Beschreibung:
Bassoon legend and White Rock Concerts' Artistic Director Emeritus, George Zukerman, O.C., O.B.C. spent a lifetime divided between concert performance and concert organization, and introduced the bassoon to countless audiences all over the world. In 1956, he launched White Rock Concerts while still serving as a member of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and John Avison's CBC Vancouver Radio Orchestra. He maintained the post of White Rock's Artistic Director while simultaneously embarking on a world-wide concert career during which he received wide international acclaim as a virtuoso bassoon soloist and recording artist. He retired from the concert stage in 2012.
Through humorous anecdotes and compelling stories, trail-blazing George Zukerman recounts his life in music as concert bassoonist and impresario.