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]
Hindemith: Viola Sonatas and Viola Solo, Thomas Hoppe[66]
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^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
^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
^Reger, Max; Bach, Johann Sebastian; Zimmermann, Tabea (2009), Tabea Zimmermann – Solo (in German), Köln: Myrios Records, OCLC 1246157659
^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
^Zimmermann, Tabea; Der Bayerische Rundfunk (1994), Tabea Zimmermann : BR 4 : 28.02.1994 (in no linguistic content), [München]: [Selbstverlag], OCLC 957743302
^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
^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
^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
^Berlioz, Hector; Degout, Stéphane; Roth, François-Xavier; Zimmermann, Tabea; Siècles (2019), Harold en Italie (in French), Harmonia Mundi Musique, OCLC 1099696405
^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
^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
^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
^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
^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
^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
^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
^Brahms, Johannes; Zimmermann, Tabea; Queyras, Jean-Guihen; Belcea Quartet (2022), String sextets (in no linguistic content), [France]: Alpha, OCLC 1317748212
^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
^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
^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
^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
^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
^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
^Schubert, Franz; Marron, Olivier; Arcanto Quartett (2012), String quintet, op. 163 (in no linguistic content), Arles: Harmonia Mundi, OCLC 1042341398
^Debussy, Claude; Dutilleux, Henri; Ravel, Maurice; Arcanto Quartett (2010), Quatuors à cordes (in no linguistic content), Arles: Harmonia Mundi, OCLC 1042563074
^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
^Hindemith, Paul; Zimmermann, Tabea; Graf, Hans; Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (2013), Viola & orchestra (in no linguistic content), [Mainz]: Myrios Classics, OCLC 931443016
^Hindemith, Paul; Zimmermann, Tabea; Hoppe, Thomas (2013), Sonatas for viola & piano and solo viola (in no linguistic content), [Mainz]: Myrios Classics, OCLC 931484639
Further readingedit
Duke, David Gordon (29 January 2008). "Violist displays full palette of colours at a remarkable recital". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver. p. 47. Retrieved 24 May 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
Greenfield, Edward (5 October 1990). "Tabea Zimmermann". The Guardian. London. p. 38. Retrieved 24 May 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
Buhre, Jakob (19 October 2016). "Interview Tabea Zimmermann — "Gewisse Klischees bestätigen sich"". concerti.de (in German). Retrieved 1 October 2023.
Lemke-Matwey, Christine; Weihser, Rabea (16 November 2022). "Die Schönheit der tiefen Töne". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 1 October 2023.
Ellmenreich, Maja (26 January 2020). "Siemens-Musikpreisträgerin – Tabea Zimmermann: "Eine Musikausbildung sollten wir allen gönnen"". Deutschlandfunk (in German). Retrieved 1 October 2023.
Reif, Ruth Renée (16 February 2020). "Tabea Zimmermann: "Wie ein Akrobat unter der Zirkuskuppel"". Crescendo (in German). Retrieved 1 October 2023.
"Tabea Zimmermann wünscht sich beim Unterrichten offene Türen". Die Zeit (in German). dpa. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
External linksedit
Official website(in German and English)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Live: Tabea Zimmermann & Christoph Eschenbach with Bartók Viola Concerto on YouTube