Born inLahr on 8 October 1966,[1] Zimmermann began learning the viola at age three,[1][2] and commenced piano studies at age five.[1][3] At age 13, she studied viola withUlrich Koch at theFreiburg Conservatory and progressed to study withSándor Végh at theMozarteum ofSalzburg.[1][4][5] She soon gained notice in international competitions, winning first prizes inGeneva (1982), the Budapest International Viola Competition (1984), and theMaurice Vieux International Viola Competition in Paris (1983), for which she was awarded an instrument by contemporary luthierÉtienne Vatelot (1980).[1] Since 2019, she has been playing an instrument built for her by Patrick Robin.[6]
Zimmermann was married to the conductorDavid Shallon until his death in 2000; they had two sons.[1][28] Her second husband is the American conductorSteven Sloane; they have a daughter.[1][27]
^"Prof. Pauline Sachse".Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden (in German).Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved5 October 2023.
^Erkelenz, Elisa (12 February 2021)."Interview mit Tabea Zimmermann".ensemble resonanz (in German).Archived from the original on 5 October 2023. Retrieved3 October 2023.
^Poppe, Enno; Zimmermann, Tabea; Vasks, Pēteris; Ensemble Resonanz (2021),Filz : for viola and chamber orchestra. Enno Poppe, conductor; Tabea Zimmermann, viola; Ensemble Resonanz (in no linguistic content), Mainz: Wergo,OCLC1289765872
^Zimmermann, Tabea; Nemtsov, Jascha; Veprik, A.; Kreĭn, Aleksandr Abramovich; Gnesin, M.; Gamburg, Grigoriĭ; Bloch, Ernest (2000),Tabea Zimmermann, viola, and Jascha Nemtsov, piano, play Jewish chamber music (in no linguistic content), Holzgerlingen, Germany: Hänssler Classic,OCLC840105882
^Reger, Max; Bach, Johann Sebastian; Zimmermann, Tabea (2009),Tabea Zimmermann – Solo (in German), Köln: Myrios Records,OCLC1246157659
^Bach, Johann Sebastian; Kurtág, György; Zimmermann, Tabea; Hahn, Patrick; Geffray, Geneviève; Cahen, Stephan (2020),Tabea Zimmermann – Solo II (in no linguistic content), Köln: Myrios Classics,OCLC1398640128
^Zimmermann, Tabea; Der Bayerische Rundfunk (1994),Tabea Zimmermann : BR 4 : 28.02.1994 (in no linguistic content), [München]: [Selbstverlag],OCLC957743302
^Ulm, Renate; Der Bayerische Rundfunk Programmbereich BR-Klassik (2023).Tabea Zimmermann, BRSO – Hartmann, Britten, Schostakowitsch (in German). München: Bayerischer Rundfunk.OCLC1397018122.
^Ulm, Renate; Der Bayerische Rundfunk Programmbereich BR-Klassik (2022).Iván Fischer, Bartók, Tabea Zimmermann, Walton, Strauss, BRSO (in German). München: Bayerischer Rundfunk.OCLC1387593545.
^Paganini, Niccolò; Weber, Carl Maria von; Beamish, Sally; Ciniselli, Michael; Bashmet, Jurij; Zimmermann, Tabea; Poppen, Christoph; Viola-Fest; Kamernyi Orkestr Solisty Moskvy; Junge Deutsche Philharmonie (2003),Viola-Fest 2003 – Kronberg Academy mit/avec Yuri Bashmet und/et Tabea Zimmermann, Moskauer Solisten/Les Solistes de Moscou und/et Junge Deutsche Philharmonie = Les stars de l'alto a l'Academie de Kronberg (in undetermined language), [S.l.]: HR,OCLC315108816
^Bach, Johann Sebastian; Turnage, Mark-Anthony; Mackey, Steven; Hillborg, Anders; Neuwirth, Olga; Caine, Uri; Dean, Brett; Beiser, Maya; Chase, Claire; Dausgaard, Thomas; Esfahani, Mahan; Hardenberger, Håkan; Kelly, Fiona; Kuusisto, Pekka; Larsson, Mårten; Weithaas, Antje; Zimmermann, Tabea; Svenske Kammerorkester (2021),The Brandenburg project twelve concertos (in undetermined language), BIS Records : [sælges på internettet],OCLC1288428947{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
^Rihm, Wolfgang; Stefanovich, Tamara; Zimmermann, Tabea; Widmann, Jörg; Gerhaher, Christian; Dodds, Stanley; Bayriske Radios Symfoniorkester (München) (2022),Sphäre nach Studie (in Latin), BRmedia Service,OCLC1333198468
^Berlioz, Hector; Degout, Stéphane; Roth, François-Xavier; Zimmermann, Tabea; Siècles (2019),Harold en Italie (in French), Harmonia Mundi Musique,OCLC1099696405
^Zimmermann, Tabea; Perianes, Javier; Piazzolla, Astor; Montsalvatge, Xavier; Falla, Manuel de; Villa-Lobos, Heitor; Casals, Pablo; Granados, Enrique; Albéniz, Isaac (2020),Cantilena (in no linguistic content), Paris: Harmonia Mundi,OCLC1195903876
^Schubert, Franz; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus; Brendel, Alfred; Zehetmair, Thomas; Zimmermann, Tabea; Duven, Richard; Riegelbauer, Peter (1995),Forellenquintett Piano quartet in g minor / Mozart; Alfred Brendel, piano; Thomas Zehetmair, violin; Tabea Zimmermann, viola; Richard Duven, cello; Peter Riegelbauer, double-bass (in German), [ S.l.]: Philips,OCLC989937584
^Mayer, Albrecht; Becker, Markus; Zimmermann, Tabea; Neunecker, Marie-Luise; Klughardt, August; Schumann, Robert; Herzogenberg, Heinrich von; Steinmetz, Hans; Weismann, Julius (2012),Song of the reeds (in undetermined language), Decca Music Group,OCLC871462232
^Zimmermann, Tabea; Gerstein, Kirill; Clarke, Rebecca; Vieuxtemps, Henri; Brahms, Johannes (2010),Sonatas for viola & piano. Vol. 1 (in no linguistic content), [Mainz, Germany]: Myrios Classics,OCLC956454148
^Zimmermann, Tabea; Gerstein, Kirill; Brahms, Johannes; Schubert, Franz; Franck, César (2012),Sonatas for viola & piano. Vol. 2 (in no linguistic content), [Mainz, Germany]: Myrios Classics,OCLC956454431
^Zimmermann, Tabea; Hoppe, Thomas; Sitt, Hans; Glazunov, Aleksandr Konstantinovich; Vierne, Louis; Vieuxtemps, Henri; Wieniawski, Henri; Liszt, Franz; Kreisler, Fritz; Kodály, Zoltán (2014),Romance oubliée (in no linguistic content), Köln, Germany: Myrios Classics,OCLC956455848
^Strauss, Richard; Queyras, Jean-Guihen; Zimmermann, Tabea; Roth, François-Xavier; Gürzenich-Orchester Köln (2021),Don Quixote; Till Eulenspiegel (in no linguistic content), [France]: Harmonia Mundi,OCLC1292692927
^Brahms, Johannes; Zimmermann, Tabea; Queyras, Jean-Guihen; Belcea Quartet (2022),String sextets (in no linguistic content), [France]: Alpha,OCLC1317748212
^Jarrell, Michael; Zimmermann, Tabea; Capuçon, Renaud; Rophé, Pascal; Orchestre national des pays de la Loire (2021),Émergences-résurgences; 4 Eindrücke; ...Le ciel, tout à l'heure encore si limpide.. (in no linguistic content), Åkersberga, Sweden: BIS,OCLC1260465544
^Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus; Zimmermann, Tabea; Zimmermann, Frank Peter; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Süddeutscher Rundfunk Sinfonie-Orchester (2022),Symphony no. 4; Sinfonia concertante, KV 364 (in no linguistic content), Warner Classics,OCLC1355334154
^Ligeti, György; Zimmermann, Tabea; Neunecker, Marie-Luise; Terrioux, Françoise; Edwards, Terry; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Howarth, Elgar; Bowdery, Francis; Heisig, Wolfgang; Balassi, Bálint; Hoffmann, Heinrich; De Ghelderode, Michel (2010),Works, [Germany]: Sony Music Entertainment,OCLC1399031613
^Gubaidulina, Sofia; Eliot, T. S.; Kremer, Gidon; Whittlesey, Christine; Keulen, Isabelle van; Zimmermann, Tabea; Geringas, David; Posch, Alois; Brunner, Eduard; Thunemann, Klaus; Vlatković, Radovan; Dutoit, Charles; Boston Symphony Orchestra (1989),Offertorium; Hommage à T.S. Eliot, Hamburg: Deutsche Grammophon,OCLC20793597
^Mantovani, Bruno; Zimmermann, Tabea; Tamestit, Antoine; Rophé, Pascal; Orchestre philharmonique de Liège Wallonie-Bruxelles (2011),Concerto pour deux altos; Time stretch; Finale (in no linguistic content), Paris: Æon,OCLC824508396
^Widmann, Jörg; Zimmermann, Tabea; Várjon, Dénes; Schumann, Robert (2017),Es war einmal-- = Once upon a time-- : Märchenerzählungen = Fairy tales (in no linguistic content), [Köln, Germany]: Myrios Classics,OCLC1053623669
^Schubert, Franz; Marron, Olivier; Arcanto Quartett (2012),String quintet, op. 163 (in no linguistic content), Arles: Harmonia Mundi,OCLC1042341398
^Debussy, Claude; Dutilleux, Henri; Ravel, Maurice; Arcanto Quartett (2010),Quatuors à cordes (in no linguistic content), Arles: Harmonia Mundi,OCLC1042563074
^Hindemith, Paul; Karajan, Herbert von; Ormandy, Eugene; Zimmermann, Tabea; Shallon, David; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Weber, Carl Maria von; Berliner Philharmoniker; Philharmonia Orchestra (London, England); Philadelphia Orchestra; Bayerischer Rundfunk Orchester (2008),Hindemith (in no linguistic content), EMI Classics,OCLC889241958
^Hindemith, Paul; Zimmermann, Tabea; Graf, Hans; Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (2013),Viola & orchestra (in no linguistic content), [Mainz]: Myrios Classics,OCLC931443016
^Hindemith, Paul; Zimmermann, Tabea; Hoppe, Thomas (2013),Sonatas for viola & piano and solo viola (in no linguistic content), [Mainz]: Myrios Classics,OCLC931484639