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●★ Henri Vieuxtemps : Violin Concerto No.5 in
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Allegro non troppo
Cadenza
Adagio
Allegro con fuoco
((Plays the Violin by Pinchas
Zukerman))
■ Pinchas
Zukerman(Hebrew : born July 16 1948) ■
Pinchas Zukerman (Hebrew: פנחס צוקרמן, born July 16,
1948) is a
noted Israeli violin master, violist, and conductor
who was appointed Music Director of Ottawa's National Arts
Centre Orchestra in April 1998.
Zukerman was born in Tel Aviv, to Yehuda and Miriam
Lieberman Zukerman. He left for the United States and studied
at the Juilliard School. He
made his New
York début in 1963. He won the Young
Concert Artists International Auditions in 1966. From 1980 to 1987 he was the director of the Saint Paul
Chamber Orchestra in Minnesota. In one interview,
Mr. Zukerman revealed that he has played in orchestras before, rather than with
them. For example, he has said that he's sat in the back of the first violin
section of the Chicago Symphony and
played along with them in a performance of Gustav Mahler's first
symphony.
He is close friends with Daniel Barenboim and Itzhak
Perlman. He is currently married to the NAC Orchestra's principal cellist, Amanda
Forsyth. He lives in the Rockcliffe Park area of
Ottawa. He has two daughters, Arianna and Natalia, from his 17-year marriage
(1968-1985) to flautist and novelist Eugenia Zukerman. Both
girls are vocalists; Arianna Zukerman is an
opera singer, while Natalia Zukerman is a
blues/folk musician. He was also formerly married to actress Tuesday
Weld, from 1985 to 1998.
Zukerman has recorded over 100 works and has been nominated for 21 Grammy
Awards, winning two.
During the 2005-2006 season, Zukerman performed in many concerts away from
the NACO in Ottawa. He toured with Itzhak Perlman to Washington, New York,
Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Miami, and Chicago. He also conducted or was the
solo violinist with the Indianapolis, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Dallas, Los Angeles,
Singapore, and National Symphony Orchestras, the Israel, Seoul, and Nagoya
Philharmonic Orchestras, and the Berlin Staatskapelle. He toured Belgium and
Germany with the Belgian National Orchestra, and have another recital tour with
pianist Marc
Neikrug with concerts in London, Paris, Moscow, Milan, Munich, and
Birmingham. on October 20, 2006, Pinchas Zukerman and Amanda Forsyth performed
with the Classic FM Orchestra in Sofia, Bulgaria.
With the Zukerman Chamber
Players, Zukerman has performed over 40 concerts around the world and
recorded two CDs since the ensemble's creation in 2003.
Zukerman is on the faculty at the prestigious Manhattan School
of Music and is the head and founder of the Zukerman Performance Program at
the school.
He plays the "Dushkin" Guarnerius del Gesù
violin of 1742.
Personal life
He has been married to Tuesday Weld (1985-1998)
(divorced) 1 child; Eugenia Zukerman
(1968-1983) (divorced) 2 children, Arianna and Natalia; and Amanda
Forsyth (?-present).
Awards and
recognitions
Grammy
Award for Best Chamber Music Performance:
King Solomon Award
National Medal of
Arts
Isaac Stern Award for Artistic Excellence
Recipient of The International Center in New York's Award of
Excellence
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