Person Open DS/UK/1759 Zimmerman; Louis (1873-); German classical violinist Zimmermann Louis 19 July 1873-6 March 1954 Dutch classical violinist Male (cisgender) Louis Johann Heinrich Zimmerman Netherlands, Groningen (born)

Dutch White No known disability No known religious affiliation Heterosexual Louis Zimmermann was a Dutch concert violinist, composer, and teacher. In the late 1890s, he played in some Royal Court Orchestra in Germany. He then played first chair (in the first violin section) of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra from 1899 to 1904. He had the distinction of playing the violin solos at the English premiere of Richard Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben in 1902, with the composer on the podium. From 1904 he was a professor at the Royal Academy of Music in Amsterdam and then Concertmaster of the Concertgebouw from January, 1911 to January, 1940. He was a regular soloist with the orchestra, as when he played the Beethoven violin concerto with them on November 29, 1931, and again on January 10, 1937. http://pronetoviolins.blogspot.com/2009/07/zimmermann.html (2022) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHSkeyte 9/18/2012 RAHAKirkbride 11/16/2022 5b5bc419-af84-4e0e-a261-b3799d8dce0d