Tabea Zimmermann performs on a viola made by Etienne Vatelot in 1980.
Instruments
Kirill Gerstein performs on a Steinway & Sons D-274 piano.
Performer Biography
Tabea Zimmermann plays on a viola made by contemporary violin maker Etienne Vatelot, which she received as a prize in 1983.
Performer Biography
Kirill Gerstein was awarded the prestigious Gilmore Artist Award in 2010, an honor given to exceptional pianists who can sustain a major international concert career.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in the Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal in March and April 2010.
Performer Biography
Tabea Zimmermann, one of the leading contemporary viola players worldwide, received her first viola lessons at age three and began playing piano two years later.
Performer Biography
Kirill Gerstein, a Russian-born pianist, taught himself jazz by listening to his parents' record collection and became the youngest student ever at Boston's Berklee College of Music at age 14.
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