Violine
Biography:
Thomas Zehetmair is one of the outstanding artistic personalities of our time. As a violinist, conductor and chamber musician, he enjoys a great reputation worldwide. He has recorded most of the violin repertoire, e.g. Mozart's Violin Concertos with the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century under Frans Brüggen, cited as a reference recording, with the same orchestra Beethoven's Violin Concerto, Edward Elgar's Violin Concerto with the Hallé Orchestra Manchester under Mark Elder (Gramophone Award 2010) and the 24 Paganini Caprices (Midem Classic Awards 2010).
Recent recordings include B.A. Zimmermann's Violin Concerto with the WDR Symphony Orchestra under Heinz Holliger (Diapason d'Or de l'année) and a recording with Thomas Zehetmair conducting the Northern Sinfonia of Schubert's 6th and 9th and Hans Gál's 1st. and 2nd symphonies. Thomas Zehetmair is Principal Conductor of the Northern Sinfonia in England and the Orchester de Chambre de Paris in France as well as Artistic Partners of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, USA.
For his versatile artistic work he received u. a. the certificate of honor of the German Record Critics' Prize and the Karl Böhm Interpretation Prize of the State of Styria. Thomas Zehetmair holds an honorary doctorate from the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Weimar and received an honorary doctorate from Newcastle University in July 2012.
Albums:
Complete Works for Orchestra Vol. 5:
