Background
Zimmermann, Gerhardt was born on June 22, 1945 in Van Wert, Ohio, United States. Son of Ervin and Ethel Jane (Allen) Zimmermann.
Zimmermann, Gerhardt was born on June 22, 1945 in Van Wert, Ohio, United States. Son of Ervin and Ethel Jane (Allen) Zimmermann.
Bachelor of Music, Bowling Green State University. Master of Fine Arts, University Iowa. Student, with James Dixon.
Student, Leopold Sipe, Flora Contino. Student, Richard Lert.
Teacher Genoa (Ohio) Public Schools, 1967-1970: Conductor orchestra Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, 1971-1972: Music director Clinton (Iowa) Symphony Orchestra, 1971-1972:
Assistant professor music, conductor orchestras Western Illinois University, Macomb, 1972-1974: Assistant Conductor Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, 1974-1978 - Associate conductor, 1978-1982: Music director/conductor Saint Louis Youth Orchestra, 1975-1982: North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, Raleigh, 1982-2002: Artistic Director/Conductor, Breckenridge (CO) Music Festival, 1993-2014, Professor of Music The University of Texas at Austin, 2006-2018;
Music Director/Conductor Canton Symphony Orchestra, 1980-Present
Member American Symphony Orchestra League, National Academy Recording Arts and Sciences, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.
Married Sharon Marie Reher, March 17, 1974. Children: Anna Marie, Peter Karl Irum.