A flutist of international acclaim, Eugenia Zukerman has enthralled audiences for twenty-five years with her eloquent playing and graceful stage presence. A versatile artist, Ms. Zukerman performs with orchestras, in solo and duo recitals, and in chamber music ensembles on a regular basis. She has performed in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, appearing as a soloist with the English Chamber Orchestra, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Israel Chamber Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic, Prague Chamber Orchestra, National Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra and Denver Chamber Orchestra, to name a few. She has toured Switzerland and Germany with the Slovakian Chamber Orchestra. Her solo recital appearances are numerous, and her many collaborations involve artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax, actress Claire Bloom, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and the Shanghai Quartet. Festival appearances have included the Aspen Music Festival, Mostly Mozart, OK Mozart International Festival, Ravinia, Tanglewood, Edinburgh Festival, South Bank Festival in London, Spoleto Festival in Italy and the Schleswig-Holstein Festival in Germany. Ms. Zukerman also performs regularly at Yehudi Menuhin's Gstaad Festival in Switzerland and the Angel Fire Festival in New Mexico.

Following festival performances in the summer of 1996 at Musiksommer Gstazad, OK Mozart, and Angel Fire, highlights of Ms. Zukerman's 1996-97 season include six New York appearances: at Carnegie Hall with the New York Youth Symphony she premieres Ophelia, written for her by composer Teddy Shapiro; at Columbia University's Miller Theater she performs with harpist Yolanda Kondonassis and the Shanghai Quartet; with keyboardist Anthony Newman, she performs at Merkin Hall and in three concerts at the New York Public Library, celebrating their thirteenth season of popular lecture/performances. Recital performances across the United States include the Gardner Museum in Boston, the Carpenter Performing Arts Center in California, the Wisconsin Union Theatre, and the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee. Orchestral performances include the Puerto Rico Symphony, Chicago Sinfonietta, and the Elgin Symphony.

The multi-faceted Eugenia Zukerman also enjoys successful careers as an author and television commentator. She has been the arts correspondent for CBS SUNDAY MORNING since 1980 and has appeared on a variety of other television programs as a guest, including The Charlie Rose Show. As a writer, Ms. Zukerman has been published in a number of periodicals, including The New York Times, Esquire and Vogue. She has had three screenplays purchased – one by 20th Century Fox, a second by MGM, and a third commissioned by Universal Pictures. She has published two novels: Deceptive Cadence, (Viking, 1981) and Taking The Heat, (Simon & Schuster, 1991), and has recently completed a non-fiction book for St. Martin Press that is slated for release in the spring of 1997.

Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Ms. Zukerman entered Barnard College as an English major, but soon transferred to The Juilliard School, where she studied with the renowned flutist Julius Baker. In 1971, she won the Young Concert Artists Award and made her formal New York debut to rave reviews.