Clarinetist Zinovy Goro was born in the Ukraine, Kiev, and was educated at the State Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Kiev, with further training in the United States at the Trebas Institute of Recording Arts in Los Angeles. Prior to his arrival in America, Mr. Goro pursued a prestigious career as principal clarinetist in the State Honored Symphony Orchestra of Radio and Television. A brilliant exponent of the clarinet in all types of music, including the highly specialized field of Klezmer music, he has employed his talents to excellent effect in countless television and motion picture soundtracks, orchestra recordings for Columbia, Decca, Philips and RCA Labels, and the Mark Taper Forum's 1986 production of Ghetto. As a composer, orchestrator, arranger and clarinetist, Mr. Goro has worked in this capacity with the L.A. Chamber Orchestra, and is currently principal clarinetist for the L.A. Jewish Symphony.
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