Eugenia Rich Zukerman(born September 25, 1944,Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an Americanflutist,writer, and journalist. An internationally renownedflutevirtuoso,Zukerman has been performing with major orchestras and at major music festivals internationally for more than three decades. Since 1980 she has been the Classical Music Correspondent forCBS News Sunday Morningwhere she has profiled hundreds of artists.[1]She was the Artistic Director of the laudedBravo! Vail Valley Music Festivalfrom 2003 to 2010.[2]
Education and personal life
editEugenia Rich was initially an English major atBarnard Collegebut decided to transfer to theJuilliard Schoolin 1964 to pursue music studies underJulius Baker.She graduated in 1966 and two years later married violinistPinchas Zukerman.[3]The couple had two daughters together, opera singerArianna Zukermanand blues/folk musicianNatalia Zukerman.[4][5][6]They frequently appeared together in concert until their divorce in 1985.[1]
Rich is the sister ofJulie R. Ingelfinger,deputy editor at theNew England Journal of Medicine,professor of pediatrics atHarvard Medical School,and consulting pediatric nephrologist at Massachusetts General Hospital.[7]
Career
editPerformer
editIn 1969 Zukerman appeared at theFestival dei Due Mondiin Italy, and in 1970 she won theYoung Concert Artists International Auditions.[8][9]The competition win led to her debut recital at New York City'sTown Hallin 1971.[10]The recital was lauded by music critics and she was soon engaged to perform in concerts and recitals all over the world, including performances with theLos Angeles Philharmonic,theMinnesota Orchestra,theEnglish Chamber Orchestra,theIsrael Chamber Orchestra,and theNational Symphony Orchestraof Washington, D.C. to name just a few. Since 1998 she has been the Artistic Director of theBravo! Vail Valley Music Festivalwhich currently boasts three resident orchestras: theRochester Philharmonic,thePhiladelphia Orchestraand theNew York Philharmonic.[2][11]
Correspondent
editIn 1980 Zukerman joined the staff ofCBS News Sunday Morningas its classical music correspondent, a position she still currently holds. She has also contributed articles toThe New York Times,The Washington Post,EsquireandVogue.She has also published two novels,Deceptive Cadence(Viking, 1981) andTaking the Heat(Simon and Schuster, 1991).[12]She is also the editor and contributor to an anthology of essays entitledIn My Mother's Closet(Sorin Books, 2003), which includes entries by accomplished women on their thoughts on the mother/daughter relationship. Other contributors to the anthology includeRenée Fleming,Carrie Fisher,Joy Behar,Judy Collins,Erica JongandClaire Bloom.[13]
The anthology was featured in the April 2003 edition ofO, The Oprah Magazine.Zukerman also co-authored a non-fiction work,Coping with Prednisone (and Other Cortisone-Related Medicines): It May Work Miracles but How Do You Handle the Side Effects(St. Martin's Press, 1997), with her sister Julie Rich Inglefinger, M.D.[14]The book chronicles Zukerman's own experience with the side effects of a medication she took when she was suffering fromeosinophilic pneumonitis,which she battled in 1995–1996.[15]
In November 2019, she revealed that she had been diagnosed with "cognitive difficulties" (Alzheimer's disease).[16]
References
edit- ^abJoseph Stevenson.Eugenia ZukermanatAllMusic
- ^abKyle MacMillian (April 1, 2010)."Bravo! to Eugenia Zukerman for Vail Valley festival vision".The Denver Post.
- ^Raymond Erickson (October 10, 1980). "The Busy Life of Eugenia Zukerman, Flutist-Author".The New York Times.p. T4.
- ^"What They're Doing Together".The New York Times.March 11, 1979. p. SM16.
- ^Cole Haddon (March 2, 2006)."Natalia Zukerman".West Word.
- ^"Arianna Zukerman, Peter Sekulow".The New York Times.November 11, 2007. p. 921.
- ^"Dedication to Julie Rich Ingelfinger".Pediatric Clinics of North America.66.2019.RetrievedFebruary 11,2021.
- ^Clive Barnes(July 3, 1969). "Spoleto: Focus of Talent, Youth and Money".The New York Times.p. 20.
- ^John Gruen(November 22, 1970). "If You're Young, Gifted and Broke".The New York Times.p. 121.
- ^Theodore Strongin(March 10, 197). "Miss Zukerman in Flute Recital".The New York Times.p. 32.
- ^Carol Lawson (July 18, 1997). "Chronicle".The New York Times.
- ^"Cracow Sonata".International New York Times.March 10, 1991.
- ^Mitra Heshmati (April 27, 2006)."World-renowned flutist imparts wisdom on symphony students – CBS arts correspondent Eugenia Zuckerman shares her expertise with Hopkins and local music students in a master class".
- ^Julie R. Ingelfinger
- ^Leslie Kandell (October 18, 1998). "Music; Morning TV, Evening Recital: Just Another Day".The New York Times.
- ^"InLike Falling Through A Cloud,Eugenia Zukerman Explores Her Changing Mind ",interview byScott Simonand Ned Wharton,Weekend EditionSaturday,NPR,November 9, 2019