León Zuckert (4 May 1904 – 29 May 1992)[1] was a Canadian composer,[2] conductor, arranger, violinist, violist and radio pioneer of Ukrainian descent.
From 1916 to 1918, Zuckert studied the violin under Boris Brodsky at the Imperial Music Society School in Poltava.
[6] As a young man in Poland, Zuckert worked in a lumberyard, and then as a violist, playing first in cafes and later in a military orchestra.
He immigrated to Canada in 1929,[5] joining family in Toronto, where he played violin in a radio orchestra for a short time.
[8] In 1974 he was commissioned by the CBC to compose "Fantasia of Ukrainian Themes", which was premiered as part of the Winnipeg Centennial Festival.