Isaac Stern (July 21, 1920 – September 22, 2001) was an American violinist. Born in Poland, Stern came to the US when he was 14 months old. Stern performed both nationally and internationally, notably touring the

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and

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, and performing extensively in

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, a country to which he had close ties since shortly after its founding. Stern received extensive recognition for his work, including winning the

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and six

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, and being named to the French

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. The Isaac Stern Auditorium at

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bears his name, due to his role in saving the venue from demolition in the 1960s.

Biography

The son of Solomon and Clara Stern, Isaac Stern was born in Kremenets,

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(now

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), into a

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family. He was 14 months old when his family moved to San Francisco in 1921. He received his first music lessons from his mother. In 1928, he enrolled at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he studied until 1931 before going on to study privately with

Louis Persinger Louis Persinger (11 February 1887, Rochester, Illinois31 December 1966, New York, New York) was an American violinist, pianist and professor of violin. Persinger had early lessons in Colorado, appearing in public by the age of 12. His main studie ...

. He returned to the San Francisco Conservatory to study for five years with

Naoum Blinder Naoum Blinder (July 19, 1889 – November 21, 1965) was a Russian-American virtuoso violinist and teacher, born in Yevpatoria (then Russian Empire, now Ukraine). Early life and education He graduated from the Imperial Musical College of Odessa ...

, to whom he said he owed the most. At his public début on February 18, 1936, aged 15, he played Saint-Saëns' Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor with the

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under the direction of

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. Reflecting on his background, Stern once memorably quipped that cultural exchanges between the U.S. and Soviet Russia were simple affairs: :: "They send us their Jews from

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, and we send them our Jews from Odessa." During

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, Stern was rejected from military service due to flat feet. He then joined the United Service Organizations and performed for US troops. During one such performance on

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, a Japanese soldier, mesmerized by his playing, sneaked into the audience of US personnel listening to his performance before sneaking back out. Stern toured the

in 1951, the first American violinist to do so. In 1967, Stern stated his refusal to return to the USSR until the Soviet regime allowed artists to enter and leave the country freely. His only visit to Germany was in 1999, for a series of master classes, but he never performed publicly in Germany. Stern was married three times. His first marriage, in 1948 to ballerina Nora Kaye, ended in divorce after 18 months, but the two of them remained friends. On August 17, 1951, he married Vera Lindenblit (1927–2015). They had three children together, including conductors

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and David Stern. Their marriage ended in divorce in 1994 after 43 years. In 1996, Stern married his third wife, Linda Reynolds. His third wife, his three children, and his five grandchildren survived him. Stern died September 22, 2001 of heart failure in a Manhattan, New York, hospital after an extended stay.

Music career

In 1940, Stern began performing with Russian-born pianist Alexander Zakin, collaborating until 1977. Within musical circles, Stern became renowned both for his recordings and for championing certain younger players. Among his discoveries were cellists Yo-Yo Ma and Jian Wang, and violinists

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and Pinchas Zukerman. In the 1960s, he played a major role in saving New York City's

from demolition, by organising the Citizens' Committee to Save Carnegie Hall. Following the purchase of Carnegie Hall by New York City, the Carnegie Hall Corporation was formed, and Stern was chosen as its first president, a title he held until his death. Carnegie Hall later named its main auditorium in his honor. Among Stern's many recordings are concertos by Brahms, Bach,

Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classic ...

, Mendelssohn, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, and

Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widesprea ...

and modern works by

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, Bartók,

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, Bernstein, Rochberg, and

Dutilleux Henri Paul Julien Dutilleux (; 22 January 1916 – 22 May 2013) was a French composer active mainly in the second half of the 20th century. His small body of published work, which garnered international acclaim, followed in the tradition of ...

. The Dutilleux concerto, entitled ''L'arbre des songes'' The Tree of Dreams"was a 1985 commission by Stern himself. He also dubbed actors' violin-playing in several films, such as ''

Fiddler on the Roof ''Fiddler on the Roof'' is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in the Pale of Settlement of Imperial Russia in or around 1905. It is based on ''Tevye and his Daughters'' (or ''Tevye the ...

''. Stern served as musical advisor for the 1946 film, '' Humoresque'', about a rising violin star and his patron, played respectively by

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and

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. He was also the featured violin soloist on the soundtrack for the 1971 film of

. In 1999, he appeared in the film '' Music of the Heart'', along with

and several other famed violinists, with a youth orchestra led by Meryl Streep (the film was based on the true story of a gifted violin teacher in

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who eventually took her musicians to play a concert in Carnegie Hall). In his autobiography, co-authored with

Chaim Potok Chaim Potok (February 17, 1929 – July 23, 2002) was an American author and rabbi. His first book '' The Chosen'' (1967), was listed on ''The New York Times’'' best seller list for 39 weeks and sold more than 3,400,000 copies. Biography ...

, ''My First 79 Years'', Stern cited

Nathan Milstein Nathan Mironovich Milstein ( – December 21, 1992) was a Russian-born American virtuoso violinist. Widely considered one of the finest violinists of the 20th century, Milstein was known for his interpretations of Bach's solo violin works and ...

and Arthur Grumiaux as major influences on his style of playing. He won Grammys for his work with Eugene Istomin and Leonard Rose in their famous chamber music trio in the 1960s and '70s, while also continuing his duo work with Alexander Zakin during this time. Stern recorded a series of piano quartets in the 1980s and 1990s with Emanuel Ax, Jaime Laredo and Yo-Yo Ma, including those of

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, Schumann and Fauré, winning another

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in 1992 for the Brahms quartets Opp. 25 and 26. In 1979, seven years after

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made the first official visit by a US president to the country, the People's Republic of China offered Stern and pianist David Golub an unprecedented invitation to tour the country. While there, he collaborated with the China Central Symphony Society (now China National Symphony) under the direction of conductor Li Delun. Their visit was filmed and resulted in the Oscar-winning documentary, '' From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China''.

Ties to Israel

Stern maintained close ties with

. Stern began performing in the country in 1949.Noam Ben Zeev (1 November 2012)
"New Tel Aviv street to honor Isaac Stern."
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'' Daily. Retrieved 6 June 2013. In 1973, he performed for wounded Israeli soldiers during the

Yom Kippur War The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, the October War, the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, or the Fourth Arab–Israeli War, was an armed conflict fought from October 6 to 25, 1973 between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by E ...

. During the 1991

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and Iraq's

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attacks on Israel, he had been playing in the

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. During his performance, an air raid siren sounded, causing the audience to panic. Stern then stepped onto the stage and began playing a movement of Bach. The audience then calmed down, donned gas masks, and sat throughout the rest of his performance. Stern was a supporter of several educational projects in Israel, among them the America-Israel Foundation and the

Jerusalem Music Center The Jerusalem Music Centre is an institute for musical education in Mishkenot Sha’ananim, Jerusalem. The centre helps young Israeli musicians to develop their talents through multi-annual programs and courses, master classes, and performances.

Instruments

Stern's favorite instrument was the Ysaÿe Guarnerius, one of the violins produced by the

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Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù. It had previously been played by the violin virtuoso and composer

Eugène Ysaÿe Eugène-Auguste Ysaÿe (; 16 July 185812 May 1931) was a Belgian virtuoso violinist, composer, and conductor. He was regarded as "The King of the Violin", or, as Nathan Milstein put it, the "tsar". Legend of the Ysaÿe violin Eugène Ysa ...

. Among other instruments, Stern played the "Kruse-Vormbaum" Stradivarius (1728), the "ex-Stern" Bergonzi (1733), the "Panette" Guarneri del Gesù (1737), a Michele Angelo Bergonzi (1739–1757), the " Arma Senkrah" Guadagnini (1750), a Giovanni Guadagnini (1754), a J. B. Vuillaume copy of the "Panette" Guarneri del Gesu of 1737 (c.1850), and the "ex-Nicolas I" J.B. Vuillaume (1840). He also owned two contemporary instruments by Samuel Zygmuntowicz and modern Italian Jago Peternella Violins. In 2001, Stern's collection of instruments, bows and musical ephemera was sold through Tarisio Auctions. The May 2003 auction set a number of world records and was at the time the second highest grossing violin auction of all time, with total sales of over $3.3M.

Awards and commemoration

* Sonning Award (1982;

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) *

Wolf Prize The Wolf Prize is an international award granted in Israel, that has been presented most years since 1978 to living scientists and artists for ''"achievements in the interest of mankind and friendly relations among people ... irrespective of nati ...

Kennedy Center Honors The Kennedy Center Honors are annual honors given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture. They have been presented annually since 1978, culminating each December in a gala celebrating five hono ...

(1984) * Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra) (1962, 1963, 1965, 1982) * Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance (1971, 1992) *

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(1991) *

(1992) *Elected to the

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(1995) * Polar Music Prize (2000;

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) * Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur (1990) * Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society (1991) * Carnegie Hall Midtown Manhattan, New York: main auditorium was named for Isaac Stern in 1997. In 2012, a street 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 G ...

was named for Stern.

Discography

:: *1944 ::Brahms: String Sextet No. 1 (with Alexander Schneider,

Milton Katims Milton Katims (June 24, 1909February 27, 2006) was an American violist and conductor. He was music director of the Seattle Symphony for 22 years (1954–76). In that time he added more than 75 works, made recordings, premiered new pieces and le ...

, Milton Thomas,

Pablo Casals Pau Casals i Defilló (Catalan: ; 29 December 187622 October 1973), usually known in English by his Castilian Spanish name Pablo Casals,

and Madeleine Foley) *1944
Brahms: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello No. 1 in B Major, op. 8
(with Myra Hess and

Pablo Casals Pau Casals i Defilló (Catalan: ; 29 December 187622 October 1973), usually known in English by his Castilian Spanish name Pablo Casals,

) *1946 ::Violin selections from the movie Humoresque (1946 film) with Oscar Levant on the piano, Columbia Masterworks Records set MM-657 *1951 ::Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major (with Sir Thomas Beecham and the

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London, that performs and produces primarily classic works. The RPO was established by Thomas Beecham in 1946. In its early days, the orchestra secured profitable ...

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*1952 ::Bach: Partita in E Minor & G Minor for Violin and Piano, Sonata No.3 in E Major for Violin and Piano (with Alexander Zakin) *1957
Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, op. 22
(with

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; conductor: Eugene Ormandy) *1958
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major op. 35
(with Philadelphia Orchestra; conductor: Eugene Ormandy)
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in e minor op. 64
(with Philadelphia Orchestra; conductor: Eugene Ormandy) *1959
Saint-Saens: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso op. 28
(with Philadelphia Orchestra; conductor: Eugene Ormandy) ::Beethoven: Violin Concerto op. 61 (with

New York Philharmonic The New York Philharmonic, officially the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc., globally known as New York Philharmonic Orchestra (NYPO) or New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, is a symphony orchestra based in New York City. It is ...

; conductor:

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) *1964 ::Hindemith: Violin Concerto (1939) (with

; conductor:

) *1978 ::Penderecki: Violin Concerto No. 1 (1976)(with

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; conductor:

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) *1983 ::Bach, Vivaldi: Concertos for 2 Violins ::Isaac Stern: 60th Anniversary Celebration ::Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Beethoven: Romances in G & F Major ::Haydn: London Trios *1984 ::Barber Violin Concerto *1985 ::An Isaac Stern Vivaldi Gala *1986 ::Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos *1987 ::Dutilleux: L'Arbre des Songes (Concerto pour Violin et Orchestre) ::Maxwell Davies: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra ::Celebration ::Bach: Double Concerto; Violin Concertos Nos.1 & 2 ::Beethoven: Violin Concerto ::Mozart: The Flute Quartets ::Bach: Concertos for Violin, BWV 1041–43 & 1060 *1988 ::Shostakovich: Piano Trio No.2; Cello Sonata ::Brahms: Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in A Minor, Op. 102 & Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60 ::Prokofiev: Violin Concertos No. 1 & 2 ::Brahms: Violin Concerto *1989 ::The Japanese Album ::Music, My Love ::Prokofiev: Concertos No. 1 & 2 for Violin and Orchestra ::Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos.4 & 5 *1990 ::Brahms, Mendelssohn, Schubert: Trios ::Brahms: The Piano Quartets ::Rameau: Pieces de clavecin en concerts ::Lalo, Bruch, Wenianski, others: Violin Concertos ::Bach, Mozart, Brahms, others: Violin Concertos ::Mozart, Telemann, J.C. Bach, Reicha: Trios, Quartets ::Schubert: Violin Sonatas ::Humoresque: Favorite Violin Encores *1991 ::Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 "Emperor"; Triple Concerto ::Beethoven: Complete Trios ::Concert of the Century: Celebrating the 85th Anniversary of Carnegie Hall ::Dvorák: Cello Concerto; Violin Concerto ::Webern: Complete Works, Op. 1 – Op. 31 *1992 ::Brahms: Sextets; more ::Beethoven & Schumann Piano Quartets (with Emanuel Ax, Jaime Loredo, & Yo-Yo Ma) *1993 ::Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra & Serenade for Strings ::Fauré: Piano Quartets *1994 ::Greatest Hits: Violin ::The House of Magical Sounds ::Greatest Hits: Schubert ::Greatest Hits: Brahms ::Beethoven, Schumann: Piano Quartets ::Mozart: Sonatas for Violin and Piano, K. 454, 296 & 526 ::Beethoven: Piano Trios "Ghost" & "Archduke" ::Bach: Violin Concerto, BWV 1041; Piano Concerto, BWV 1056; Brandenburg Concerto No.5; more ::Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante; Violin Concerto No.5 ::Brahms: Sextet in B-flat major, Op. 18 & Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8 ::Schubert: Quintet in C major, D956 & Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, D485 *1995 ::Isaac Stern Presents Encores with Orchestra ::Telemann, Bach Family: Trio Sonatas ::Mendelssohn: Piano Trios 1 & 2 ::Brahms: Piano Trios, Piano Quartets ::A Life in Music, Vol.3: Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, more ::Beethoven: Piano Trios "Ghost" & "Archduke"; Variations ::Schubert, Haydn: Piano Trios; Mozart: Piano Quartet ::Bartók: Violin Concertos ::Bernstein/Dutilleux: Violin Concertos ::Berg: Violin Concerto; Kammerkonzert ::Prokofiev/Bartók: Violin Concertos; Rhapsody No.1 ::Stravinsky/Rochberg: Violin Concertos ::Barber/Maxwell Davies: Violin Concertos ::Hindemith/Penderecki: Violin Concertos ::Berg: Piano Sonata; Krenek: Piano Sonata No.3; Webern: Piano Variations; Debussy, Ravel: works ::A Life in Music, Vol.1: Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Sibelius, more ::Mozart: Haffner Serenade ::Mozart: Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Vol. II ::Beethoven, Brahms: Violin Concertos ::Tchaikovsky/Sibelius: Violin Concertos ::Bach: Violin Concertos; Double Concerto; more ::Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Concertos ::Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos.1–5; Sinfonia concertante; more ::Wieniawski/Bruch/Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos ::Mendelssohn/Dvorák: Violin Concertos ::Saint-Saëns: Violin concerto n°3, Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole, Chausson: Poème, Fauré: Berceuse, Ravel: Tzigane *1996 ::More Mozart's Greatest Hits ::Mozart: Violin Sonatas, Vol. III ::Schubert and Boccherini String Quintets ::A Life in Music, Vol.4: Bach, Bartók, Beethoven, Copland, Schubert, more ::Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas ::Bartók: Violin Sonatas; Webern: Four Pieces for Violin and Piano ::Beethoven: Violin Sonatas ::J.S. & C.P.E. Bach, Handel, Tartini: Violin Sonatas ::Hindemith/Bloch/Copland: Violin Sonatas ::Schubert: Sonatinas Nos.1–3; Rondeau Brillant; Grand Duo Sonata ::Franck/Debussy/Enesco: Violin Sonatas ::Brahms: Violin Sonatas No. 1-3 ::Isaac Stern Presents Encores with Violin & Piano *1997 ::Barber: Adagio for Strings / Schuman – In Praise of Shahn etc. ::Bartók Sonatas for Violin and Piano ::Mozart: The Piano Quartets *1998 ::Isaac Stern Plays Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn ::Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D ::Bernstein: The Age of Anxiety; Foss: Serenade ::Bach, Vivaldi: Concertos ::Caprice Viennois: Music of Kreisler *1999 ::My First 79 Years ::Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos *2000 ::Dvorák: Piano Quartet No.2, Sonatina in G, Romantic Pieces ::Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Concertos for Two Violins

References

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Biography

Music career

Ties to Israel

Instruments

Awards and commemoration

Discography

References

Further reading

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