Career
Zukofsky was born to the Objectivist poet Louis Zukofsky and Celia Thaew Zukofsky, and is of Lithuanian Jewish heritage through his father. His mother, Celia, was a Jewish musician and composer.
Zukofsky studied violin with Ivan Galamian at the Juilliard School of Music. He won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in 1965.
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