Margrit Zimmermann

Margrit Zimmermann (7 August 1927 – 23 February 2020) was a Swiss pianist, composer, conductor and music educator. She taught music and worked as a conductor in Bern, where she also established an orchestra. She was awarded the Jubiläumsstiftung der Schweizerischen Bankgesellschaft award in 1986, female composer awards from the city of Unna and the city of Kassel, and an award from the Japan International League of Artists in Tokyo in 1989. Life Zimmerman was born in Bern on 7 August 1927. She studied piano there under Jeanne Bovet and composition under Walter Furrer. Zimmermann trained as a conductor under Ewald Körner in Bern and took master courses from Igor Markevitch in Monte Carlo and Hans Swarowski in Ossiach. She taught music for several years and worked as a conductor. She studied composition with Aurelio Maggioni and Umberto Rotondi and at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan, where she received her diploma in composition in 1978. She also studied opera conducting under Umberto Cattini. In 1973, Margrit Zimmermann established an orchestra in Bern. She received the Jubiläumsstiftung der Schweizerischen Bankgesellschaft award in 1986, female composer awards from the cit