One of the premier musicians to emerge in the second half of the twentieth century, Pinchas Zukerman (born 1948) was not only a brilliant instrumentalist on the violin and viola but a chamber musician and conductor as well. In 1998, nearly thirty years...

THE PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA -- Pinchas Zukerman, guest conductor and soloist, in a concert at Great Woods Sunday evening. MANSFIELD - Jean-Pierre Rampal has canceled his summer tour, so Pinchas Zukerman came in to conduct Sunday night's Pittsburgh Symphony concert at Great...

Pinchas Zukerman, 48, was born in Tel Aviv. One of the outstanding classical musicians of his generation, he is acclaimed as a violinist, violist, conductor and chamber musician. Married to the actress Tuesday Weld, he lives in New York; he has two daughters from...

The New York Philharmonic's new season will take the orchestra deeper into the non-classical world _ with iTunes, cell phone ringtones and the Web.The orchestra also plans to expand its global reach during the 2007-2008 with trips to China and Europe, orchestra officials announced Tuesday."We...

Today is Monday, July 16, the 197th day of 2007. There are 168 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On July 16, 1945, the United States exploded its first experimental atomic bomb, in the desert of Alamogordo, N.M.On this date:In 1790, the District of...