Tabea Zimmermann, Kirill Gerstein

Tabea Zimmermann is among the relatively few violists to have achieved both international critical acclaim and a large following of enthusiastic admirers. The winner of several major competitions and numerous awards, she has appeared as a soloist with many of the world's leading orchestras and has been the dedicatee of several new works. Zimmermann was born in Lahr, Germany, on October 8, 1966. She began studies on the viola at three and the piano at five. At the Musikhochschule Freiburg, she studied with Ulrich Koch, from age 13. She later enrolled at the Mozarteum Universit...