Frank Peter Zimmermann is unanimously regarded as one of the most important violinists of his generation. Appreciated for his musicality and brilliance, he has been performing with all the world's major orchestras for more than three decades, collaborating with the most famous conductors. His numerous engagements take him to all the major concert halls and international music festivals in Europe, the United States, Asia, South America and Australia.

Highlights of the 2023/24 season include a tour with the Vienna Philharmonic and Daniel Harding, concerts with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (all conducted by Daniel Harding), performances with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Edward Gardner, with the Bayerisches Staatsorchester and Vladimir Jurowski, with the Bamberger Symphoniker and Andrew Manze, with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester and Kazuki Yamada, with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester and Alan Gilbert, as well as with the Montreal and Toronto Symphony Orchestras, conducted by Rafael Payare and Gustavo Gimeno, respectively. Frank Peter Zimmermann will also perform recitals in Europe with pianists Martin Helmchen and Dmytro Choni.

Over the years Frank Peter Zimmermann has created an impressive discography for EMI Classics, Sony Classical, BIS Records, hänssler CLASSIC, Ondine, Decca, Teldec Classics, and ECM Records. He has recorded the major concerto repertoire, from Bach to Ligeti, as well as the recital repertoire. Many of these acclaimed recordings have received awards and recognition worldwide. Recent releases include: the two Martinů Violin Concertos with the Bamberger Symphoniker and Jakub Hrůša, paired with Bartók's Solo Violin Sonata (BIS); the complete Beethoven Sonatas for piano and Violin with Martin Helmchen (BIS); a Sonata and two Partitas by J.S. Bach (BIS); Shostakovich's two Violin Concertos with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester and Alan Gilbert (BIS - nominated for a Grammy Award); and J. S. Bach's Violin Concertos with the Berliner Barock Solisten (hänssler CLASSIC). In September 2021 the Berliner Philharmoniker released a special CD for their label featuring Frank Peter Zimmermann's performances of Bartók, Beethoven and Berg concertos under the baton of conductors Alan Gilbert, Daniel Harding and Kirill Petrenko respectively. In 2022 he received both a Gramophone Award and the Jahrespreis der Deutsche Schallplattenkritik.

He has received numerous special prizes and awards, including the "Premio dell'Accademia Musicale Chigiana di Siena" (1990), the "Rheinischer Kulturpreis" (1994), the "Musikpreis" of the city of Duisburg (2002), the " Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse der Bundesrepublik Deutschland" (2008) and the "Paul-Hindemith-Preis der Stadt Hanau" (2010).

In 2010 he founded Trio Zimmermann with violist Antoine Tamestit and cellist Christian Poltéra; the trio has performed in all the major music centers and festivals of Europe for more than a decade. BIS Records has released award-winning recordings of works for string trio by J.S. Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Schoenberg and Hindemith.

Frank Peter Zimmermann gave the world premiere performance of Magnus Lindberg's Violin Concerto No. 2, Matthias Pintscher's Violin Concerto "en sourdine," Brett Dean's Violin Concerto "The Lost Art of Letter Writing," and Violin Concerto No. 3 "Juggler in Paradise."

Born in 1965 in Duisburg, Germany, Frank Peter Zimmermann began playing the violin at the age of 5, giving his first concert with orchestra when he was only 10. He studied with Valery Gradov, Saschko Gawriloff and Herman Krebbers.

Frank Peter Zimmermann plays the 1711 Antonio Stradivari "Lady Inchiquin" violin, kindly provided by the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, "Kunst im Landesbesitz."

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