertante, KV 364 (in no linguistic content), Warner Classics, OCLC 1355334154
  55. Ligeti, György; Zimmermann, Tabea; Neunecker, Marie-Luise; Terrioux, Françoise; Edwards, Terry; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Howarth, Elgar; Bowdery, Francis; Heisig, Wolfgang; Balassi, Bálint; Hoffmann, Heinrich; De Ghelderode, Michel (2010), Works, [Germany]: Sony Music Entertainment, OCLC 1399031613
  56. Gubaidulina, Sofia; Eliot, T. S.; Kremer, Gidon; Whittlesey, Christine; Keulen, Isabelle van; Zimmermann, Tabea; Geringas, David; Posch, Alois; Brunner, Eduard; Thunemann, Klaus; Vlatković, Radovan; Dutoit, Charles; Boston Symphony Orchestra (1989), Offertorium ; Hommage à T.S. Eliot, Hamburg: Deutsche Grammophon, OCLC 20793597
  57. Ives, Charles; Graham, Susan; Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Zimmermann, Tabea; Pahud, Emmanuel (2004), Concord sonata ; Songs, [London]: Warner Classics, OCLC 55702665
  58. Mantovani, Bruno; Zimmermann, Tabea; Tamestit, Antoine; Rophé, Pascal; Orchestre philharmonique de Liège Wallonie-Bruxelles (2011), Concerto pour deux altos ; Time stretch ; Finale (in no linguistic content), Paris: Æon, OCLC 824508396
  59. Widmann, Jörg; Zimmermann, Tabea; Várjon, Dénes; Schumann, Robert (2017), Es war einmal-- = Once upon a time-- : Märchenerzählungen = Fairy tales (in no linguistic content), [Köln, Germany]: Myrios Classics, OCLC 1053623669
  60. Schubert, Franz; Marron, Olivier; Arcanto Quartett (2012), String quintet, op. 163 (in no linguistic content), Arles: Harmonia Mundi, OCLC 1042341398
  61. Debussy, Claude; Dutilleux, Henri; Ravel, Maurice; Arcanto Quartett (2010), Quatuors à cordes (in no linguistic content), Arles: Harmonia Mundi, OCLC 1042563074
  62. Haydn, Joseph; Vogt, Lars; Weithaas, Antje; Gerhardt, Alban; Tetzlaff, Tanja; Tetzlaff, Christian; Jensen, Dag; Zimmermann, Tabea; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (2002), Piano trio Hob. XV:27 (in undetermined language), Cologne: EMI Electrola, OCLC 872384926
  63. Dvořák, Antonín; Maisky, Mischa; Mehta, Zubin; Zimmermann, Tabea; Strauss, Richard; Berlins Filharmoniske Orkester (2003), Cello concerto (in undetermined language), Hamburg: Deutsche Grammophon, OCLC 873088560
  64. Hindemith, Paul; Karajan, Herbert von; Ormandy, Eugene; Zimmermann, Tabea; Shallon, David; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Weber, Carl Maria von; Berliner Philharmoniker; Philharmonia Orchestra (London, England); Philadelphia Orchestra; Bayerischer Rundfunk Orchester (2008), Hindemith (in no linguistic content), EMI Classics, OCLC 889241958
  65. Hindemith, Paul; Zimmermann, Tabea; Graf, Hans; Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (2013), Viola & orchestra (in no linguistic content), [Mainz]: Myrios Classics, OCLC 931443016
  66. Hindemith, Paul; Zimmermann, Tabea; Hoppe, Thomas (2013), Sonatas for viola & piano and solo viola (in no linguistic content), [Mainz]: Myrios Classics, OCLC 931484639

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