[2] Eugenia Rich was initially an English major at Barnard College but decided to transfer to the Juilliard School in 1964 to pursue music studies under Julius Baker.
[7] In 1969 Zukerman appeared at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Italy, and in 1970 she won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions.
[2][11] In 1980 Zukerman joined the staff of CBS News Sunday Morning as its classical music correspondent, a position she still currently holds.
[12] She is also the editor and contributor to an anthology of essays entitled In My Mother's Closet (Sorin Books, 2003), which includes entries by accomplished women on their thoughts on the mother/daughter relationship.
Other contributors to the anthology include Renée Fleming, Carrie Fisher, Joy Behar, Judy Collins, Erica Jong and Claire Bloom.