Itzhak Perlman ( he, יצחק פרלמן; born August 31, 1945) is an Israeli-American

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ist widely considered one of the greatest violinists in the world. Perlman has performed worldwide and throughout the United States, in venues that have included a State Dinner at the

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honoring Queen Elizabeth II, and at President

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's inauguration. He has conducted the Detroit Symphony Orchestra,

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, and the

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. In 2015, he was awarded the

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. Perlman has won 16 Grammy Awards, including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and four Emmy Awards.

Early life

Perlman was born in 1945 in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the ...

. His parents, Chaim and Shoshana Perlman, were

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natives of

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and had independently emigrated to the British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel) in the mid-1930s before they met and later married. Perlman contracted

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at age four and has walked using leg braces and crutches since then and plays the violin while seated. , he uses crutches or an electric Amigo scooter for mobility. Perlman first became interested in the violin after hearing a classical music performance on the radio. At the age of three, he was denied admission to the

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for being too small to hold a violin. He instead taught himself how to play the instrument using a toy fiddle until he was old enough to study with Rivka Goldgart at the Shulamit Conservatory and at the Academy of Music in Tel Aviv (now the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music), where he gave his first recital at age 10. He moved to the U.S. at age 13 to study at the

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with the violin teacher Ivan Galamian and his assistant Dorothy DeLay.

Career

Performing

Perlman appeared on ''

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'' twice in 1958, and again in 1964, on the same show with the Rolling Stones. He made his debut at Carnegie Hall in 1963 and won the Leventritt Competition in 1964. Soon afterward, he began to tour widely. In addition to an extensive recording and performance career, he has continued to make appearances on television shows such as ''

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'' and ''

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'' as well as playing at a number of

functions. Although Perlman has never been billed or marketed as a singer, he sang the role of "Un carceriere" ("a jailer") on a 1981

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recording of Puccini's "

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" that featured

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, and

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, with

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conducting. He had earlier sung the role in an excerpt from the opera on a 1980 Pension Fund Benefit Concert telecast as part of the

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series with Luciano Pavarotti as Cavaradossi and

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conducting the

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. On July 5, 1986, Perlman performed at the

's tribute to the 100th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty, which was televised live on

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. The orchestra, conducted by Mehta, performed in

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. In 1987, Perlman joined the

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(IPO) for its concerts in

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and

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as well as other cities in Eastern bloc countries. He toured with the IPO in the spring of 1990 for its first-ever performance in the

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, with concerts in Moscow and

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, and again in 1994, performing in China and India. In 2015, on a classical music program titled ''The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center'' produced by WQXR in New York City, it was revealed that Perlman performed the uncredited violin solo on the 1989 Billy Joel song "

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". While primarily a solo artist, Perlman has performed with a number of other musicians, including

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Pinchas Zukerman Pinchas Zukerman ( he, פנחס צוקרמן, born 16 July 1948) is an Israeli-American violinist, violist and conductor. Life and career Zukerman was born in Tel Aviv, to Jewish parents and Holocaust survivors Yehuda and Miriam Lieberman Zuk ...

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, and

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at the 150th anniversary celebration of

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in Leningrad in December 1990. As well as playing and recording the classical music for which he is best known, Perlman has also played

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, including an album made with jazz pianist

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, and klezmer. He has been a soloist in a number of film scores, such as the theme of the 1993 film ''

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'' by John Williams, which won an Academy Award for Best Original Score. More recently, he was the violin soloist in the

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'' along with cellist

. Perlman played selections from the musical scores of the movies nominated for "Best Original Score" at the

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with Ma and at the

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Selected performances

Perlman played at the state dinner attended by Queen Elizabeth II on May 7, 2007, in the East Room at the

. He performed John Williams's "

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" at the 2009 inauguration ceremony for

along with Ma (cello),

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(piano), and

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(clarinet). The quartet played live, but the music played simultaneously over speakers and on television was a recording made two days earlier due to concerns that the cold weather could damage the instruments. Perlman was quoted as saying: "It would have been a disaster if we had done it any other way." He made an appearance in Disney's ''

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'' to introduce the segment ''

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'', along with

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. On November 2, 2018, Perlman reprised the 60th anniversary of his first appearance on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' as a guest on ''

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''.

Teaching

In 1975, Perlman accepted a faculty post at the Conservatory of Music at Brooklyn College. In 2003, he was named the Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Chair in Violin Studies at the Juilliard School, succeeding his teacher, Dorothy DeLay. He also teaches students one-on-one at the Perlman Music Program on Long Island, NY, rarely holding master classes.

The Perlman Music Program

The

Perlman Music Program The Perlman Music Program is a summer program for gifted young musicians. Founded by Toby Perlman, wife of Israeli-American violinist Itzhak Perlman, in 1995, the program is headquartered in Shelter Island, New York Shelter Island is an island ...

, founded in 1994 by Perlman's wife, Toby Perlman, and Suki Sandler, started as a summer camp for exceptional string musicians between the ages of 12 and 18. Over time, it expanded to a yearlong program. Students have the chance to have Perlman coach them before they play at venues such as the Sutton Place Synagogue and public schools. By introducing students to each other and requiring them to practice together, the program strives to have musicians who would otherwise practice alone develop a network of friends and colleagues. Rather than remain isolated, participants in the program find an area where they belong.

Conducting

At the beginning of the new millennium, Perlman began to conduct. He took the post of principal guest conductor at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. He served as music advisor to the

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from 2002 to 2004. In November 2007, the

announced his appointment as artistic director and principal conductor. His first concert in these roles was on October 11, 2008, in an all-

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program featuring pianist

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performing the

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Instruments

Perlman plays the ''

Soil Stradivarius The ''Soil Stradivarius'' (pronounced ) of 1714 is an antique violin made by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona (1644–1737). A product of Stradivari’s golden period, it is considered one of his finest. ''The Soil'' was acquired by ...

'' violin of 1714, formerly owned by

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and considered one of the finest violins made during

Stradivari Antonio Stradivari (, also , ; – 18 December 1737) was an Italian luthier and a craftsman of string instruments such as violins, cellos, guitars, violas and harps. The Latinized form of his surname, '' Stradivarius'', as well as the collo ...

's "golden period." Perlman also plays the Guarneri del Gesù 1743 'Sauret' and the Carlo Bergonzi 1740 'ex-Kreisler'.

Personal life

Perlman lives in New York City with his wife, Toby, also a classically trained violinist. They have five children, including Navah Perlman, a

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and chamber musician. Perlman is a distant cousin of the Canadian comic and television personality Howie Mandel. He has synesthesia and was interviewed for ''Tasting the Universe'' by Maureen Seaberg, which is about the condition.

Discography

* ''Tradition'' (1987) * ''Duos'' (1987) * ''Vivaldi: The Four Seasons/3 Violin Concertos'' (1992) * '' Dvořák in Prague: A Celebration'' (Sony Classical, 1994, and Kultur Video, 2007) * ''The American Album'' (1995) * ''In the Fiddler's House'' (1995) * ''Holiday Tradition'' (1998) * ''

Concertos from My Childhood ''Concertos from My Childhood'' is a collection of famous student concertos, performed by Itzhak Perlman. They are all important pieces in violin pedagogy for beginning to intermediate students. The orchestra is from New York's Juilliard School, ...

'' (EMI, 1999) * ''The Essential Itzhak Perlman'' (Sony Classical, 2009) * ''Eternal Echoes: Songs and Dances for the Soul '' (Sony Classical, 2012) with

Yitzchak Meir Helfgot Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot ( he, יצחק מאיר הלפגוט, yi, יצחק מאיר העלפגאט) is an Israeli-born Hasidic Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox Jewish Hazzan, cantor, known for his vocal dexterity and range. Like some operatic teno ...

* ''Violin Sonatas'' (Universal Music Classics/Deutsche Grammophon, 2015) * ''The Perlman Sound'' (Warner Classics, 2015) With Andre Previn * ''The Easy Winners'' (Angel Records, 1975) * '' A Different Kind of Blues'' (EMI/Angel, 1980) * ''It's a Breeze'' (EMI/Angel, 1981) With

* ''Side by Side'' (TELARC CD-83341 1994)

Honors and awards

The GENESIS Prize 2016 Press Event (27289506693)

1964: Leventritt Competition – Winner *1977:

Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra) The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra) was awarded from 1959 to 2011. From 1967 to 1971, and in 1987, the award was combined with the award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra) and aw ...

: Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons *1978:

Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance The Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance was awarded from 1959 to 2011. The award was discontinued in 2012 in a major overhaul of Grammy categories; since 2012, recordings in this category have fallen under the Best Small Ensemble Perfor ...

:Beethoven: Sonatas for Violin and Piano (w/

) *1978:

Grammy Award for Best Classical Album The Grammy Award for Best Classical Album was awarded from 1962 to 2011. The award had several minor name changes: *From 1962 to 1963, 1965 to 1972 and 1974 to 1976 the award was known as Album of the Year – Classical *In 1964 and 1977 it wa ...

: Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D *1980:

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: Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra): The Spanish Album *1980:

: Best Chamber Music Performance: Music for Two Violins (w/

) *1980:

: Brahms Violin and Cello Concerto in A Minor (w/ Mstislav Rostropovich) (TIE) *1980:

: Berg: Violin Concerto/Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D (TIE) *1981:

: Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration (w/

) *1981:

: Piano Trio in A Minor (w/

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) *1982:

: Elgar: Violin Concerto in B Minor *1987:

: The Complete Piano Trios (w/

) *1987:

: Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 2 and 4 *1990:

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: The Three Violin Sonatas (w/ Daniel Barenboim) *1990:

: Shostakovich Violin Concerto No.1 in A Minor/GlazunovL Violin Concerto in A Minor *1995:

: The American Album—Works of Bernstein, Barber, Foss *1997: Elected member of the

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*2003: Kennedy Center Honors *April 1980: ''

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'' featured Mr. Perlman with a cover story. *1986: Honored with the Medal of Liberty by President Reagan. *1992: Emmy Award: Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts: Perlman in Russia *1994: Emmy Award: Outstanding Individual Achievement: Cultural Programming *1996: Emmy Award: Outstanding Cultural Music-Dance Program: Itzhak Perlman: In the Fiddler's House *1999: Emmy Award: Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program: Itzhak Perlman: Fiddling for the Future *2000: Awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Clinton *2002: Elected member of the

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*2005: Golden Plate Award of the

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presented by Awards Council member Elie Wiesel. *2008: Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award *2015: Awarded the

by President Obama *2016: Awarded the

Genesis Prize The Genesis Prize ( he, פרס בראשית) is a $1 million annual prize awarded to Jewish people who have achieved significant professional success, in recognition of their accomplishments, contributions to humanity, and commitment to Jewish val ...

by the Prime Minister of Israel. *2017: Subject of the documentary ''Itzhak'' directed by Alison Chernick.

References

External links

Itzhak Perlman Primo Artists
* *

in the World Concert Artist Directory * *
PBS American Masters: ItzhakItzhak Perlman interview on The Charlie Rose Show
(video), August 9, 2010

March 19, 2011
Itzhak Perlman & John Williams interview on The Charlie Rose Show
(video), August 8, 1997
The Perlman Music Program
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