Biography
Frank Peter Zimmermann is regarded as one of the leading violinists of our time.
Making his début with the Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Daniel Barenboim,
in 1985, and with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in 1983 under Lorin Maazel,
he performs with all major orchestras worldwide, including the Royal Concert -
gebouw Orchestra, all the London orchestras and the leading orchestras in the
United States.
Zimmermann regularly appears at the prestigious music festivals in Salzburg,
Edinburgh and Lucerne, and has a distinguished discography including releases on
BIS of works by Shostakovich, Hindemith and Brett Dean. Born in Duisburg, Ger -
many, he received his first violin lessons at the age of 5 from his mother. His teach -
ers were Valery Gradow, Saschko Gawriloff and Herman Krebbers. Frank Peter
Zimmermann plays the 1711 Antonio Stradivari violin ‘Lady Inchiquin’, kindly
provided by the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, ‘Kunst im
Landes besitz’.
Born in Paris, Antoine Tamestit studied with Jean Sulem, Jesse Levine and Tabea
Zimmermann. The recipient of prestigious prizes including first prize at the Munich
ARD Competition, he has become one of today’s most sought-after violists.
In recent seasons, Tamestit has appeared as soloist with the London Symphony
Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Orchestre de Paris, under conductors
including Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Valery Gergiev and Daniel Harding. He is co-
artistic director of the Viola Space Festival in Japan, focusing on the development
of viola repertoire and a wide range of educational programmes.
He plays on a viola made by Stradivarius in 1672, loaned by the Habisreutinger
Foundation.
www.antoinetamestit.com
Christian Poltéra appears as soloist with eminent orchestras worldwide under such
conductors as Riccardo Chailly, Bernard Haitink and Sir John Eliot Gardiner. He also
devotes himself to chamber music, with Trio Zimmermann as well as with musi cians
including Gidon Kremer, Christian Tetzlaff, Leif Ove Andsnes, Mitsuko Uchida,
Kathryn Stott and Martin Fröst, and with the Auryn and Zehetmair Quar tets.
A student of Nancy Chumachenco, Boris Pergamenschikow and Heinrich Schiff,
Christian Poltéra in 2004 received the Borletti-Buitoni Award and was selected as
a BBC New Generation Artist. An internationally acclaimed discography reflects
his varied repertoire that includes concertos by Dvořák, Dutilleux, Martinů and
Shostakovich as well as chamber music. Christian Poltera plays the famous cello
‘Mara’, built in 1711 by Antonio Stradivari.
www.christianpoltera.com
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