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Pinchas Zukerman (Hebrew: פנחס צוקרמן‎, born July 16, 1948) is a noted Israeli violinist, violist, and conductor who was appointed Music Director of Ottawa's National Arts Centre Orchestra in April 1998. Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. The violin is a bowed String instrument with four strings usually tuned in Perfect fifths It is the smallest and highest-pitched member The viola is a bowed String instrument. It is the middle voice of the Violin family, Conducting is the act of directing a Musical performance by way of visible gestures Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. The National Arts Centre Orchestra is a Canadian orchestra in Ottawa, Canada's capital

Zukerman was born in Tel Aviv, to Yehuda and Miriam Lieberman Zukerman. Tel Aviv-Yafo (תֵּל ־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ تل أبيب Tal ʾAbīb) (usually Tel Aviv) is the second-largest city in Israel He left for the United States and studied at the Juilliard School. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Juilliard School, located in New York City, is a world renowned Performing arts conservatory. He made his New York début in 1963. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. From 1980 to 1987 he was the director of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in Minnesota. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra ( SPCO) based in Saint Paul (the state capital of Minnesota) is the nation's only full-time professional Chamber Minnesota ( Native Americans demonstrated the name to early settlers

He is close friends with Daniel Barenboim and Itzhak Perlman. Daniel Barenboim (born November 15, 1942) is a pianist and conductor. Itzhak Perlman (born August 31, 1945) is an Israeli American Violin Virtuoso, conductor, and Pedagogue He is currently married to the NAC Orchestra's principal cellist, Amanda Forsyth. The violoncello (abbreviated to cello, or 'cello, plural cellos or celli —the c is tʃ Amanda Forsyth (born 1966 is a Juno Award -winning Canadian Cellist, and is the principal cello He lives in the Rockcliffe Park area of Ottawa. He has two daughters, Arianna and Natalia, from his 15-year marriage to flautist and novelist Eugenia Zukerman. Both girls are vocalists; Arianna Zukerman is an opera singer, while Natalia Zukerman is a blues/folk musician. Arianna Zukerman (born 1972 is an American Lyric soprano who has performed with some of the world's finest Orchestras and Opera companies Natalia Zukerman, born in 1975, is an American artist and musician raised in Manhattan New York. He was also formerly married to actress Tuesday Weld, from 1985 to 1998. Tuesday Weld (born August 27, 1943) is an Emmy - and Academy Award -nominated Golden Globe -winning American film and television

Zukerman has recorded over 100 works and has been nominated for 21 Grammy Awards, winning two. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

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, 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. The Zukerman Chamber Players is a world-renowned chamber ensemble led by violinist and violist Pinchas Zukerman.

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. The Manhattan School of Music is a Music conservatory located in New York City that offers degrees on the bachelors, masters, and

He plays the "Dushkin" Guarnerius del Gesù violin of 1742. Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù ( August 21, 1698 &ndash October 17, 1744) is the only Luthier to rival Antonio Stradivari

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

The Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance has been awarded since 1959 Itzhak Perlman (born August 31, 1945) is an Israeli American Violin Virtuoso, conductor, and Pedagogue Moritz (Maurice Moszkowski ( 23 August 1854, Breslau, Prussia (now Wroclaw, Poland) - 4 March 1925 Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich ( Russian: ru Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович ( &ndash 9 August 1975 was a Russian Composer Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Серге́й Серге́евич Проко́фьев Sergéj Sergéjevič Prokófjev) ( - 5 March 1953 was a Russian composer who The 23rd Grammy Awards were held February 25, 1981, and were broadcast live on American television The National Medal of Arts is an award and title created by the Congress of the United States in 1984 for the purpose of honoring artists and patrons of the arts
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