About David Zinman
David Zinman is one of the world’s leading and most respected conductors,
whose passion for music, dedication to furthering the careers of young musicians, and as an orchestra builder, makes ‘Music a Better World’....
ALL IN THE CAN IN 6 YEARS !
Complete Mahler Symphony cycle finished.
Complete Mahler Symphony cycle finished.
David Zinman is jubilant following the recording of Mahler's Symphony No 10; the last of the complete Mahler symphonies recorded with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich over a period of six years. And he has survived! 'Quite an ordeal for an old man', he says. Not that you would notice as he rushes off the next day to rehearsals at the Zurich Opera where, in March he will make his debut, conducting a new production of Offenbach's masterpiece, 'The Tales of Hoffmann'. Mahler's symphony No 8 is due for release this Spring. Next season a box set of the complete cycle will be available and in time for the 2010/11 Mahler celebrations. David Zinman has been invited to take the orchestra to Leipzig in 2011.
MUSIC FOR FILM IN THE TONHALLE 19 & 20 March
Other fascinating concerts being given by the Tonhalle Orchestra and David Zinman will be performances of the music specially written for the silent film of Richard Strauss' opera, 'Der Rosenkavalier' completed in 1926. The film follows the story of the opera's libretto, and although unsung there is music written for each scene. There will be a screen with the film being shown at the back of the stage in the Tonhalle, shown at the same time as the orchestra plays continuously for 148 minutes. Not to be missed!
ALL DVORAK
The wonderful German violinist, Frank Peter Zimmermann will join David Zinman and the Tonhalle Orchestra to play Dvorak's sublime violin concerto. This will be followed by the symphony No 7 also by Dvorak. To start the concert the orchestra will play Dvorak's Carnival Overture.
ZINMAN'S CONDUCTING ACADEMY IN ZURICH
For the past thirteen years, David Zinman has been Music Director at the Aspen Music Festival, and it was here that he formed his renowned Conducting Academy where he teaches students over a period of nine weeks. Many have since gone on to pursue very successful careers. As David Zinman is a dedicated teacher and promoter of the new generation, he decided to invite young conductors to audition for a similar three day class in Zurich. Out of 177 applicants, 8 were chosen, and classes will be open to an invited audience. They will be accompanied by the Tonhalle orchestra and works to be studied include Ravel's 'Le Tombeau de Couperin', Beethoven's Symphony No 7, Tchaikowsky's Symphony No 5 and Stravinsky's 'Firebird Suite'.
AIMEZ VOUS BRAHMS?
To complete this 'Romantic Period' , David Zinman will conduct all four symphonies of Brahms performed by the Tonhalle Orchestra on April 14 & 15.
ORCHESTRA ACADEMY
To conclude his season and continuing the pursuit of excellence in the younger generation, David Zinman will invite talented students from conservatoires in Switzerland to join the Tonhalle Orchestra in Bruckner's symphony No 7.
Biography
David Zinman ranks as one of the world’s finest conductors.
Born in 1936 in New York, David Zinman first studied the violin at the age of 6. Later, he graduated from Oberlin College Conservatory of Music. David Zinman studied conducting at the Boston Symphony’s Tanglewood Music Center....
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SUMMER NIGHTS WITH ZINMAN & KASAROVA
DAVID ZINMAN will replace Mariss Jansons conducting the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, Turin and Cologne 9/10/11 June. David Zinman feels extremely at home in Holland where he spent many years, and where In 1964 he became one of the youngest conductors of the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra in Amsterdam where he stayed until 1977.
Events
Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich David
Zinman International Masterclass Zurich
5th – 8th April 2010
David Zinman will hold an international conducting course in Europe. Eight young conductors will study demanding repertoire, working with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich.
The climax for the participants will be a lunchtime concert on 8 April 2010.