Have Bassoon, Will Travel

Memoir of an adventurous life in music

George Zukerman

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Ronsdale Press
08 October 2024

Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; Wind instruments; Biography: arts & entertainment

Through humorous anecdotes and compelling stories, trail-blazing George Zukerman recounts his life in music as concert bassoonist and impresario.

George Zukerman, known as both the Pablo Casals and the Eddie Van Halen of the bassoon, describes how his worldwide touring kindled audience awareness of this unusual instrument and freed the bassoon from penal servitude in the back ranks of the symphony orchestra. As a touring musician, he chronicles relentlessly touring Canada: travelling by float plane, ski plane, freight boat, war canoe, snowmobile, and dogsled to remote communities; plugging coins into a roadside payphone to contact promoters and driving through prairie snowstorms to reach a venue on time. As an impresario, Zukerman'

s Overture Concerts, Remote Tours Canada inspired thousands of new listeners and musicians. His tales have been enjoyed on CBC radio, and this passionate memoir will give readers further pleasure and insight into an extraordinary life.

By: George Zukerman
Imprint: Ronsdale Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 425g
ISBN: 9781553807131
ISBN 10: 1553807138
Pages: 262
Publication Date: 08 October 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

After a short stint with the Vancouver Symphony, George Zukerman' s career as an international soloist took off as he travelled the world. He was the first foreign bassoonist to be invited to perform as a soloist in the USSR, South Africa, and China. Simultaneously, he was arranging concert tours across Canada and negotiating with the byzantine and secretive bureaucracy of the Soviet Union to bring USSR musicians to Canada at the height of the Cold War. Even in his 90s, George was setting up concert societies in small communities, booking cross-country concert tours, and arranging concerts.