EARLY FEUD

  • Earlier this spring Pinchas Zukerman was quoted in a Toronto newspaper as saying he “hates” early music; that early music is “disgusting … and complete rubbish, and [so are] the people who play it.” Do Zukerman’s comments suggest “an emerging trend of negative public statements by modern conductors who are very suspicious of early music practices and performances and of period instruments?” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette