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Michael Zukernik
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He stood at the numerous international significant conductors’ stands. He cooperated with renowned orchestras including State Chapel in Weimar, the Symphonic Orchestra of Wuppertal, the Beethoven’s Orchestra Bonn, and many others.
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Maestro Zukernik
Maestro Zukernik has conducted the Symphonic Orchestra of Rome, the Israel Symphony Orchestra, the Russian State Academic Symphony Orchestra Svetlanov, the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of St. Petersburg, the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, the Manukau City Symphony Orchestra in New Zealand, and the Macao Orchestra in China.
During the last two seasons Michael Zukernik worked in particular with the great pianist Andrei Gavrilov and audience admired them, for example in the Kodály Centre in Hungary, Konzerthaus Berlin, Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Tonhalle Zurich, Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne (KKL), and Victoria Hall of Geneva. Maestro Zukernik received engagements from the Berlin Philharmonic, Beethoven’s Hall in Bonn, and Laeisz Concert Hall in Hamburg.
WHEN HE WAS 19 YEARS OLD HE BECAME THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF THE ISRAEL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
Michael Zukernik was born in 1970 in Moscow and received training as a classical percussionist. When he was 19 years old he became the youngest member of the Israel Symphony Orchestra. In the course of his career he performed as a solo timpanist with diverse ensembles such as the Spanish Symphonic Orchestra of Barcelona and the Auckland Philharmonic in New Zealand. His first conducting classes with Jorma Panula led him to Finland, then to Sweden, Germany, Russia, and Croatia.
IN 2002 MAESTRO ZUKERNIK FOUNDED THE PHILHARMONIC CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF BERLIN
The ensemble performed in such renowned halls as the Concert House and Philharmonic in Berlin, the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, and the French Dome in Friedrichsstadt, Berlin. Later Michael Zukernik took his chance and introduced the Chamber Orchestra to international stages. As a result, the group received an invitation and made a tour through South Korea, where Maestro Zukernik conducted a dozen concerts. Several tours across China followed from there, including concerts at the Opera House in Shanghai, the Cultural Center of Beijing, and the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing.
Zukernik is always searching for new interpretations of the classic music of the world. In 2006 together with MCSO, one of New Zealand’s busiest and most established bands, he presented Classic Rock. The programme of well-known ‘classics’ included works from opera, proms favourites and hits from the 1950’s-1980’s – from Bizet’s Overture to Carmen to Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance, to Twist and Shout and All You Need is Love by the Beatles, Another Day in Paradise by Phil Collins and We Will Rock You by Queen.
