Pinchas Zukerman With Zukerman Trio Lead CMSDetroit Season Finale

The Chamber Music Society of Detroit brings its 2017-18 season to a close with the Zukerman Trio featuring revered violinist Pinchas Zukerman and two of his esteemed colleagues, cellist Amanda Forsyth and pianist Angela Cheng, on Saturday, May 19 at 8 PM. The program includes Beethoven's Piano Trio in B-flat major, WoO. 39, Dvorák's Piano Trio No. 4, "Dumky," and Schubert's Piano Trio in B-flat major, D. 898. The concert takes place at Seligman Performing Arts Center, located at 22305 West 13 Mile Road (at Lahser Road) in Beverly Hills. Tickets range from $25 to $65 ($12.50 - $32.50 for students) and are available by phone at 313-335-3300 or online at www.CMSDetroit.org.

A prodigious talent recognized worldwide for his artistry, Pinchas Zukerman has been an inspiration to young musicians throughout his adult life. In a continuing effort to motivate future generations of musicians through education and outreach, the renowned artist teamed up in 2002 with four protégés to form the Zukerman ChamberPlayers. The ensemble amassed an impressive international touring schedule with close to two hundred concerts and four discs on the CBC, Altara and Sony labels.

Beginning in 2011 Zukerman, along with cellist Amanda Forsyth and pianist Angela Cheng, began offering trio repertoire as an alternative to the quintet works with the ChamberPlayers. Invitations from major Festivals and venues led to the official launch of the Zukerman Trio in 2013. The ensemble has traveled around the globe to appear in Japan, China, Australia, Spain, Italy, France, Hungary, South Africa, Istanbul, Russia, and throughout the United States. Appearances at major festivals have included the BBC Proms, Edinburgh, Verbier, and Bravo! Vail. This season, the Zukerman Trio returns to Australia; other highlights include appearances at Chamber Music Sedona and the Music Institute of Chicago in addition to their CMSDetroit performance.

2017-2018 marks Pinchas Zukerman's ninth season as Principal Guest Conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, his third as the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra's Artist-in-Residence, and includes over 100 concerts worldwide. He joins long-time 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.

Canadian cellist Amanda Forsyth, considered one of North America's most dynamic cellists, was principal cellist of the National Arts Centre Orchestra from 1999-2015. The Juno Award-winner is recognized as an eminent recitalist, soloist and chamber musician appearing with leading orchestras in Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia and Australia.

Pianist Angela Cheng is Gold Medalist of the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Masters Competition, as well as the first Canadian to win the prestigious Montreal International Piano Competition. Consistently praised for her brilliant technique, tonal beauty and superb musicianship, she performs regularly throughout North America as a recitalist and orchestral soloist.