Serge Zimmermann
Serge Zimmermann, born 1991 in Cologne/Germany into a family of musicians, received his
first violin lessons by his mother at the age of five. His musicianship developed rapidly and
already a few years later, in 2000, he made his orchestral debut with a violin concerto by
Mozart.
Since then, he has performed with a number of renowned orchestras such as Philharmonia
Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra della RAI Torino, Orquesta Sinfonica
de Barcelona, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and Bamberg Symphony.
In December 2005 the young artist gave his first recital in Essen. After his much-acclaimed
German performances of the violin concertos of Bruch and Mendelssohn the press hailed him
as "…a sheer miracle…" and "a violinist of whom the world is going to hear a lot...", "... even
the members of the orchestra rejoiced".
In 2007 he appeared at the festivals of Bad Kissingen and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and
performed once again with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2008 Serge Zimmermann
had a tremendous success at the sold-out Philharmonie in Cologne together with the Munich
Chamber Orchestra and he also performed at Andras Schiff's festival at the Kartause Ittingen
in Switzerland. As a result of this concert, Andras Schiff invited him spontaneously to play
under his baton with the Philharmonia Orchestra in Oxford and London in June 2009. The
Guardian wrote about the latter performance: "Armed with a beautiful, varied tone and
blistering technique, Zimmermann will go far". In August 2009, Serge Zimmermann
appeared at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival. Past recitals included performances at the
Musikhalle Hamburg and Tonhalle Zurich.
Future invitations include concerts with the orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali in Milan,
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and with NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo.
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