After a few days well earned rounds of golf in (alas, not so sunny Algarve) – he heads to Paris, to conduct a concert on Thursday 18 April with the Orchestre National de France, where he is both liked and known!  The programme is below:

Jeudi 18 Avril
Théâtre du Châtelet – 20h00
 
Jean SIBELIUS                     
Concerto pour violon et orchestre en ré mineur
Antonín DVORÁK               
Symphonie n°6 en ré Majeur op.60
 
 
Alina Pogostkina, violon
Orchestre National de France
David Zinman, direction

http://sites.radiofrance.fr/chaines/formations/national/accueil/

Following this he will head to Leipzig to conduct the wonderful Gewandhaus orchestra to conduct an all English programme.

Gewandhausorchester; 
David Zinman, Dirigent
Thomas Adès
Asyla op. 17
Edward Elgar
2 Sinfonie Es-Dur op. 63

http://www.gewandhaus.de/tickets-subscriptions-schedule/

Photo © Mat Hennek

Maestro Zinman has now finished six concerts with the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo Japan.  Concerts included Brahms Piano Concerto No.2 B-flat major op.83 with Hélène Grimaud and Mahler’s 7th Symphony and were well received.

For more information on the NHK Symphony Orchestra, please visit:

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David Zinman’s responds positively to the announcement of his successor in July 2014. 

 
Honoured to be named ‘Conductor Emeritus’ of the Tonhalle Orchestra.

“I am excited and delighted that this talented young conductor, Lionel Bringuier, will be taking the helm of the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, after I leave my post as Music Director at the end of July 2014. This is a chance for him to lead this inspiring orchestra into a new era. I am grateful and feel very honoured to be asked to continue my relationship with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich as Conductor Emeritus after I leave my post as Music Director in 2014. I am happy that I will continue to follow the development of this wonderful orchestra, as well as having the opportunity to keep in touch with my friends, and the loyal Zurich audience.”

Win a free signed copy of Mahler’s 1st and 5th Symphonies recorded by David Zinman and the Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich!

Just send an e-mail to davidzinmanmusic@gmail.com with your ticket number, seat number and mailing address.  The winner will be chosen at random!

Thursday, 27. September 2012, 7pm – International Film music competition

Friday, 28. September 2012, 10pm – tonhalleLATE – classic meets electronic

Describe in one sentence why you should win these tickets to the film competition concert or to tonhalleLATE.

The 6 coolest and most original reasons will be chosen by Maestro Zinman and will each win a pair of tickets!

(3 for the film music competition concert and 3 for tonhalleLATE).

You can post your entries here on this page. Closing date 25th September 2012. Winners will be contacted directly.

Th. 20.9.2012 19.30h

Fr. 21.9.2012 20.00h

Sa. 22.9.2012 19.30h

Grosser Saal, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich

David Zinman, Director

Marc-André Hamelin, Piano

Ludwig van Beethoven

Egmont Overture in f minor  op. 84

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major op. 58

Richard Strauss

Ein Heldenleben, Tone poem for large orchestra op. 40

Ticket Link: http://goo.gl/PhZx7

Recording Links:

At the beginning of September David Zinman conducted the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra as part of the Montreux Festival in Switzerland. He performed Brahms Symphony No 2 and a Mozart violin concerto No 5 played by the wonderful young violinist, Arabella Steinbacher whom he described as a huge talent. ‘Le Monde’ described ‘his interpretation, fluid and poetic, and of an incredible intelligence…’.

On 21 September the Tonhalle Orchestra will make a guest appearance in Vaduz in Liechtenstein, and the programme will include works by Beethoven: the Egmont Overture, and the piano concerto No 4 with Marc-André Hamelin as soloist, and Strauss ‘Heldenleben’.

David is now preparing for an interesting and unusual concert of Film Music in collaboration with the Zurich Film Festival. Five aspiring composers of film music have been selected as finalists for the Tonhalle Film Competition, and the judges will make their decision on 27 September in the Tonhalle, and the orchestra will perform the winner’s work. This repertoire will also feature the
following day in the TonhalleLATE concert on 28 September.

Visit www.tonhalleLATE.ch for further information

Sa 8.9.2012 19.30 h

Grosser Saal, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich

David Zinman, Director; Truls Mørk, Cello

Pjotr I. Tschaikowsky

Hamlet Fantasy Overture from Shakespeare f-minor op. 67

Pjotr I. Tschaikowsky

Variations on a  Rococo Theme in A op. 33 for Cello and Orchestra

Pjotr I. Tschaikowsky

Symphony No. 6 b-minor op. 74 “Pathétique”

Ticket Link: http://goo.gl/a4HTT