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’....
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’.
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’.
Most recently David has extended his contract with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, where, since 1995 as conductor and music director, he has raised the standard of the orchestra to an international level. During his career he has made an extensive number of recordings with varied orchestras encompassing a wide repertoire.
He is Artistic Director of the Aspen Music Festival, where he created the International Conducting Academy. He has inspired a number of innovative ideas in Zurich, including the famous ‘Tonhalle Late’ series, a Conductor’s course in Zurich in April, and most notably the famous recordings he has made for Sony which have received superb critical acclaim.
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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....
News
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.