Pinchas Zukerman

Pinchas Zukerman, the internationally acclaimed violinist and conductor, accepts a limited number of exceptionally gifted violinists and violists as private students at Manhattan School of Music each year to the MSM Pinchas Zukerman Performance Program.

With a celebrated career encompassing five decades, Pinchas Zukerman reigns as 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, singular beauty of tone, and impeccable musicianship, which can be heard throughout his discography of over 100 albums for which he gained two Grammy® awards and 21 nominations.

In the 2025-2026 season, Pinchas Zukerman performs with orchestras including the Colorado Symphony, the Vienna Philharmonic, and the Israel Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall. Zukerman also performs a chamber concert in Carnegie’s Zankel Hall alongside Amanda Forsyth and Lahav Shani. A major tour of Japan features concerts with the ARK Philharmonic and chamber collaborations with Amanda Forsyth, Fumiaki Miura, Nobuyuki Tsujii, and others. Zukerman also solos with the Belgrade Philharmonic and returns to Valencia and Wrocław with Sinfonia Varsovia. A Spanish tour with Sinfonia Varsovia brings concerts to Girona, Barcelona, Madrid, and Valencia. Chamber appearances include recitals with pianist Shai Wosner in Philadelphia and San Francisco, and trio concerts with the Zukerman Trio in Detroit, Chicago, North Carolina, and New York’s Carnegie Hall. The season also includes engagements in Korea with the KG Philharmonic in Seoul, and the KNN Broadcasting orchestra in Busan, as well as in China with the Hangzhou Philharmonic.

A devoted teacher and champion of young musicians, he has served as chair of the Pinchas Zukerman Performance Program at the Manhattan School of Music for over 30 years, and has taught at prominent institutions throughout the United Kingdom, Israel, China and Canada, among others. He has served as the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s Artistic and Principal Education Partner since 2021, collaborating with DSO in partnership with Southern Methodist University’s Meadows School of the Arts to provide intensive coaching and tutoring sessions for its music students.

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 a recipient of the Isaac Stern Award for Artistic Excellence in Classical Music.