Eugenia Zukerman

Flute
Eugenia Playing Flute Flutist

Acclaimed by the Boston Globe as ``one of the finest flutists of our time,´´ Eugenia Zukerman is a consummate musician. Her elegant sound referred to as ``finely articulated cascades of classical grace,´´ along with her lyrical phrasing, extraordinary agility and compelling stage presence have contributed to her popularity as an international performer with orchestra, in solo and duo recitals, and in chamber music ensembles in North America, Europe, and Asia for over 25 years.

A versatile artist, Ms Zukerman is respected for her innovative programming as well as for her performances. She has been praised as ``. . . a bona fide phenom. Few major instrumentalists offer anything comparable to the intelligence and breadth of programming that she brings to her concerts.´´ She has been Artistic Director of the international Vail Valley Music Festival in Colorado´s Rocky Mountains since 1998. The festival has grown artistically under her guidance, and includes residencies with the New York Philharmonic, the Rochester Philharmonic and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. The festival has presented such ensembles as eighth blackbird, the Shanghai Quartet, the Rossetti String Quartet, as well as solo artists such as Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Garrick Ohlsson, Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Alisa Weilerstein.

Eugenia Performing
Eugenia Zukerman playing in the Palace of Peter the Great, St. Petersburg, with The Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Constantine Orbelian, conductor.

Ms. Zukerman´s 2004-05 season includes orchestral and collaborative performances. This season she can be heard with the Jacques Thibaud String Trio, harpist Yolanda Kondonassis, violinist Henry Gronnier, violist Thomas Diener and soprano Arianna Zukerman. Her performances take her to places like Iowa, New Jersey, California, Oregon, Virginia, South Dakota, New York and Colorado.

As a recording artist, Ms. Zukerman has recorded for Delos, CBS Masterworks, Pro Arte, Vox Cum Laude and Newport Classics. Recent recordings for Delos include: ChinaSong with the Shanghai Quartet, on which she guest performs Pictures from Bashu - 6 Sichuan Folk Songs; an acclaimed performance/live recording of American composer Lowell Liebermann´s Concerto for Flute and Orchestra with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Aria, a collection of opera favorites; and her successful solo flute recording, Incantation.

Eugenia Taking a Bow The multi-faceted Eugenia Zukerman also enjoys successful careers as an author and television commentator. She has been the arts correspondent for CBS SUNDAY MORNING since 1981 and has done over 300 artist profiles in her twenty-four years on the program. She has appeared on a variety of other television programs as a guest, including PBS´ Charlie Rose Show, NBC´s Today and A&E´s Breakfast with the Arts. As a writer, Ms. Zukerman has been published in a number of periodicals, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Esquire and Vogue. Ms. Zukerman´s newest book, In My Mother´s Closet (Sorin Books), an anthology of essays about accomplished women and their thoughts on the mother/daughter relationship, including such noted personalities as Renée Fleming, Carrie Fisher, Joy Behar, Judy Collins, Erica Jong and Claire Bloom, was published in April 2003. The book has met with national acclaim, including coverage by People Magazine, O the Oprah Magazine, and More to name a few, and she continues to tour the country doing book signings and readings. Ms. Zukerman has also published two novels, Deceptive Cadence (Viking, 1981) and Taking The Heat (Simon & Schuster, 1991). For St. Martin´s Press (1997), she co-authored a non-fiction book, Coping With Prednisone, with her sister, Dr. Julie R. Ingelfinger.

Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Ms. Zukerman entered Barnard College as an English major, but soon transferred to The Juilliard School, where she studied with the renowned flutist Julius Baker. Early in her career, she won the Young Concert Artists Award and made her formal New York debut to rave reviews.


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