kəmˈɪɾᵻd tə twˈɛntiəθ ænd twˈɛnti fˈɜːstsˈɛntʃɚɹi ɹˈɛpɚtwˌɑːɹ, zˈɪmɚmən pɹəmˈɪɹd lˈaɪdʒtiz vaɪˈoʊlə sənˈɑːɾə, wˌɪtʃ wʌz ɹˈɪʔn̩ fɔːɹ hɜː, ˌɔn twˈɛnti θɹˈiː ˈeɪpɹəl nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti fˈoːɹ ɪn ɡˈuːɾɚslˌoʊ.
Committed to 20th- and 21st-century repertoire, Zimmermann premiered Ligeti's Viola Sonata, which was written for her, on 23 April 1994 in Gütersloh.