What is Pinchas Zukerman?
'''Pinchas Zukerman''' ({{lang-he|פנחס צוקרמן}}; born July 16, 1948 in [[Tel Aviv]]) is a famous [[Israel]]i [[violin]]ist, [[viola|violist]], and [[conducting|conductor]]. Since 1971, he has conducted many orchestras. ==Career== Pinchas Zukerman was born in [[Tel Aviv]]. His parents were [[Jew]]s who had survived the [[Nazi]] [[concentration camp]]s and had moved from [[Poland]] to [[Israel]] in 1947. By the time he was eight he showed great musical promise and started to learn music at the Academy of Music in Tel Aviv. When the violinist [[Isaac Stern]] heard him play he was so impressed that he helped him to go to the [[Julliard School of Music]] in [[New York City|New York]]. There he studied with Ivan Galanian. In 1967, Zukerman shared a joint first prize in the Leventritt International Competition with [[Kyung Wha Chung]]. Then Stern became ill and could not play in some concerts, so Zukerman played instead. This made him famous. After hearing [[Daniel Barenboim]] conduct the [[English Chamber Orchestra]] he became interested in [[conducting]]. He started to conduct orchestras while playing the solo parts of works by [[Bach]] and [[Vivaldi]]. This conducting (leading) from the [[concertmaster]]’s chair had been the tradition in the [[17th century|17th]] and [[18th century|18th centuries]]. In 1974, he conducted the English Chamber Orchestra. Then he got opportunities to conduct [[New York Philharmonic]], the [[National Symphony]], [[Boston Symphony]], and [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]] orchestras. In the 1980s, he was the musical director of the St Paul Chamber Orchestra. For many years he continued to appear as soloist with some of the best orchestras in the world. He won many awards, including two [[Grammy Award]]s. In April 1998, he became music director of the [[National Arts Centre Orchestra]] in [[Ottawa]]. He took them on a tour of [[Europe]] in 1990. In recent years Zukerman has worked hard to help young musicians. As music director of the National Arts Centre Orchestra, he start