Pinchas Zukerman
Israeli-born Pinchas Zukerman has kept his face and music before the public for more than four decades with his wide range of activities: he is a world-class violinist, violist, conductor, and administrator. Zukerman's first instrument was the recorder, his second the clarinet. But soon he took after his father, a violinist of Polish background. By the time he was eight, Zukerman was studying at the Tel Aviv Academy of Music, and when he was 12 he moved to New York to matriculate at the Juilliard School. Isaac Stern signed papers to become his legal guardian. Zukerman studied with Ivan Galamian, the Juilliard's avatar of hardcore Russian-school playing, and was also encouraged by cellist Pablo Casals.
After jointly winning the Leventritt Competition with Kyung-Wha Chung in 1966, Zukerman began performing widely. His career as a top-flight international soloist began with his New York debut at Lincoln Center in 1969. Zukerman performed on both violin and viola, taking full advantage of the various repertoires his versatility opened up to him. He played duo sonatas and music for larger chamber ensembles, recorded the Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for violin, viola, and orchestra with Stern, and also began building a career as a conductor. Zukerman performed music from the Baroque era to premieres of new works by Lutoslawski and others. By the early 2000s, Zukerman had made over 100 recordings as a soloist, covering the entire standard violin and viola repertoire.
In 1980, Zukerman was named music director of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. He restored the group's financial health, oversaw a move into a new 2,000-seat theater, and made a series of recordings, both as conductor and soloist, that became mainstays of radio programming. In 1998, as his marriage to Hollywood starlet Tuesday Weld dissolved, Zukerman accepted the music directorship of Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa. His efforts there encompassed unusual levels of community and educational outreach; he became a pioneer in the use of videoconferencing and webcasting technology to communicate the immediacy of classical music making. He helped launch the career of the young Russian violin sensation Ilya Gringolts; after seeing a video of Gringolts' playing that his parents had sent from Russia, Zukerman arranged for Gringolts to study at Juilliard with Itzhak Perlman and conducted Gringolts' North American debut with the NAC Orchestra. He remains internationally active as a soloist and guest conductor.
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Beethoven: Piano Trios Nos. 4 & 5 and Cello Sonatas Nos. 3 & 5
Daniel Barenboim, Pinchas Zukerman, Jacqueline du Pré, Stephen Kovacevich
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 1 Jan 2001
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Sonate n° 5 en fa majeur op. 24 "Printemps", n° 9 en la majeur, op. 47 "Kreutzer" & n° 8 en sol majeur, op. 30
Daniel Barenboim, Pinchas Zukerman
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 1 Jan 1992
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Schubert: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2
Pinchas Zukerman, Lynn Harrell, Vladimir Ashkenazy
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1997
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Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 3, Duets - Glazunov: Violin Concerto
Itzhak Perlman, Zubin Mehta, Pinchas Zukerman, Samuel Sanders
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 1 Sep 2003
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Pachelbel: Canon & Gigue & Works By Handel, Telemann, Vivaldi, Rameau & Purcell
Pinchas Zukerman, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1984
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Beethoven: Complete String Trios
Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Lynn Harrell
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 1 Oct 1992
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Haydn: Cello Concertos Nos.1 & 2; Violin Concerto
Heinrich Schiff, Pinchas Zukerman, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 2012
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Vivaldi: Violinkonzerte 5-12
Classical - Released by Sony Classical on 17 Jun 2002
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The Art of Pinchas Zukerman
Classical - Released by UME - Global Clearing House on 30 Jan 2021
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Beethoven : Symphonies n°1 & 2 - Romance n°2 (Pinchas Zukerman)
Symphonic Music - Released by CBC on 1 Jan 2000
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Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Viola Concerto
Classical - Released by RCA Red Seal on 1 Dec 2023
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Franck: Violin Sonata//Saint-Saëns: Violin Sonata No.1
Pinchas Zukerman, Marc Neikrug
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1986
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Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Op. 61; Violin Romances, Op. 40 & Op.50
Pinchas Zukerman, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1991
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Great Violin Concertos (Grands concertos pour violon)
Nathan Milstein, Pinchas Zukerman
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1998
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Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 5 "Spring", 8 & 9 "Kreutzer"
Daniel Barenboim, Pinchas Zukerman
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 1 Jan 1992
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Elgar: Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 61
Classical - Released by Sony Classical on 14 Jul 2017
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Telemann: Concerto In A minor; Duet In C; Trio Sonatas / Heberle: Recorder Concerto In G
Michala Petri, Pinchas Zukerman
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1987
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Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Octet
Pinchas Zukerman, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1984
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto after the Violin Concerto; Violin Romances
Pinchas Zukerman, Daniel Barenboim, English Chamber Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1989
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Release 3: Webern: Passacaglia - Brahms: Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Symphony No. 4
New York Philharmonic, Pinchas Zukerman
Classical - Released by New York Philharmonic on 18 Jan 2011
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Brahms, Violinsonaten Nr. 1-3
Pinchas Zukerman, Daniel Barenboim
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1975
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