2024 Primrose Memorial Recital featuring Tabea Zimmermann!

In a rare visit to North America, one of the world’s most sought-after violists, Tabea Zimmermann, will be giving the Primrose Memorial Recital and Master Class this year at Brigham Young University. Huge “Thank You” to Dr. Claudine Bigelow and BYU for hosting this event!

The Primrose Memorial Concert will be a complete program for solo viola.  Zimmermann will feature 2 Bach Suites, Reger Sonata 1, Hindemith’s 1937 Solo Sonata, and a series of Kurtag-Ligeti movements.  The recital will take place on Monday, February 19, in the Music Building Concert Hall at BYU, with an early start time of 5 pm

The Master Class will take place on February 17th, from 2-4 pm, in room 4146 of the new Music Building at BYU.  Admission to both events is free.

Don’t miss the opportunity to hear one of our viola heroes in an epic solo recital! Scroll down for the full schedule of events that week.

Tabea Zimmermann Viola Photo: Marco Borggreve

Here is the full week of events around Tabea Zimmermann’s Utah visit:

  • Saturday, February 17: Masterclass at Brigham Young University, 2:00-4:00 PM, BYU Music Building Room 4146
  • Monday, February 19: Primrose Memorial Concert – Solo Recital, 5:00 PM, BYU Concert Hall
  • Friday, February 23: Masterclass at University of Utah, Dumke Hall 12:00 PM
  • Friday, February 23 and Saturday February 24: Utah Symphony, U.S. Premiere of Michael Jarrell’s Émergences-Résurgences and Weber’s Andante and Hungarian Rondo, 7:30 PM, Abravanel Hall