Biography
Violin
Pinchas Zukerman
With a celebrated career spanning more than six decades, Pinchas Zukerman is a violin and viola soloist, conductor, and chamber musician. His discography of more than 100 albums has gained two Grammy Awards and 21 nominations. He made his San Francisco Symphony debut in January 1969 at the War Memorial Opera House and made his Davies Symphony Hall debut in February 1981.
This season, Zukerman performs with orchestras including the Colorado Symphony, Vienna Philharmonic, and Israel Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall. A tour of Japan features concerts with the ARK Philharmonic, and he solos with the Belgrade Philharmonic and tours with Sinfonia Varsovia. The season includes engagements in Korea with the KG Philharmonic in Seoul and the KNN Broadcasting Orchestra in Busan, as well as in China with the Hangzhou Philharmonic. Recent highlights include performances with the Vienna Philharmonic, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Basque National Orchestra (Euskadiko Orkestra), and a Japanese tour with the Danish Philharmonic.
A devoted teacher and champion of young musicians, Zukerman has served as chair of the Pinchas Zukerman Performance Program at the Manhattan School of Music for more than 30 years, and has been the Dallas Symphony’s artistic and principal education partner since 2021, collaborating with Southern Methodist University’s Meadows School of the Arts to provide intensive coaching and tutoring for its music students. Zukerman has received honorary doctorates from Brown University; Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario; and the University of Calgary, as well as the National Medal of Arts from President Ronald Reagan. He is a recipient of the Isaac Stern Award for Artistic Excellence in Classical Music.
This season, Zukerman performs with orchestras including the Colorado Symphony, Vienna Philharmonic, and Israel Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall. A tour of Japan features concerts with the ARK Philharmonic, and he solos with the Belgrade Philharmonic and tours with Sinfonia Varsovia. The season includes engagements in Korea with the KG Philharmonic in Seoul and the KNN Broadcasting Orchestra in Busan, as well as in China with the Hangzhou Philharmonic. Recent highlights include performances with the Vienna Philharmonic, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Basque National Orchestra (Euskadiko Orkestra), and a Japanese tour with the Danish Philharmonic.
A devoted teacher and champion of young musicians, Zukerman has served as chair of the Pinchas Zukerman Performance Program at the Manhattan School of Music for more than 30 years, and has been the Dallas Symphony’s artistic and principal education partner since 2021, collaborating with Southern Methodist University’s Meadows School of the Arts to provide intensive coaching and tutoring for its music students. Zukerman has received honorary doctorates from Brown University; Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario; and the University of Calgary, as well as the National Medal of Arts from President Ronald Reagan. He is a recipient of the Isaac Stern Award for Artistic Excellence in Classical Music.
