Today is Israeli-American violinist, violist and conductor Pinchas Zukerman’s 72nd birthday!
A protégé of Ivan Galamian at the Juilliard School, Mr Zukerman is widely regarded as one the greatest instrumentalists of the 20th and 21st Centuries.
He currently performs on the 1742 Dushkin Guaneri Del Gesu - and serves on the teaching faculty at the Manhattan School of Music.