Sedona News – Chamber Music Sedona is proud to celebrate the conclusion of a successful 42nd season with a concert by the internationally acclaimed Zukerman Trio on Sunday, April 13, 2025, at 3 p.m. at the Sedona Performing Arts Center, 995 Upper Red Rock Loop Rd., Sedona, Ariz. 86336. Featuring legendary violinist Pinchas Zukerman, cellist Amanda Forsyth and pianist Shai Wosner, the program will include masterworks by Rachmaninoff, Brahms and Smetana, promising an unforgettable afternoon of musical mastery.
With a celebrated career spanning five decades, Pinchas Zukerman reigns as one of today’s most sought-after and versatile musicians. A prodigious talent recognized worldwide for his artistry, Zukerman has been an inspiration to young musicians throughout his adult life. In an effort to motivate future generations through education and outreach, the renowned violin and viola soloist, conductor and chamber musician teamed up with four protégés in 2002 to form a string quintet called the Zukerman Chamber Players. The Zukerman Trio emerged from this group in 2013 and has performed at venues and festivals worldwide since then. In 2020, pianist Shai Wosner joined Zukerman and cellist Amanda Forsyth, and the three continue to find joy and inspiration performing the classical trio and duo literature.
A renowned virtuoso, Zukerman has long been admired for the expressive lyricism of his playing, singular beauty of tone and impeccable musicianship, which can be heard throughout his discography of over 100 albums for which he earned two Grammy awards and 21 nominations. 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. A devoted and innovative pedagogue, he chairs the Pinchas Zukerman Performance Program at the Manhattan School of Music, where he has pioneered the use of distance-learning technology in the arts.
Canadian Juno award-winning cellist Amanda Forsyth is considered among her peers and critics alike to be one of the most dynamic cellists on the concert stage today. Describing a recent performance, California’s Ventura County Star raved: “In Forsyth’s hands, it was sheer magic.” She has achieved an international reputation as a premiere soloist and chamber musician, and previously enthralled audiences as the principal cellist of both the Calgary Philharmonic and Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestras. Her intense richness of tone, exceptional musicality and passion captivate audiences with every phrase.
Pianist Shai Wosner has drawn international recognition for his exceptional artistry, musical integrity and creative insight. His performances of a broad range of repertoire — from Beethoven and Schubert to Ligeti and the music of today — reflect a degree of virtuosity and intellectual curiosity that has made him a favorite among audiences and critics, who note his “keen musical mind and deep musical soul” (NPR’s All Things Considered). Wosner is a recipient of Lincoln Center’s Martin E. Segal Award, an Avery Fisher Career Grant and a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award.
For more information and to purchase tickets for this incredible concert, please visit https://chambermusicsedona.org/2025-the-zukerman-trio/.
