Zimmermann receives Ernst von Siemens Prize
Also known as the Nobel Prize in Music, this year's award from the Swiss-based Ernst von Siemenes Music Foundation goes to violist Tabea Zimmermann.
Tabea Zimmermann studied with Sandor Végh at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, among others, and won the international competition in Geneva in 1982. From 1987 until his death in 2000, she performed regularly with her husband David Shallon.
She lives in Berlin and has three almost grown-up children. Tabea Zimmermann has already held professorships at the Saarbrücken University of Music and the Frankfurt University of Music; since October 2002 she has been a professor at the Hanns Eisler University of Music. She has also aroused the interest of many contemporary composers for the viola and introduced numerous new works to the concert and chamber music repertoire.
The award from the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation is endowed with 250,000 euros and is one of the most important music prizes in the world.
