Eugenia Zukerman

Her elegant sound, referred to as "finely articulated cascades of classical grace," along with her lyrical phrasing and compelling stage presence have contributed to her popularity as an international performer.

She has had successful 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 "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 Colorados 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 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, NBCs Today and A&Es 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. Zukermans newest book, In My Mothers Closet (Sorin Books), an anthology of essays about accomplished women and their thoughts on the mother/daughter relationship, including such noted personalities as Rene 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. Martins Press (1997), she co-authored a non-fiction book, Coping With Prednisone, with her sister, Dr. Julie R. Ingelfinger.