Among other duties, American conductor David Zinman is associated with the
Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich. Born in New York on July 9, 1936, the Brooklyn native
studied violin at Oberlin Conservatory, then composition and music theory at the
University of Minnesota, graduating in 1963. Between 1958 and 1962, he made his
debut at the Tanglewood Festival and assisted Pierre Monteux until 1964, before
taking over the reins of the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra (1965-1977), then the
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (1979-1982). Between 1971 and 1974, he also
conducted the Utrecht Symphony ...