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Pinchas Zukerman
Born (1948-07-16) 16 July 1948 (age 76)
Tel Aviv, Israel
GenresClassical
Occupation(s)Conductor, pedagogue, violinist, violist
Instrument(s)Violin, viola
Years active1961-present

Pinchas Zukerman (Hebrew: פנחס צוקרמן, born 16 July 1948) is an Israeli violinist, violist and conductor.

Life and career

Born in Tel Aviv, to Yehuda and Miriam Lieberman Zukerman, Zukerman began his musical studies at age four, on the recorder. His father then taught him to play the clarinet and then the violin at age eight. Isaac Stern and Pablo Casals learned of Zukerman's violin talent during a 1962 visit to Israel. Zukerman subsequently moved to the United States that year for study at the Juilliard School,[1] under the tutelage of Stern and Ivan Galamian. He made his New York debut in 1963. In 1967, he shared the Leventritt Prize with the Korean violinist Kyung-wha Chung. His 1969 debut recordings of the concerti by Tchaikovsky (under the direction of Antal Dorati, with the London Symphony Orchestra) and Mendelssohn (with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic) launched a successful recording career that continues to the present day and boasts over 110 releases.

Zukerman launched his conducting career in 1970 with the English Chamber Orchestra, and served as director of London's South Bank Festival from 1971 to 1974. In the USA, Zukerman was music director of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra from 1980 to 1987. He later directed the summer festivals of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra (1991–1995) and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (1996–1999). In 1999,[2][failed verification] he became Music Director of Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra (NACO) in Ottawa, stepping down from the post in 2015. He has served as Principal Guest Conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra since 2009.

Zukerman is on the faculty at the Manhattan School of Music and is the head and founder of the Zukerman Performance Program at the school. His former students have included Koh Gabriel Kameda, Julian Rachlin, and Guy Braunstein. In 1999 he founded the National Arts Centre Young Artists Programme, which counts young musicians such as Viviane Hagner, Jessica Linnebach, and Antal Szalai as alumni. In 2006 Zukerman began his involvement in the Rolex Artistic Mentorship programme.

Zukerman plays the "Dushkin" Guarnerius del Gesù violin of 1742. His honours include the King Solomon Award, the National Medal of Arts (presented by President Reagan in 1983), the Isaac Stern Award for Artistic Excellence, and an honorary doctorate from Brown University.

Personal life

Zukerman was married to Eugenia Rich in 1968.[3] The couple had two daughters together, opera singer Arianna Zukerman and blues/folk musician Natalia Zukerman.[4][5][6] They frequently appeared together in concert until their divorce in 1985. Zukerman was then married to actress Tuesday Weld, from 1985 to 1998. Zukerman and his second wife, Amanda Forsyth, primarily reside in New York City. The pair frequently appear as soloists together.

Recordings

His recordings have received 21 Grammy nominations, and two Grammy wins.[citation needed] He has collaborated with filmmaker Christopher Nupen on several projects, and was the subject of Nupen's "Pinchas Zukerman: Here to Make Music" documentary of 1974. In 2003 he founded a string quintet, the Zukerman Chamber Players, which has released three CD recordings in addition to its roster of live performances.

Discography

- 2015 : Brahms: Double concerto - Symphony No. 4 (Analekta), AN2 8782 - 2016 : Baroque Treasury (Analekta), AN2 8783

References

  1. ^ Slonimsky, Nicolas (1978). "Zukerman, Pinchas". Baker's Biographical dictionary of musicians (6th ed.). New York: Schirmer Books. p. 1952. ISBN 0-02-870240-9.
  2. ^ "World renowned violinist and conductor Pinchas Zukerman announces he will step down as Music Director of the National Arts Centre Orchestra in 2015" (Press release). National Arts Centre. 5 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-07, unavailable 2013-3-31.. {{cite press release}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. ^ New York Times, October 10, 1980
  4. ^ New York Times, March 11, 1979
  5. ^ www.westword.com
  6. ^ Arianna Zukerman, Peter Sekulow — New York Times

Sources

  • Boris Schwarz: Great Masters of the Violin. From Corelli and Vivaldi to Stern, Zukerman and Perlman. Simon and Schuster, New York 1983.
  • Darryl Lyman: Great Jews in Music. J. D. Publishers, Middle Village, NY 1986.
  • Stanley Sadie, H. Wiley Hitchcock (Ed.): The new Grove dictionary of American music. Grove's Dictionaries of Music, New York, N.Y 1986.
  • Kurtz Myers: Index to record reviews 1984-1987. G.K. Hall, Boston, Ma. 1989.
  • Alan Rich: Masters of Music: Great artists of work. Preface by Nicolas Slonimsky, foreword by Isaac Stern, photographs by James Arkatov. Capra Press, Santa Barbara, Ca. 1990.
Preceded by Music Director, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
1980–1987 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Music Director, National Arts Centre Orchestra
1999–present 		Succeeded by
incumbent
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