American flutist, writer, and journalist
Eugenia Rich Zukerman
(born September 25, 1944,
Cambridge, Massachusetts
) is an American
flutist
, writer, and journalist. An internationally renowned
flute
virtuoso
, 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 for
CBS News Sunday Morning
where she has profiled hundreds of artists.
[1]
She was the Artistic Director of the lauded
Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival
from 2003 to 2010.
[2]
Education and personal life
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Eugenia Rich was initially an English major at
Barnard College
but decided to transfer to the
Juilliard School
in 1964 to pursue music studies under
Julius Baker
. She graduated in 1966 and two years later married violinist
Pinchas Zukerman
.
[3]
The couple had two daughters together, opera singer
Arianna Zukerman
and blues/folk musician
Natalia Zukerman
.
[4]
[5]
[6]
They frequently appeared together in concert until their divorce in 1985.
[1]
Rich is the sister of
Julie R. Ingelfinger
, deputy editor at the
New England Journal of Medicine
, professor of pediatrics at
Harvard Medical School
, and consulting pediatric nephrologist at Massachusetts General Hospital.
[7]
Career
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Performer
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In 1969 Zukerman appeared at the
Festival dei Due Mondi
in Italy, and in 1970 she won the
Young Concert Artists International Auditions
.
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The competition win led to her debut recital at New York City's
Town Hall
in 1971.
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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 the
Los Angeles Philharmonic
, the
Minnesota Orchestra
, the
English Chamber Orchestra
, the
Israel Chamber Orchestra
, and the
National Symphony Orchestra
of Washington, D.C. to name just a few. Since 1998 she has been the Artistic Director of the
Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival
which currently boasts three resident orchestras: the
Rochester Philharmonic
, the
Philadelphia Orchestra
and the
New York Philharmonic
.
[2]
[11]
Correspondent
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In 1980 Zukerman joined the staff of
CBS News Sunday Morning
as its classical music correspondent, a position she still currently holds. She has also contributed articles to
The New York Times
,
The Washington Post
,
Esquire
and
Vogue
. She has also published two novels,
Deceptive Cadence
(Viking, 1981) and
Taking the Heat
(Simon and Schuster, 1991).
[12]
She is also the editor and contributor to an anthology of essays entitled
In 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 include
Renee Fleming
,
Carrie Fisher
,
Joy Behar
,
Judy Collins
,
Erica Jong
and
Claire Bloom
.
[13]
The anthology was featured in the April 2003 edition of
O, 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 from
eosinophilic pneumonitis
, which she battled in 1995?1996.
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In November 2019, she revealed that she had been diagnosed with "cognitive difficulties" (
Alzheimer's disease
).
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References
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a
b
Joseph Stevenson.
Eugenia Zukerman
at
AllMusic
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a
b
Kyle MacMillian (April 1, 2010).
"Bravo! to Eugenia Zukerman for Vail Valley festival vision"
.
The Denver Post
.
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Raymond Erickson (October 10, 1980). "The Busy Life of Eugenia Zukerman, Flutist-Author".
The New York Times
. p. T4.
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"What They're Doing Together".
The New York Times
. March 11, 1979. p. SM16.
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Cole Haddon (March 2, 2006).
"Natalia Zukerman"
.
West Word
.
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"Arianna Zukerman, Peter Sekulow".
The New York Times
. November 11, 2007. p. 921.
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"Dedication to Julie Rich Ingelfinger"
.
Pediatric Clinics of North America
.
66
. 2019
. Retrieved
February 11,
2021
.
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Clive Barnes
(July 3, 1969). "Spoleto: Focus of Talent, Youth and Money".
The New York Times
. p. 20.
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John Gruen
(November 22, 1970). "If You're Young, Gifted and Broke".
The New York Times
. p. 121.
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Theodore Strongin
(March 10, 197). "Miss Zukerman in Flute Recital".
The New York Times
. p. 32.
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Carol Lawson (July 18, 1997). "Chronicle".
The New York Times
.
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"Cracow Sonata".
International New York Times
. March 10, 1991.
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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"
.
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Julie R. Ingelfinger
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Leslie Kandell (October 18, 1998). "Music; Morning TV, Evening Recital: Just Another Day".
The New York Times
.
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"In
Like Falling Through A Cloud
, Eugenia Zukerman Explores Her Changing Mind"
, interview by
Scott Simon
and Ned Wharton,
Weekend Edition
Saturday
,
NPR
, November 9, 2019
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