Zinman served as music director of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra from 1974 to 1985, during the last two years of which tenure he also was principal guest conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. He became music director in Baltimore in 1985. There he made several recordings for Telarc, Argo, and Sony. He also toured widely and began to implement ideas from the historically-informed-performance movement in interpretations of the Beethoven symphonies.[2] Upon relinquishing that Baltimore post in 1998, Zinman was named the orchestra's conductor laureate. But he renounced this title three years later in protest at what he saw as the orchestra's increasingly conservative programming.[3]
In 1998 Zinman worked as music director of the Ojai Music Festival alongside pianist Mitsuko Uchida. That same year he was appointed music director of the Aspen Music Festival and School,[4] where he founded and directed its American Academy of Conducting until his sudden resignation in April 2010.[5]
Switzerland
Zinman became music director of the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich in 1995. His innovative programming with that orchestra included a series of late-night concerts, "Tonhalle Late", which combined classical music and a nightclub setting.[6] His recordings of the complete Beethoven symphonies for Arte Nova were based on the Jonathan Del Mar critical edition and was acclaimed by critics.[citation needed] He subsequently recorded Beethoven's overtures and concertos with the Tonhalle.[7][8][9] He conducted the Tonhalle Orchestra in its first-ever appearance at The Proms in 2003.[10] He concluded his Tonhalle music directorship on July 21, 2014, with a concert at The Proms.[11]
Zinman and his second wife, Mary, an Australian violist, live in New Jersey.[14] Zinman has two sons and a daughter.
References
^Slonimsky, Nicolas (1978). "Zinman, David". Baker's Biographical dictionary of musicians (6th ed.). New York: Schirmer Books. p. 1949. ISBN0-02-870240-9.
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