Paul Zukofsky


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Paul Zukofsky (born October 22, 1943, Brooklyn, New York, USA – died June 6, 2017, Hong Kong, China) was an American violinist and conductor, known for his work in the field of contemporary classical music.

The son of poet Louis Zukofsky and musician and composer, Celia Zukofsky. Paul gave his first public concert at the age of 6 and began studying with Ivan Galamian the next year. His passion for violin continued throughout his life and his repertoire included Bach, Beethoven and Mozart, while also promoting 20th century composers such as John Cage, Philip Glass, Charles Wuorinen and others. Many of the contemporary pieces he recorded were released on the label that he founded CP² Recordings.

ALBUMS


Jo Kondo, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Paul Zukofsky, Nexus
Mulberry / In The Woods / In Summer / Under The Umbrella
2007, CD, Album, CP² Recordings
Zygmunt Krauze, Toshi Ichiyanagi, John Cage, Paul Zukofsky, Mayumi Miyata
Aus Aller Welt Stammende / Transfiguration Of The Moon / Hymnkus
2007, CD, Album, CP² Recordings
Paul Zukofsky
The Art Of Paul Zukofsky
2007, 2xCD, Comp, RE, Victor
Milton Babbitt, Morton Feldman, Paul Zukofsky, Composers Ensemble
Babitt-Feldman
2003, CD, Album, CP² Recordings
Atli Heimir Sveinsson - Halldórsdóttir* ∙ Guðjónsson* ∙ Pálsson* ∙ Reykjavík Chamber Orchestra & Chorus* ∙ Paul Zukofsky
Time And Water (Timinn Og Vatnið)
2002, 2xCD, Album, cpo
Paul Zukofsky / Shapey* • Riegger* • Piston* • Crumb* • Sollberger* • Berger*
Shapey • Riegger • Piston • Crumb • Sollberger • Berger
2002, CD, CP² Recordings, ,
Contemporary
Paul Zukofsky / Roger Sessions, Peter Mennin, Easley Blackwood
Sessions • Sessions • Mennin • Blackwood • Zukofsky
2002, CD, CP² Recordings
Artur Schnabel : The BBC Symphony Orchestra* / The Prague Symphony Orchestra / Paul Zukofsky
Symphonies 1 & 3
1996, CD, Album, CP² Recordings
Artur Schnabel / Paul Zukofsky / Gregg Smith Singers
Dance and Secret ⋅ Joy and Peace ⋅ Solo Sonata
1996, CD, Album, CP² Recordings
Paul Zukofsky
Brant • Scelsi • Wolpe • Xenakis • Cage • Glass • Feldman
1995, CD, Album, Comp, CP² Recordings, ,
Post-Modern
Roger Sessions / Stefan Wolpe - Paul Zukofsky, Orchestre Philharmonique*, Gunther Schuller / Orchestra Of The 20th Century, Arthur Weisberg
Violin Concerto / Symphony
1994, CD, Comp, Mono, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI), ,
Twelve-tone/Modern
Dane Rudhyar, Arnold Schoenberg - Paul Zukofsky
Five Stanzas / Pelleas And Melisande
1992, CD, CP² Recordings, ,
Contemporary
Artur Schnabel : Paul Zukofsky / The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*
Symphony No. 2
1991, CD, Album, CP² Recordings
John Cage, Paul Zukofsky
Violin Music
1991, CD, Album, CP² Recordings
Milton Babbitt, David Diamond (2), Vincent Persichetti, Juilliard Orchestra*, Christopher Keene, Paul Zukofsky, James DePreist
Babbitt / Diamond / Persichetti
1990, CD, New World Records
Ruggles*, Schuman*, Piston*, Paul Zukofsky, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas
Sun-treader / Violin Concerto / Symphony No. 2
1990, ,
Modern
Morton Feldman - Paul Zukofsky, Marianne Schroeder
For John Cage
1990
William Schuman / Aaron Copland / Roger Sessions, Juilliard Orchestra* Conducted By Otto-Werner Mueller / Sixten Ehrling And Paul Zukofsky
In Praise Of Shahn / Connotations / Black Maskers Suite
1988, ,
Twelve-tone/Modern
Artur Schnabel - Paul Zukofsky
Sonata For Solo Violin
1985, LP, CP² Recordings, ,
Modern
John Cage, Paul Zukofsky, New Music Concerts, Toronto*
Sixteen Dances
1984
John Cage - Paul Zukofsky
Freeman Etudes I-VIII
1983, LP, Album, CP² Recordings
John Cage, Paul Zukofsky
Chorals / Cheap Imitation
1981, LP, Album, CP² Recordings, ,
Modern/Experimental
Eduard Steuermann - Beverly Morgan, Christopher O'Riley, Russell Sherman, Aki Takahashi, Paul Zukofsky
Dialogues (For Solo Violin) / Three Songs / Suite (For Piano) / Improvisation And Allegro
1981, LP, CP² Recordings, ,
Contemporary
Morton Feldman / Artur Schnabel - Paul Zukofsky, Ursula Oppens
Spring Of Chosroes / Sonata For Violin And Piano
1981
Paul Zukofsky - Joji Yuasa / Jo Kondo / Toshi Ichiyanagi / Maki Ishii / Yuji Takahashi
The Art Of Paul Zukofsky
1979, LP, Album, Victor, ,
Experimental/Contemporary
Niccolò Paganini - Paul Zukofsky
The 24 Caprices For Solo Violin (Complete) Vol. 1
1977, LP, Album, Vanguard, Copacabana
Roger Sessions / Easley Blackwood - Paul Zukofsky
Sonata For Violin / Second Sonata
1976, LP, CP² Recordings
Giacinto Scelsi / Iannis Xenakis / Philip Glass , Paul Zukofsky
Anahit / Mikka / Mikka “S”/ Strung Out
1976
Toru Takemitsu / Hikaru Hayashi / John Cage / Yuji Takahashi - Paul Zukofsky
A Prospect Of Contemporary Violin Music
1975, LP, Album, Victor
Paul Zukofsky, Yuji Takahashi
ブラームス /ヴァイオリン ソナタ全集
1975, 2xLP, Victor
Paul Zukofsky & Bob Dennis*
Classic Rags And Other Novelties
1975
J.S. Bach* • Paul Zukofsky
Six Sonatas And Partitas For Violin (Unaccompanied)
1974, 3xLP, Album + Box, Vanguard, Vanguard, Vanguard, Vanguard
Paul Zukofsky / Gilbert Kalish
Music For A 20th Century Violinist
1974, 3xLP, Album, Desto, ,
Contemporary
Charles Ives, Paul Zukofsky, Gilbert Kalish
Sonatas For Violin & Piano
1974
Paul Zukofsky - Gilbert Kalish
New Music For Violin And Piano
1973, ,
Contemporary
George Crumb / Charles Jones (4) With Paul Zukofsky
Black Angels (For Electric String Quartet) / String Quartet No. 6 / Sonatina
1972
Roger Sessions - Robert Helps / Charles Wuorinen - Paul Zukofsky, Charles Wuorinen
Piano Sonata No. 3 / Duo For Violin And Piano
1971, LP, Acoustic Research
Iannis Xenakis / Krzysztof Penderecki - Paul Zukofsky, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Lukas Foss
Akrata / Pithoprakta - Capriccio For Violin & Orchestra / De Natura Sonoris
1971
William Schuman / Walter Piston - Paul Zukofsky, Boston Symphony Orchestra • Michael Tilson Thomas
Violin Concerto / Symphony No. 2
1971
Charles Ives - Paul Zukofsky, Gilbert Kalish And The New York String Quartet*
Charles Ives Chamber Music
1970, ,
Modern
Niccolò Paganini - Paul Zukofsky
The 24 Caprices For Solo Violin (Complete)
1970
Michael Sahl / J.K. Randall With Paul Zukofsky
A Mitzvah For The Dead For Violin And Tape / Lyric Variations For Violin And Computer
1968
Charles Ives, Paul Zukofsky, Gilbert Kalish
Volume 2: Sonata No. 3 & Sonata No. 4
1964
John Lessard - Joel Spiegelman / New York Woodwind Quintet / Paul Zukofsky, Timothy Eddy, Gilbert Kalish
The Music Of John Lessard - Vol. 3
LP, Album, Serenus Recorded Editions
Dane Rudhyar
5 Stanzas / Epic Poem
1983, LP, CP² Recordings

APPEARANCES +


Aki Takahashi
Piano Space 3
2024, 7xFile, FLAC, RM, Musical Observations, Inc.
Aki Takahashi
Piano Space 5
2024, 8xFile, FLAC, RM, Musical Observations, Inc.
Aki Takahashi
Piano Space 4
2024
Stanley Drucker
The Heritage Collection: From The Vaults (Discs 6-7)
2019, 2xCD, Comp, Clover Field Recordings, ,
Modern/Romantic/Neo-Romantic
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Abbado*, Bernstein*, Dutoit*, Jochum*, Kubelik*, Nelsons*, Ozawa*, Previn*, Steinberg*, Tilson Thomas*, Williams*
Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon
2017, 57xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Deutsche Grammophon, ,
Classical/Romantic/Modern/Opera/Choral
Various
Earle Brown Contemporary Sound Series Volume 6
2012, 3xCD, Comp, WERGO, ,
Modern
Earle Brown
A Life In Music - Vol. 4
2011, 3xCD, RE, RM + Box, Comp, WERGO, ,
Contemporary/Experimental
Arthur Weisberg, Contemporary Chamber Ensemble
Sydeman : Music for Flute, Guitar, Viola, Percussion - Concerto da Camera No. 2 / Cortes: Chamber Concerto
2010
Toshi Ichiyanagi
一柳慧作品集
2007, CD, Comp, Camerata
Phillip Rhodes
No Strings Attached
2006, CD, Album, Centaur Records
Charles Ives, Heleen Hulst, Gerard Bouwhuis
5 Sonatas For Violin And Piano
2005, 2xCD, Album, BV Haast Records
Charles Wuorinen
The Golden Dance
2004, CD, Albany Records, ,
Contemporary
Jo Kondo
Hagoromo
2004, CD, Album, CP² Recordings
Philip Glass
Songs
2001, ,
Contemporary
Robert Erickson, Harvey Sollberger, Peter Westergaard, Phillip Rhodes (2), Edwin Dugger
Works By - Robert Erickson, Harvey Sollberger, Peter Westergaard, Phillip Rhodes , Edwin Dugger
1999, CD, Album, New World Records
Charles Jones
Music Of Charles Jones
1999, CD, Comp, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)
Jónas Tómasson
Portrait
1997, CD, Album, ITM (7)
Philip Glass
Glassmasters
1997, ,
Modern Classical
Charles Wuorinen
The Winds
1996, CD, Album, Comp, New World Records
Donald Martino
Solo and Chamber Works
1995, CD, Comp, RM, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI), ,
Modern/Twelve-tone
Charles Wuorinen
Music of Two Decades Volume II
1994, CD, Album, Comp, Music & Arts
Toshi Ichiyanagi / Toshio Kawanami
The Min-On Contemporary Music Festival '83
1993, CD, Camerata
Benjamin Boretz, J.K. Randall
Open Space 5
1993, CD, Album, Open Space
Jón Leifs
Baldr, Op. 34, A Musical and Choreographic Drama without Words
1992, CD, Album, CP² Recordings
Jón Nordal, Reykjavík Chamber Orchestra
Portrait
1991, CD, Album, Iceland Music Information Centre
Jón Leifs
Visions And Images
1991, CD, Album, ITM (7)
Morton Feldman / Artur Schnabel
Spring Of Chosroes / Sonata For Violin And Piano
1991
Philip Glass
Songs From The Trilogy
1989
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Islensk Hljomsveitarverk / Icelandic Orchestral Music
1986, LP, Iceland Music Information Centre
Charles Wuorinen / Glenn Lieberman
Chamber Concerto For Tuba • Dialectic • Music For Ten Stringed Instruments
1983, LP, Album, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI), ,
Contemporary
Charles Wuorinen / Peter Tod Lewis / Richard Hervig
New Music From The University Of Iowa
1983, LP, University Of Iowa Press
Philip Glass
The Photographer
1983, ,
Modern Classical/Minimal/Contemporary
William Schuman / Hans Werner Henze
Soloconcert
1981, LP, Comp, Deutsche Grammophon
Yuji Takahashi
Contemporary Music Of Japan
1980, LP, Album, Victor
Philip Glass / Robert Wilson
Einstein On The Beach
1979, ,
Contemporary/Opera
Joel Chadabe
Echoes / Flowers
1976, LP, Album, CP² Recordings
Aki Takahashi
Piano Space
1976
Elliott Carter
Double Concerto For Harpsichord And Piano With Two Chamber Orchestras / Duo For Violin And Piano
1975
Wallingford Riegger / Lawrence Moss / Donald Harris
String Quartet No. 2 / Elegy / Timepiece / Fantasy For Violin And Piano
1973, LP, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)
Various
New Music For Chamber Orchestra
1972, ,
Contemporary
Pierre Boulez / Giacinto Scelsi / Earle Brown
New Music For String Quartet
1972, Vinyl, ,
Contemporary
Stefan Wolpe / Phillip Rhodes (2) / Charles Whittenberg
Piece In Two Parts For Solo Violin / Form / Duo For Violin And Cello / Variations For Nine Players
1971, LP, Album, Acoustic Research, Deutsche Grammophon
Richard Hoffmann / Donald Martino
String Trio / Trio For Violin, Clarinet, Piano / Fantasy Variations For Violin
1969
Fredric Myrow* / Roger Reynolds, The Contemporary Chamber Ensemble*, Arthur Weisberg, Phyllis Bryn-Julson
Spectrum: New American Music, Volume I
1969, ,
Contemporary
Jacob Druckman / Joseph Schwantner / John Harbison
Spectrum: New American Music, Volume III
1969, ,
Modern
Stefan Wolpe / George Rochberg / Seymour Shifrin - The Contemporary Chamber Ensemble*, Arthur Weisberg, Jan DeGaetani
Spectrum: New American Music, Volume II
1969, ,
Contemporary
Walter Carlos
The Well-Tempered Synthesizer
1969
"8"
Würfelstein Concerto No.2
1969
Steve Reich
Live / Electric Music
1968
Roger Sessions
Violin Concerto
1968, ,
Modern
Iannis Xenakis / Krzysztof Penderecki, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Lukas Foss
Akrata, Pithoprakta / Capriccio For Violin & Orchestra, De Natura Sonoris
1968, Vinyl Gatefold, ,
Contemporary
Mario Davidovsky / Harvey Sollberger
Three Synchronisms / Chamber Variations
1966, ,
Contemporary/Experimental
Charles Ives
The Sonatas For Violin And Piano
1964, LP, Album, Folkways Records
New England Conservatory Symphony Orchestra
Vol. 1
LP, New England Conservatory Of Music
Donald Harris (3) Featuring The Cleveland Chamber Symphony* · Boston Musica Viva* · Lucy Shelton · Janice Meyerson
For The Night To Wear & Other Chamber & Solo Music
CD, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)
Various
Recordings For A History Of Western Music Fourth Edition And Norton Anthology Of Western Music Second Edition Volume II
5xCD, Comp, RE, Sony Music Special Products, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, ,
Classical/Romantic/Modern
Various
The Min-On Contemporary Music Festival '83 & '84
Philip Glass
The Photographer
1999