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Zuckerman Live at Highlands Cashiers Chamber Music Festival
Written By: Mary Jane McCall | Issue: 2018/04 - April
Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival celebrates its 37th season by bringing internationally-acclaimed performers to the mountains.
The festival is particularly excited to announce a very special gala evening on August 12 with the renowned Pinchas Zuckerman Trio. Celebrated violinist Pinchas Zuckerman is joined by Amanda Forsyth on the cello and Angela Cheng on the piano. This acclaimed ensemble has traveled throughout the world appearing in Japan, China, Australia, Spain, Italy, France, Hungary, South Africa, Russia, and throughout the United States.
Pinchas Zuckerman is the Principal Guest Conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and is the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra’s Artist in Residence. He has joined his longtime friend Itzhak Perlman for a gala performance with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra at Carnegie Hall and duo recitals in Boston, Newark, Miami and West Palm Beach.
Born in Tel Aviv, Pinchas Zukerman came to America in 1962, where he studied at The Juilliard School. He has been awarded a Medal of Arts, the Isaac Stern Award for Artistic Excellence, and was appointed as the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative’s first instrumentalist mentor in the music discipline.
Amanda Forsyth is considered one of North America’s most dynamic cellists.
From 1999 to 2015, she was principal cellist of the National Arts Centre Orchestra, where she appeared regularly as soloist and in chamber ensembles. She is recognized as an eminent recitalist, soloist and chamber musician appearing with leading orchestras in Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia and Australia.
Canadian pianist Angela Cheng performs regularly throughout North America as a recitalist and orchestral soloist. She has been Gold Medalist of the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Masters Competition, as well as the first Canadian to win the prestigious Montreal International Piano Competition.
The concert will be performed at the Highlands Performing Arts Center at 5:00 P.M. followed by dinner at Highlands Falls Country Club. Call (828)526-9060 or email [email protected] for tickets.
