David Zinman, born 1936 in New York, took up his post as Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich at the start of the 1995/6 seasons, having conducted the Orchestra regularly as a guest since 1983. He has raised the standard of the orchestra to an international level. David Zinman recently renewed his contract with the Tonhalle Orchestra until 2014. David Zinman has made numerous recordings with the Tonhalle Orchestra. The complete Beethoven Symphonies gained him the German Record Critics’ Prize in 1999. A box of seven CDs featuring the symphonic works of Richard Strauss were released on Arte Nova. In the 2003/04 season David Zinman recorded all the Schumann symphonies and Beethoven overtures. Following this came the complete Beethoven piano concertos, the violin concerto, and the triple concerto. David Zinman’s extensive discography of over 100 recordings have won him five Grammy Awards, two Grands Prix du Disque, two Edison Prizes, the German Record Critics’ Prize and one Gramophone Award, and have hugely enhanced David Zinman’s reputation. “continues to achieve a remarkably high standard” The Guardian