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Krystian Zimerman
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It sits within the topics 1956 births, Commanders with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta and Deutsche Grammophon artists.
Its subject is documented across 29 Wikipedia language editions.
Film & TV
Poland
Known for
- Michelangeli and Celibidache interpret Ravel - Great musical moments2025
- Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos2021
- Granatowy zeszyt — Self2013
- Bernstein conducts Bernstein — Self - Piano2008
- Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5 — Himself2007
- Krystian Zimerman: Chopin/Schubert1987
- Brahms The Piano Concertos1984
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1956-12-05 ) 5 December 1956 (age 69) , Zabrze , Poland
- Genres
- Classical
- Occupations
- Pianist, conductor, pedagogue
- Instrument
- Piano
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Zimerman
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Poland
- Place of birth
- Zabrze
- Occupation
- music educator
- Educated at
- Academy of Music in Katowice
- Languages spoken
- Polish
- Student of
- Andrzej Jasiński
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Deutsche Grammophon
- Official website
- www.krystianzimerman.eu
- Image
- Krystian Zimerman 2018 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- Basel
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- Krystian Zimerman
- date of birth
- 1956-12-05
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Encyclopedic overview
Krystian Zimerman (born 5 December 1956) is a Polish concert pianist, conductor and pedagogue who has been described as one of the greatest pianists of his generation. In 1975, he won the IX International Chopin Piano Competition.
Following the success at the Chopin Piano Competition, he began his collaboration with the Berlin Philharmonic and has since performed with leading orchestras around the world as well as many prominent conductors such as Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, Herbert von Karajan, Claudio Abbado and Simon Rattle. He is especially known for his performances of compositions by Mozart, Chopin, Brahms and Beethoven. He is also the recipient of many awards and honours including Léonie Sonning Music Prize (1994), Legion of Honour (2005), Order of Polonia Restituta (2013) and Praemium Imperiale (2022).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Krystian Zimerman” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.