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 regardless of age or nationality.
Instruments
Tabea Zimmermann plays a viola made by Etienne Vatelot in 1980, and Kirill Gerstein plays a Steinway & Sons D-274 piano.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in March and April 2010 at the Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal.
Performer Biography
Tabea Zimmermann, the violist on this album, received her first viola lessons at age three and began playing piano two years later.
Performer Biography
Kirill Gerstein, the pianist on this album, taught himself jazz by listening to his parents' record collection and was the youngest student ever at Boston's Berklee College of Music.
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