NEW LOOK WEBSITE


Welcome to David’s new web site, which is user friendly, informative and fun. You can look at new photos, listen to music and watch video clips and buy any of his recordings directly from his site!

ARTIST’S LIFE – Modern Beethoven with the New York Philharmonic


By David Zinman I have a fantasy of what Beethoven’s music should sound like, a fantasy that has taken shape over the last eight or nine years. Until that time, I had been blindly accepting what other conductors had done before me—a trap I think every artist must be careful to avoid. If the weight of tradition develops into a burden that obliterates all Read More

SCHUBERT IN ZURICH • BEETHOVEN IN NEW YORK


Schubert symphonies recording almost completed, then off to America for Beethoven with the New York Philharmonic. This year David Zinman has already conducted in Philadelphia, Boston and Cologne. Now he’s back in Zurich with an exciting programme of Strauss and Schubert with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, with whom he will complete recording the Schubert symphonies in the middle of February. He can enjoy a few days Read More

BACK IN THE USA • ZINMAN AND THE MODERN BEETHOVEN


Following an extended period of conducting in Europe, in January & March 2012, David Zinman will return to his roots, to conduct over 20 concerts in the USA with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony and 3 weeks conducting six Beethoven symphonies with the New York Philharmonic.  Appearing at the New York Philharmonic’s Beethoven Festival in March 2012, Zinman returns not Read More

The Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich goes East


The Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich goes East From 1 - 16 November the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich and their chief conductor David Zinman, will tour through Asia. They will play Schubert and Mahler in Shanghai and Beijing, and then continue to Japan. Here the cellist Yo-Yo Ma who will play concertos by Dvorak and Shostakovich, and who is touring with the orchestra Read More

Zinman’s recording legacy with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich AIMEZ VOUS BRAHMS?


Zinman’s recording legacy with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich AIMEZ VOUS BRAHMS? Brahms is no stranger to Zurich.  He conducted his ‘Triomphe Lied’ at the inauguration of the acoustically magnificent  ‘Tonhalle Zurich’ in 1895.  Now over 200 years later, David Zinman, chief conductor and music director of the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich since 1995, has left his legacy and recorded all the Brahms symphonies Read More

Birthday Concert July 2011

Birthday Concert July 2011

In celebration of David Zinman’s 75th birthday there will be a special Gala Concert on 8 July in the Tonhalle. Guest artists appearing will include: Juliane Banse, Radu Lupu, Cipa and Misha Dichter, Christian Zacharias, Julia Fischer, and a loyal friend of the orchestra, Alfred Brendel, who will read his own poetry. Information and details, please click here

International Conducting Class 2011 in Zurich

International Conducting Class 2011 in Zurich

On July 1st & 2nd David Zinman will teach at the International Conducting Class in Zurich (as part of the Zurich Festspiele 2011). Now in its second year, more than 100 aspiring conductors applied for 8 places, and all experienced young conductors will come to study with the maestro, whose years as a teacher have made him one of the most Read More

Live concert broadcast


24-05.2011 live von Leipzig mit ARTE TVLive concert broadcast with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich in Leipzig. Broadcast thanks to ARTE  TV

Video Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment


Taster von IC247 Live stream Konzert mit Antony Pay und The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Taken from the IC247 live stream concert with Antony Pay and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

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