Krystian Zimerman (born December 5, 1956) is a Polish classical pianist. Read Full Bio ↴Krystian Zimerman (born December 5, 1956) is a Polish classical pianist.
He was born in Zabrze and studied at the Katowice Conservatory under Andrzej Jasinski. His career was launched when he won the prestigious Warsaw International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition in 1975. He performed with the Berlin Philharmonic under the baton of Herbert von Karajan in 1976 and he made his American début with the New York Philharmonic in 1979. He has toured widely and made a number of recordings. Since 1996 he has taught piano at the Academy of Music in Basel.
Zimerman is best known for his interpretations of Romantic music, but has performed a wide variety of classical pieces as well. He has also been a supporter of contemporary music. For example, Witold Lutosławski wrote his Piano Concerto for Zimerman, who later recorded it. Amongst his best-known recordings are the piano concertos of Grieg and Schumann with Herbert von Karajan, the Brahms concerti with Leonard Bernstein, the piano concertos of Chopin (twice; once conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini and a later recording conducted by himself at the keyboard), the piano concertos of Beethoven under Bernstein, the first and second piano concertos of Rachmaninoff and the piano concertos of Liszt with Seiji Ozawa, and solo piano works by Chopin, Liszt, Debussy and Schubert.
Zimerman does not announce the program of his concerts far in advance.
He was born in Zabrze and studied at the Katowice Conservatory under Andrzej Jasinski. His career was launched when he won the prestigious Warsaw International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition in 1975. He performed with the Berlin Philharmonic under the baton of Herbert von Karajan in 1976 and he made his American début with the New York Philharmonic in 1979. He has toured widely and made a number of recordings. Since 1996 he has taught piano at the Academy of Music in Basel.
Zimerman is best known for his interpretations of Romantic music, but has performed a wide variety of classical pieces as well. He has also been a supporter of contemporary music. For example, Witold Lutosławski wrote his Piano Concerto for Zimerman, who later recorded it. Amongst his best-known recordings are the piano concertos of Grieg and Schumann with Herbert von Karajan, the Brahms concerti with Leonard Bernstein, the piano concertos of Chopin (twice; once conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini and a later recording conducted by himself at the keyboard), the piano concertos of Beethoven under Bernstein, the first and second piano concertos of Rachmaninoff and the piano concertos of Liszt with Seiji Ozawa, and solo piano works by Chopin, Liszt, Debussy and Schubert.
Zimerman does not announce the program of his concerts far in advance.
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Chopin: Ballade No.3 in A flat Op.47
Krystian Zimerman Lyrics
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jukucholove
This is my favorite ballade, and he plays it perfectly. 5:20-5:35 moved me to tears. No one can play chopin better than him, at least to me.
Sven Wischnewski
*****
Ich glaub er war letztens in Köln
Sven Wischnewski
*****
das weiß ich leider nicht, aber die nächsten Konzerte von ihm sind in Ludwigshafen, Regensburg und Baden-Baden, er sollte sich mal lieber mehr Richtung Norden orientieren :D
Trance Later
I realized that the sound gets sharpened much, much more than any other pianists in that zone you mentioned. This is an extraordinary difference. His play and interpretation is unique, let alone his superb technique.
Liszt 00
The best part of the piece
hooooooman
totally agree !
Daniel's Vlog
You know what, first I thought No.1 sounds amazing and familiar, and then No.4 for its calm, mature story line and then No.2 for its dramatic contrast, and then No.3 that sounds like a fun myth. After all, they are all so great, and Zimmerman’s charismatic play is out of this world. Some might say Chopin is delicate, but no, he’s delicate beast and Zimmerman seems the only one who can make it come true.
Leofin
Truee they’re all rly good and Zimerman is unreal
Aryaman Manish Joshi - Composer
4:23 is my favourite part from ALL 4 ballads. Idek why. Such a unique part and hits you outta nowhere
QNTWS HVL
True!!! I love that A♭- G - F - E♭- - - A♭- G - F - E♭- - - in octave, sounds so beautiful with the reverberation effect caused by the piano and the recording studio