Talk:Pinchas Zukerman

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Parents
Where were his parents born? Badagnani (talk) 08:06, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Happy Birthday
Last night at the NAC, he performed a Beethoven ballet, followed by a Beethoven Piano Concerto (with Angela Cheng as soloist) and Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony. After that performance, it was announced that he'd be turning sixty next week. The Orchestra, followed by the entire audience, broke out in song. "Happy Birthday dear Pinchas..." with fireworks and all. It really was a night to remember. So, the question is, should that be in the article? 24.226.77.23 (talk) 23:02, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Hagiographic tone / NACO tenure start
The previous versions were much too hagiographic in tone. The purpose of wikipedia is to present "just the facts" and not be a fan page for any particular individual or organisation. In addition, the NAC link clearly states that 1999, not 1998, was the start of his NACO tenure. DJRafe (talk) 01:01, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

National background? "Israeli Descent" vague...
Not to get into the can of worms of those historical regional politics, I think we can all agree that someone born in 1948, the same year the state was founded, should not be said to be of "Israeli Descent."

We would not, for example, call some born in Connecticut in 1776 would not be said to be of "American Descent". If Zukerman's heritage is of historic Palestine, or, more likely from his Ashkenazi name, from Europe that should be made clear, or simply not included. Jrgsf 17:19, 13 August 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jrgsf (talk • contribs)

Life and career
In 2006, Pinchas Zukerman was invited to serve as a mentor for the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, an international philanthropic programme that pairs masters in their disciplines with emerging talents for a year of one-to-one creative exchange. Out of a very gifted field of candidates, Zukerman chose gifted string player David Aaron Carpenter as his protégé. RMP2014 (talk) 14:31, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Paragraph on stereotypying
This paragraph certainly needs taming. Apart from being poorly written, it reads like someone with an axe to grind. Moreover it is far too long and contains irrelevancies: telling someone that they play 'too perfectly' is - within the context of a masterclass - perfectly natural, as is asking to add "more soy sauce", or telling them to play more `lyrically'. If you watch or partake in masterclasses with any violinist of any ethnicity, these are fairly normal comments and shouldn't be taken out of context to argue a (possibly valid) point of generalised racial stereotyping. The only relevant statement included in this paragraph is the questionable remark about not singing (and DNA comment etc).

If one were to try to write a serious article about Zukerman, I don't think this entire episode would be included - it is frankly irrelevant compared with his music making. I would suggest the following:

1) Rewrite the paragraph so that it reads well

2) Remove irrelevancies discussed above

3) Possibly remove the whole paragraph, although I understand some people seem rather animated about this subject. Crabbeschmidt (talk) 13:13, 18 February 2023 (UTC)