Hailed by the press as “one of the finest flutists of our time,” Eugenia Zukerman is an internationally renowned recitalist and soloist, who also continues with a dramatic schedule as a writer, artistic director, television journalist, educator and internet entrepreneur.
Early in her career, Ms. Zukerman won the Young Concert Artists Competition and made her New York debut, which was received with the same kind of rave reviews she continues to get more than 25 years later. She has performed world-wide and recorded for Delos, CBS Masterworks, Pro Arte, Vox Cum Laude and Newport Classics. As Artistic Director of the Vail Valley Music Festival from 1998 through 2010, she contributed impressively to its growth and development on national and international levels.
An Emmy nominated arts correspondent for more than 350 profiles of artists, musicians, theatre and dance on CBS TV NEWS' SUNDAY MORNING, Ms. Zukerman has appeared on a variety of other television programs, including PBS's Charlie Rose Show, CBS Morning Show, and NBC’s Today Show.
A versatile and compelling author, Ms. Zukerman’s list of writing credits includes two novels, two non-fiction books, screenplays, and articles and book reviews in such prominent periodicals as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Esquire and Vogue. ...
read full bioHailed by the press as “one of the finest flutists of our time,” Eugenia Zukerman is an internationally renowned recitalist and soloist, who also continues with a dramatic schedule as a writer, artistic director, television journalist, educator and internet entrepreneur.
Honored by Young Concert Artists and by The Open University of Israel for her lifetime achievement in music, Ms. Zukerman was Artistic Director of the Vail Valley Music Festival from 1998 through 2010. She contributed impressively to its growth and development on national as well as international levels (including creating residencies for major national orchestras, among them the New York Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra and The Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and bringing major artists to perform at the festival, including cellist Yo-Yo Ma, pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and pianist Lang Lang, to name a few). Her internet video business, ClassicalGenie.com, provides video content and training services to help promote and develop careers in classical music.
Early in her career, Ms. Zukerman won the Young Concert Artists Competition and made her New York debut, which was received with the same kind of rave reviews she continues to get more than 25 years later. She has performed world-wide and recorded for Delos, CBS Masterworks, Pro Arte, Vox Cum Laude and Newport Classics.
An Emmy nominated arts correspondent for more than 350 profiles of artists, musicians, theatre and dance on CBS TV NEWS' SUNDAY MORNING, including Placido Domingo, tenor/opera director; Peter Martins, dancer, choreographer; Paul McCartney, musician; Mikhail Barishnikov, dancer/choreographer; Yo-Yo Ma, cellist; Zubin Mehta, conductor; Isaac Stern, violinist; Dame Maggie Smith, actor; Julie Taymor, director; Judy Collins, folk singer; Savion Glover, tap dancer, and Bill T. Jones, choreographer, Ms. Zukerman has appeared on a variety of other television programs, including PBS's Charlie Rose Show, CBS Morning Show, and NBC’s Today Show.
A versatile and compelling author, Ms. Zukerman has published two novels-- Deceptive Cadence (Viking) and Taking The Heat (Simon & Schuster); the non-fiction Coping With Prednisone (St. Martin’s Press), co-authored with her sister, Dr. Julie R. Ingelfinger and re-released in Fall 2007, newly updated and revised and published in the fall of 2008 by Souvenir Press in the UK; and the nationally acclaimed anthology, In My Mother’s Closet (Sorin Books). Her writing credits also include three screenplays as well as articles and book reviews in such prominent periodicals as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Esquire and Vogue. Ms. Zukerman is a member of the faculty of New York University’s Department of Music and Performing Arts, and she is in demand for master classes and residencies. She holds an honorary doctorate from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois.
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