ZOFO Duet


Biographie ZOFO Duet


Eva-Maria Zimmermann
Dynamic Swiss pianist Eva-Maria Zimmermann maintains a robust career in Europe and the United States, offering performances that are "breathtakingly intense" (Der Bund) and "passionate and deeply expressive" (Berner Oberlander). Her solo appearances involve recitals as well as concerto performances with major symphonies, including the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande.

Winner of the prestigious Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarship, Ms. Zimmermann has appeared at international festivals worldwide, including the “Festival Piano en Saintonge” France, the “Sommerfestspiele Murten” Switzerland, and San Francisco's “Other Minds Festival of New Music." A graduate with highest honors from the Conservatory of Geneva, Eva-Maria has studied with many distinguished musicians - Leon Fleisher, György Sebök, Leonard Hokanson, Tomasz Herbut and Dominique Merlet, among others.

Ms. Zimmermann is a musician of broad interests. In addition to her solo appearances, she is dedicated to chamber music, lieder recitals, and teaching. She has partnered worldwide with many other professional musicians and ensembles in her career, including soprano Lara Bruckmann, the Del Sol String Quartet, violinist Iris Stone, and bass-baritone René Perler. Eva-Maria was a founding member of the award winning Swiss Charmillon Piano Quartet. Many of her chamber music and Lieder recitals have been broadcast on Swiss Radio DRS2, and Radio de la Suisse Romande. As an educator, Eva-Maria has been a faculty member of the University of San Francisco and currently teaches in the music program at the Nueva School in Hillsborough, CA, founded by Sir Yehudi Menuhin.

Keisuke Nakagoshi
began his piano studies at the age of ten, arriving in the United States from Japan at the age of 18. Mr. Nakagoshi earned his Bachelors degree in Composition and Masters degree in Chamber Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Graduating as the recipient of multiple top awards, Keisuke was selected to represent the SFCM for the Kennedy Center's Conservatory Project, a program featuring the most promising young musicians from major conservatories across the United States.

Mr. Nakagoshi has performed to acclaim on prestigious concert stages across the United States, including the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, and Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco. He has received training from some of the most celebrated musicians of our time - Emanuel Ax, Gilbert Kalish, Menahem Pressler, Robert Mann, Norman Fisher, The Peabody Trio - and enjoys collaborating with other accomplished musicians such as Lucy Shelton, Ian Swensen, Jodi Levitz, Robin Sutherland, the Afiara String Quartet and San Francisco Contemporary Music Players.

In addition to performing with symphonies and playing an expansive repertoire of chamber music, Keisuke tours as principal pianist and slide guitarist with conductor George Daugherty's award-winning "Bugs Bunny on Broadway" and "Bugs Bunny at the Symphony," performing with American orchestras from coast to coast.

Mr. Nakagoshi is Pianist-in-Residence at The San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Opera Parallele.

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