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Tabea Zimmermann

vl, *1966 DE, Lahr
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Tabea Zimmermann, born on 8 October 1966 in Lahr, (Germany), is a German violist.She began learning to play the viola at the age of three, and commenced piano studies at age five. At the age of 13, she studied viola with Ulrich Koch at the Conservatory of Freiburg and progressed to study with Sándor Végh at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg. She soon gained notice in international competitions, winning first prizes in Genève (1982), Budapest (1984), and the Maurice Vieux International Viola Competition in Paris (1983) for which she was awarded a superb instrument made by contemporary luthier Étienne Vatelot (1980) which she has played in her worldwide concert tours ever since.

     
Instruments
  • Viola
  • Piano
  • Flute
Genres
  • Classical
  • Children's Music
Popular Tracks   
Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 21, Tauschung (Arr. T. Zimmermann and H. Holl) on Schubert, F.: Winterreise by Franz Schubert & Mitsuko Shirai
Siete Canciones Populares Españolas: VI. Nana - for alto and piano on Manuel De Falla: Siete Canciones populares españolas by Manuel de Falla, Tabea Zimmermann & Javier Perianes
Le Carnaval des Animaux: Aquarium on Saint-Saens: Le Carnaval des Animaux; Organ Symphony by Camille Saint-Saëns, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, Martha Argerich & Nelson Freire
Marchenbilder (Fairy Tales), Op. 113: III. Rasch on Schumann, R.: Adagio and Allegro / Fantasiestucke / 3 Romanzen / Violin Sonata No. 1 / Marchenbilder by Robert Schumann & Tabea Zimmermann
Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 24, Mut (Arr. T. Zimmermann and H. Holl) on Schubert, F.: Winterreise by Franz Schubert & Mitsuko Shirai
Marchenbilder (Fairy Tales), Op. 113: I. Nicht schnell on Schumann, R.: Adagio and Allegro / Fantasiestucke / 3 Romanzen / Violin Sonata No. 1 / Marchenbilder by Robert Schumann & Tabea Zimmermann
Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104, B. 191: III. Finale (Allegro moderato) on Dvorák: Cello Concerto / Strauss, R.: Don Quixote by Mischa Maisky, Berliner Philharmoniker & Zubin Mehta
Le Carnaval des Animaux: Finale on Saint-Saens: Le Carnaval des Animaux; Organ Symphony by Camille Saint-Saëns, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, Martha Argerich & Nelson Freire
String Sextet No. 1, Op. 18: I. Allegro ma non troppo on Brahms: String Sextets by Johannes Brahms, Belcea Quartet, Tabea Zimmermann & Jean-Guihen Queyras
Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 2, Die Wetterfahne (Arr. T. Zimmermann and H. Holl) on Schubert, F.: Winterreise by Franz Schubert & Mitsuko Shirai

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Band Members
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Harold En Italie - Les Nuits D'ÉtéHector Berlioz, Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth, Tabea Zimmermann, Stéphane Degout2019Album
Es War Einmal ... Once Upon A Time ...Tabea Zimmermann, Jörg Widmann, Dénes Várjon, Robert Schumann2017Album
Complete Viola Works Vol. 1 Viola & OrchestraPaul Hindemith, Tabea Zimmermann2013Album
Complete Viola Works Vol. 2: Sonatas For Viola & Piano And Solo ViolaPaul Hindemith, Tabea Zimmermann, Thomas Hoppe2013Album
Concerto Pour Deux Altos ·Time Stretch · FinaleBruno Mantovani : Tabea Zimmermann · Antoine Tamestit · Orchestre Philharmonique De Liège · Pascal Rophé2011Album
Sonatas For Viola & Piano Vol. 1Tabea Zimmermann, Kirill Gerstein – Johannes Brahms / Rebecca Clarke / Henri Vieuxtemps2010Album
SoloTabea Zimmermann2009Album
Duos For Violin & ViolaTabea Zimmermann, Antje Weithaas, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Louis Spohr2006Album
Concord Sonata · SongsCharles Ives - Pierre-Laurent Aimard · Susan Graham Featuring Emmanuel Pahud · Tabea Zimmermann2004Album
Shadowlines · Viola, Viola · Three Studies · Piano SonataGeorge Benjamin - Pierre-Laurent Aimard · Tabea Zimmermann · Antoine Tamestit2004Album
Harold En ItalieHector Berlioz - Sir Colin Davis, Tabea Zimmermann, The London Symphony Orchestra2003Album
Hindemith - Prokofiev - Poulenc - BergLars Vogt, Ib Hausmann, Daniel Hope, Diemut Schneider, Christian Tetzlaff, Tabea Zimmermann, Christian Wetzel2002Album
Chamber Music: Trio For Violin, Horn And Piano · Ten Pieces & Six Bagatelles For Wind Quintet · Sonata For Solo ViolaGyörgy Ligeti - Saschko Gawriloff · Marie Luise Neunecker · Pierre-Laurent Aimard · London Winds · Tabea Zimmermann1998Album
Antiphonen · Omnia Tempus Habent · PrésenceBernd Alois Zimmermann / Tabea Zimmermann, Ensemble Modern, Hans Zender1996Album
Forellenquintett / Piano Quartet In G MinorFranz Schubert / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Alfred Brendel · Thomas Zehetmair · Tabea Zimmermann · Richard Duven · Peter Riegelbauer1995Album
Duo Piano ExtravaganzaMartha Argerich - Nelson Freire - Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich - Gidon Kremer - Tabea Zimmermann - Mischa Maisky - Georg Hörtnagel - Irena Grafenauer - Eduard Brunner - Concertgebouworkest - David Zinman - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff - Béla Bartók - Claude Debussy - Witold Lutoslawski - Camille Saint-Saëns - Maurice Ravel1995Compil.
Heinz Holliger And Friends: MetamorphosesHeinz Holliger, András Schiff, Thomas Zehetmair, Tabea Zimmermann, Thomas Demenga1994Album
Werke Für Klavier Und ViolaJohannes Brahms / Robert Schumann, Tabea Zimmermann, Hartmut Höll1993Album
Violakonzert, SchwanendreherTabea Zimmermann, Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, David Shallon, Béla Bartók, Paul Hindemith1992Album
Chamber Music • KammermusikAlfred Schnittke, Gidon Kremer, Tabea Zimmermann, Heinrich Schiff1992Album
Phantasien Für Klavier Und ViolineBeate Berthold, Alexander Lonquich, Hartmut Höll, Tabea Zimmermann, Frank Peter Zimmermann - Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Gianluigi Gelmetti - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Maurice Ravel, Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Dmitri Shostakovich1991Album
2 x WinterreiseTabea Zimmermann, Hartmut Höll, Peter Härtling, Mitsuko Shirai, Franz Schubert1991Album
Symphony No. 40 · Sinfonia Concertante KV 364Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Frank Peter Zimmermann, Tabea Zimmermann, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Gianluigi Gelmetti1991Album
Doppelkonzerte.Max Bruch, Witold Lutoslawski, Richard Strauss, Eduard Brunner, Tabea Zimmermann, Maria Graf, Milan Turkovic, Bamberger Symphoniker, Lothar Zagrosek1989Album
Klavierquartette KV 478 & 493 = Piano Quartets = Quatuors Pour Piano Et CordesWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Christian Zacharias, Frank Peter Zimmermann, Tabea Zimmermann, Tilmann Wick1989Album
Mozart - Schumann - Bruch: Werke für Klarinette, Viola und KlavierSabine Meyer, Tabea Zimmermann, Hartmut Höll1988Album
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