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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Prokofiev: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Sonata for 2 Violins
Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, BBC Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 1 Jan 2003
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Beethoven: Piano Trio Op.70
Daniel Barenboim, Pinchas Zukerman, Jacqueline du Pré, Stephen Kovacevich
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 1 Jan 2001
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Brahms & Bruch, Violin Concertos
Classical - Released by RCA Red Seal on 1 Jan 1990
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Richard Strauss: Violin Sonata / Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 2
Pinchas Zukerman, Marc Neikrug
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1988
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Beethoven: Violin Sonatas 7 - 10, Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor
Jacqueline du Pré, Pinchas Zukerman, Daniel Barenboim
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 1 Nov 1999
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Brahms: Violin Concerto, Op. 77 - Bruch: Violin Concerto, Op. 26
Classical - Released by Sony Classical on 8 Nov 2019
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Mozart : Orchestral and Chamber Works (Pinchas Zukerman)
Classical - Released by CBC on 1 Jan 2000
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Vivaldi: 4 Seasons (The)
Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra, Pinchas Zukerman
Classical - Released by CBC on 1 Jan 2008
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Beethoven: Violin Concerto Op. 61 & Violin Sonata No. 10
Classical - Released by Sony Classical on 1 Nov 2019
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Pinchas Zukerman plays Beethoven Violin Sonatas
Classical - Released by RCA Red Seal on 22 Sep 2006
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Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1-3
Classical - Released by Sony Classical on 10 Apr 1991
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Berlioz: Harold in Italy etc
Pinchas Zukerman, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 14 Jun 1988
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Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas
Classical - Released by RCA Red Seal on 22 Sep 2006
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Mozart: Duos / Leclair: Sonata
Classical - Released by RCA Red Seal on 4 Oct 1991
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Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 4 & 5
Classical - Released by Sony Classical on 1 Jan 1991
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Violin Concertos (Famous Classical Music)
Classical - Released by Cfsunfilm on 17 Aug 2008
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NORGARD: Viola Concerto, 'Remembering Child' / Between (Per Norgard)
Classical - Released by Dacapo on 12 Feb 1992
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Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 - 6
Daniel Barenboim, Pinchas Zukerman
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 1 Nov 1999
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Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 4 & 5, Adagio, K. 261 & Rondo, K. 373
Classical - Released by Sony Classical on 1 Jan 1991
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Pinchas Zukerman, violin ● Daniel Barenboim, piano: Beethoven ● Schubert
Pinchas Zukerman, Daniel Barenboim
Classical - Released by Ermitage Records on 28 Feb 2023
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Beethoven: Violin Sonatas 1 - 6
Daniel Barenboim, Pinchas Zukerman
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 1 Nov 1999
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo