Pinchas Zukerman

With a celebrated career covering five decades, Pinchas Zukerman is one of today's most sought-after and versatile musicians: violin and viola soloist, conductor, and chamber musician.  He is renowned as a virtuoso, admired for the expressive lyricism of his playing, the singular beauty of his tone and his impeccable musicianship, which can be heard throughout his discography of more than 100 albums, for which he has won two Grammy® awards and 21 nominations. 

Highlights of his seasons include performances with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, the Mannheimer Philharmoniker, the Adelaide Symphony, the Orchestre National de Lyon and the orchestras of Valencia, Sinfonia Varsovia and Castilla y León in Spain. He has given chamber music concerts in Japan, Italy, France, Germany and the United States. He and cellist Amanda Forsyth regularly collaborate with the Jerusalem String Quartet in sextet programmes in Israel and the United States. 

A dedicated teacher and advocate for young musicians, he has been chair of the Pinchas Zukerman Performance Program at the Manhattan School of Music for over 25 years, and has taught at leading institutions in the UK, Israel, China and Canada, among others. This season, he continues his role as the Dallas Symphony Orchestra's principal artistic and educational partner, collaborating with the DSO in partnership with Southern Methodist University's Meadows School of the Arts to offer intensive coaching and mentoring sessions to its music students. 

As a mentor, he has inspired generations of young musicians who have excelled in performing, teaching and conducting at music festivals around the world. Mr. 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 the recipient of the Isaac Stern Award for Artistic Excellence in Classical Music.