Paul Zukofsky

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Paul Zukofsky (Brooklyn, New York October 22, 1943 - June 6, 2017) was an American violinist and conductor known for his work in the field of contemporary classical music. His father was the American Objectivist poet Louis Zukofsky and his mother was Celia Thaew Zukofsky a Jewish musician and composer. Paul was of Lithuanian Jewish heritage through his father. Zukofsky studied violin with Ivan Galamian at the Juilliard School of Music. He won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in 1965. Labeled a "child prodigy", Zukofsky made his public debut at the age of nine playing the first movement of Mozart’s violin concerto No. 3. Aged 13, he gave his debut recital in Carnegie Hall. He was reported to have gone "through a difficult program without turning a hair or moving a facial muscle" and described as a "deadpan bundle of talent". The New York Times reviewer praised his technique, but also said that he played with "little emotion". Zukofsky specializes in contemporary music and has worked with, performed, and recorded the works of such 20th-century composers as Milton Babbitt, Arthur Berger, Easley Blackwood, Henry Brant, John Cage, Elliott Carter, George Crumb, Morton Feldman, Philip Glass, Peter Mennin, Krzysztof Penderecki, Walter Piston, J. K. Randall, Wallingford Riegger, Giacinto Scelsi, Artur Schnabel, Roger Sessions, Ralph Shapey, Harvey Sollberger, Stefan Wolpe, Charles Wuorinen, and Iannis Xenakis. He appeared as the character of Albert Einstein in t

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Ragtime/Paganini: 24 Capricees

Zygmunt Krauze/Toshi Ichiyanagi/John Cage

J.S. Bach: Three Sonatas and Three Partitas

Ruggles: Sun Treader / Schuman: Violin Concerto / Piston: Symphony No. 2

Shapey/Riegger/Piston/Crumb/Sollberger/Berger

Jo Kondo - Mulberry

Busoni Violin Concerto

Brant/Scelsi/Wolpe/Xenakis/Cage/Glass/Feldman

Baldr, Op. 34 - Jon Leifs

John Cage - Sixteen Dances/Armin Loos - Sonata No. 2

Milton Babbitt/Morton Feldman

Hagoromo

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