Frank Peter Zimmermann is widely regarded as one of the foremost violinists of his generation. Praised for his selfless musicality, his brilliance and keen intelligence he has been performing with all major orchestras in the world for well over three decades, collaborating on these occasions with the world's most renowned conductors, among which the Berliner Philharmoniker with whom he made his debut in 1985 with Daniel Barenboim; the Wiener Philharmoniker with whom he played for the first time in 1983 with Lorin Maazel in Salzburg; the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, all London orchestras, as well as all big American orchestras.

He is a regular guest at all major music festivals, such as Salzburg, Edinburgh and Lucerne. Over the years Frank Peter Zimmermann has built up an impressive discography for Warner Classics, Sony Classical, BIS, Ondine, Hänssler, Decca and ECM. He has recorded virtually all major concerto repertoire, ranging from Bach to Ligeti, Dean and Pintscher; the six solo sonatas of Ysaÿe; the 24 Caprices of Paganini and the complete sonatas for violin and viano by J.S. Bach, Beethoven and Mozart.

Together with Antoine Tamestit (viola) and Christian Poltéra (cello) he founded the Trio Zimmermann. BIS Records released highly praised recording of works for string trio by J.S. Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Schönberg and Hindemith.

Born in 1965 in Duisburg, Germany, he started learning playing the violin with his mother when he was 5 years old. He studied with Valery Gradov, Saschko Gawriloff and Herman Krebbers. He plays on the 1711 Antonius Stradivari violin "Lady Inchiquin”, which is kindly provided by the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, "Kunst im Landesbesitz".