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Michele Zukovsky

Michele Zukovsky (née Bloch) is an American clarinetist and longest serving female woodwind player in the history of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, serving from at the age of 18 until her retirement on December 20, [1][2]

Since ending her decade's-long tenure with USC Thornton School of Music in , Zukovsky has served as an applied faculty member at Azusa Pacific University School of Music in California.[3]

Background

Born and raised in the Los Feliz and Franklin Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, she played alongside and later succeeded her father, Kalman Bloch, as the principal clarinetist of the L.A.

Philharmonic.

Her brother Gregory Bloch (deceased ) played violin and mandolin for the Italian rock band Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM), the American progressive-rock bands String Cheese and It's a Beautiful Day, on "Gilda Live" on Broadway, and with the Saturday Night Live Band. Through Gregory, she is also the aunt of author, graffiti artist, academic, and urban theorist Stefano Bloch.

She is related through her mother Frances to famed violin virtuoso Jascha Heifetz.

Career

Zukovsky has performed worldwide, including with the Boston Pops, the St. Petersburg String Quartet, the Lincoln Center Chamber Players, and at the Mostly Mozart Festival.[4]

She premiered John Williams' Clarinet Concerto with the Boston Pops in [5] In , she premiered a version by Luciano Berio of the Sonata in F minor, Op.

#1, by Johannes Brahms, arranged for clarinet and orchestra under commission from the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.

Michele zukovsky clarinet biography of albert Michele Zukovsky, former principal clarinet of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, is a legend in the clarinet world. Read Edit View history. More to Read. Two decades and three years later, Zukovsky acknowledges, conductorial rejection of a female player would not be tolerated.

As a recording artist, Zukovsky has released several works, including the most recent Simeon Bellison: The Arrangements for Clarinet (Summit Records, ), a compilation recording that includes arrangements by the Russian-American Simeon Bellison and Jewish-themed works by other composers.[6]

As a film industry studio clarinetist, Zukovsky played of several films scored by John Williams.

She served on the faculty of the University of California, Los Angeles, University of Southern California, California Institute of the Arts, Citrus College, and the Pasadena Conservatory of Music.[7][4][8]

References

  1. ^"Los Angeles Times". February 6,
  2. ^"Michele Zukovsky, clarinetist with L.A.

    Phil for five decades, is retiring". Los Angeles Times. July 9,

  3. ^"School of Music: Michele Zukovsky". .
  4. ^ ab"Michele Zukovsky". Los Angeles Philharmonic. Archived from the original on August 2, Retrieved August 6,
  5. ^"Michele Zukovsky".

    Biography of albert einstein Document Type Dissertation. I had been assigned the clarinet solos. Degree Name Doctor of Musical Arts. De Los.

    University of Southern California. Archived from the original on February 20, Retrieved August 6,

  6. ^"Michele Zukovsky | International Clarinet Association". International Clarinet Association. Retrieved March 10,
  7. ^"Michele Zukovsky &#; USC Thornton School of Music".

    Best of Eleven bright spots in classical music during a dark, complicated year. Don't Miss The biggest snubs and surprises of the Oscar nominations. Through Gregory, she is also the aunt of author, graffiti artist, academic, and urban theorist Stefano Bloch. Retrieved March 29,

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  8. ^"Tyler Hsieh '16". UCLA Alumni. Retrieved March 29,

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