Tabea Zimmermann is one of the most popular and renowned artists of our time. As winner of the international Ernst von Siemens Music Prize 2020, she is artist in residence of the Lucerne Festival in the summer of 2025. Tabea Zimmermann is widely acknowledged for her unfailingly high standards and tireless enthusiasm for sharing her love of music with audiences. Fellow musicians and listeners alike value her charismatic personality and deep musical understanding. 

As a soloist, she regularly works with the most distinguished orchestras worldwide such as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Since 2022, she has been the Artistic Partner of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Her work with orchestras is also guided by the ideals of her experience as a chamber musician, where artistic integrity is paramount.

She has inspired numerous composers to write for the viola and has introduced many new works into the standard concert and chamber music repertoire. Her artistry is documented on approximately 50 CDs and her artistic work has been recognized with numerous awards both in Germany and abroad.

Tabea Zimmermann is a dedicated professor for viola and chamber music at the Frankfurt Music Academy (HfMDK) and has held teaching posts at the Hochschule für Musik ‚Hanns Eisler‘ Berlin and the Musikhochschule Saarbrücken, where she started teaching at the age of 21.

She supports the use of modern violas and is playing a beautiful viola built for her by Patrick Robin in 2019.