All Pinchas Zukerman articles
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NewsPinchas Zukerman apologises for ‘culturally insensitive’ masterclass
The violinist’s masterclass at Friday’s Starling-DeLay symposium was withheld due to racially insensitive comments
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VideoViolinist Pinchas Zukerman on left and right hand intensity
’I want piano in the right hand and fortissimo in the left hand…’ In this masterclass clip Pinchas Zukerman talks to student Wu Jie about modifying left and right hand intensity to create a variety of sounds in Franck’s Violin Sonata. Read: ‘Young players today should be realistic about ...
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Article‘Young players today should be realistic about making a career’ - violinist Pinchas Zukerman
The violinist reflects on the prospects and attitudes of young musicians, as he remembers Isaac Stern in his 100th anniversary year
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VideoViolinist Pinchas Zukerman performs Tchaikovsky’s Sérénade mélancolique, op.26
Violinist Pinchas Zukerman showcases his rich and velvety sound in Tchaikovsky’s Sérénade mélancolique, op.26 in B-flat minor with the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev. Read: ‘He could hear and see talent, and he loved it’ - Pinchas Zukerman remembers Isaac Stern Read: ‘Bach should be played with ...
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Article‘He could hear and see talent, and he loved it’ - Pinchas Zukerman remembers Isaac Stern
Zukerman shares his memories of his mentor Stern, in honour of the great violinist’s 100th anniversary
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VideoPerlman, Zukerman, Harrell: Beethoven String Trio op.9 no.1
Filmed at the Kaufmann Concert Hall in New York in 1990, this concert features Itzhak Perlman, VPinchas Zukerman and Lynn Harrell performing Beethoven’s String Trio in G major, op.9 no.1.
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VideoItzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman: Mozart Duo
In this extract from a film by Christopher Nupen, Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman perform together in concert at the Royal College of Music, London, in 1978. The work is Mozart’s Duo for Violin and Viola no.1 in G Major K423. The entire concert is available on the Allegro Films ...
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ArticlePinchas Zukerman performs Brahms and Bach violin concertos
Pinchas Zukerman performs Bach's Violin Concerto in A minor followed by Brahms's Violin Concerto with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in celebration of Zubin Mehta's birthday in April 2016. Zukerman conducts from the violin for the Bach, while Mehta takes to the podium to conduct the Brahms. Read: ...
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ArticlePinchas Zukerman performs Elgar's Violin Concerto in 2017
In this short excerpt violinist Pinchas Zukerman performs Elgar's Violin Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta at Berlin's Philharmonie. The performance was recorded live for the Berlin Phil's Digital Concert Hall on 12 March 2017. Read: ‘Playing the viola is greatly beneficial to ...
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ArticleA lesson with violinist Pinchas Zukerman
Don't be afraid to express yourself in any language - whether it's poetry or dance or music. Speak, speak, speak!' Pinchas Zukerman gives a violin lesson to Jaram Kim, including discussions on bowing, vibrato and sound quality. The lesson took place in Ottawa, Canada in 2002. Read: ...
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Blogs'Children must develop early independence in learning,' says violinist Pinchas Zukerman
The veteran violinist and violist speaks to Charlotte Gardner about how personal experience informs his teaching
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ArticleViolinists Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman perform together in 1978
In this live recording from 1978, violinists Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman perform Wieniawski's Etude Caprices op. 18 nos. 1 and 2, Spohr's Duo Concertante, and Handel-Halvorsen's Passacaglia together at London's Royal College of Music. Filmed by Christopher Nupen and recently released on YouTube by Allegro Films, ...
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Blogs'Bach should be played with vibrato,' says violinist Pinchas Zukerman
The veteran violinist, violist, conductor and pedagogue is interviewed in The Strad's September 2016 issue
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ArticleViolinist and violist Pinchas Zukerman on sound production
You need to have the mechanism organised so that you can feel free to express yourself - which then becomes Schubert or Beethoven or Brahms. So you must separate the technique from the music. Most of the time when we try to express ourselves we lose the ...
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Focus'Playing the viola is greatly beneficial to all violinists,' says Pinchas Zukerman
The veteran violinist, violist, conductor and pedagogue is interviewed in The Strad's September 2016 issue
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BlogsHow violinist Pinchas Zukerman helped me develop my musical voice
25-year-old violinist Asi Matathias discovered the paradoxically liberating power of discipline during his studies with the charismatic performer
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ArticlePinchas Zukerman
Performing on both violin and viola, Pinchas Zukerman was part of a circle of prodigious young musicians including Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta, Itzhak Perlman and Jacqueline du Pré. Born in Israel in 1948 to parents who had moved to Tel Aviv from Poland after surviving concentration camps, ...
