Frank Peter Zimmermann is widely regarded as one of the foremost violinists of his generation. Praised for his selfless musicality, his brilliance and keen intelligence he has been performing with all major orchestras in the world for well over three decades, collaborating on these occasions with the world's most renowned conductors. His many concert engagements take him to all important concert venues and international music festivals in Europe, the United States, Japan, South America and Australia.

 

 

During the 2017/18 season Frank Peter Zimmermann will be “artist-in-residence” of the NDR -Elbphilharmonie Orchester. Further highlights include concerts with his Trio Zimmermann in Paris, Dresden, Berlin and Madrid and at the summer festivals of Salzburg, Edinburgh and Schleswig-Holstein; concerts in Amsterdam and on tour in Seoul and Japan with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Daniele Gatti; a short tour in Europe and a concert at Carnegie Hall in New York with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and Mariss Jansons; concerts with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich and Bernard Haitink; a European tour with the Berliner Barock Solisten; with conductor Daniel Harding he will perform with both the Orchestre de Paris and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; and a week of concerts in China with the Shanghai and Ghuangzhou symphony orchestras and the China Philharmonic Orchestra (opening of the Beijing Music Festival), all conducted by Long Yu.

 

Conductor: Long Yu
Violin: Frank Peter Zimmermann, Serge Zimmermann
Performance: Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

 

Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op.84 9’
Bach: Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043 16’
(Violin: Frank Peter Zimmermann, Serge Zimmermann)
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Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, Op.61 44’
(Violin: Frank Peter Zimmermann)