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. 4 in F Minor Op. 52
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@WesCoastPiano
"Chopin is the greatest of them all, for with the piano alone he discovered everything.
- Claude Debussy
@miguelcanicatti5907
Wow
@geometryman6471
Meh i prefer beethoven but chopin is extremely close
@lucaskenui6379
@Adolf Hitler it's because he's polish isn't it
@geometryman6471
@asunhasdodeleuze no its because i perfer beethoven
@lucaskenui6379
@Adolf Hitler i was joking, cause of your nickname and all...
@kzelmer
I think people do not understand what Zimerman has done. This 4 Balades + Barcarolle are the ultimate rendition of this pieces, a legacy for humankind. As a pianist I could say that there are some other renditions out there with more "passion" (Richter comes to my mind) but what Zimerman has done,as Michelangeli before, is recording the pure essence of Chopin: flawless technique and simplicity. As Chopin said: "Simplicity is the highest goal, achievable when you have overcome all difficulties. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art."
@keplergso8369
Yes, there is something common between Zimerman and Michelangeli. It is not a coincidence, Zimerman was a fanatic of Michelangeli, all is clear when you listen to Zimerman.
@teleman07
Best but definitely not ULTIMATE.
@danielhoover1080
Amazing with the passing of time when speaking of great Chopin artists, everyone seems to forget Rubinstein.