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Biography
Use mdy dates|date=July 2011Infobox musical artist | name = Itzhak Perlman| image = Itzhak perlman.jpg| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| Born = birth date and age|mf=yes|1945|08|31 Tel Aviv , British Mandate of Palestine (now in Israel )| instrument = Violin| Religion = Jewish| genre = Classical music|Classical , Jazz music|jazz , Klezmer | occupation = Conductor, pedagogue , violinist| years_active = 1963–present| associated_acts = Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra|St. Louis Symphony , New York Philharmonic , etc.| website =| notable_instruments = Violin General Kyd Stradivarius 1714 Soil Stradivarius 1714 Guarneri| Sauret Guarnerius del Gesu 1743 Kreisler Bergonzi| ex-Kreisler Bergonzi 1740 Itzhak Perlman (lang-he|???? ?????; born August 31, 1945) is an Israeli-born violinist, conductor, and instructor of master class es. He is regarded as one of the preeminent violinists of the 20th and early-21st centuries.
Early life
Perlman was born in Tel Aviv , British Mandate for Palestine . His parents, Chaim and Shoshana Perlman, were natives of Poland and had independently immigrated to Palestine in the mid-1930s before they met and got married. Perlman first became interested in the violin after hearing a classical music performance on the radio. At the age of three, he was denied entrance to the Shulamit Conservatory for being too small to hold a violin.cite web|url= http://proquest.umi.com.ezproxy1.library.arizona.edu/pqdweb? index=2& did=445171182& SrchMode=2& sid=4& Fmt=10& VInst=PROD& VType=PQD& RQT=309& VName=HNP& TS=1317432895& clientId=43922 |title=Israeli Violin Prodigy Admits He Likes Jazz |publisher=Proquest.com |accessdate=october 1, 2011 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 , where he gave his first recital at age 10 cite web|url= http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com.ezproxy1.library.arizona.edu/subscriber/article/grove/music/21349? q=itzhak+perlman& hbutton_search.x=0& hbutton_search.y=0& hbutton_search=search& source=omo_epm& source=omo_t237& source=omo_gmo& source=omo_t114& search=quick& pos=1 |title=Perlman, Itzhak |publisher=Oxford Music Online |accessdate=October 1, 2011, before moving to the United States to study at the Juilliard School with the violin pedagogue, Ivan Galamian , and his assistant Dorothy DeLay .cite web|url= http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-musicians/perlman-itzhak-biography |title=Perlman, Itzhak Biography: Contemporary Musicians |publisher=Enotes.com |accessdate=July 1, 2011
Perlman contracted polio at the age of four. He made a good recovery, learning to walk with crutches. Today, he uses crutches or an electric Amigo Mobility International Inc|Amigo scooter for mobility and plays the violin while seated.
Career
Performing
Perlman was introduced to the wider American public when he appeared on the The Ed Sullivan Show|Ed Sullivan Show twice in 1958.cite web|author=Duration:& nbsp;60 min |url= http://www.ovguide.com/tv_episode/the-ed-sullivan-show-season-12-episode-8-itzhak-perlman-carol-lawrence-larry-kert-film-ed-sullivan-visits-jerusalem-27092 |title=Watch The Ed Sullivan Show Season 12 Episode 8 Itzhak Perlman / Carol Lawrence & Larry Kert / Film: Ed Sullivan Visits Jerusalem |publisher=Ovguide.com |accessdate=July 1, 2011 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 guest appearances on American television shows such as The Tonight Show and Sesame Street , as well as playing at a number of functions at the White House .Citation needed|date=May 2011 Although he has never been billed or marketed as a singer, he sang the role of "Un carceriere" ("a jailer") on a 1981 EMI recording of Giacomo Puccini|Puccini's Tosca which featured Renata Scotto , Plácido Domingo , and Renato Bruson , with James Levine 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 Live from Lincoln Center series, with Luciano Pavarotti as Cavaradossi, and Zubin Mehta conducting the New York Philharmonic . Perlman is a Bass (vocal range)|basso .
In 1987, he joined the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra for their concerts in Warsaw and Budapest , as well as other Eastern bloc countries. He toured with the IPO in the spring of 1990 for their first-ever performance in the Soviet Union , with concerts in Moscow and Saint Petersburg|Leningrad , and toured with the IPO again in 1994, performing in China and India.
While primarily a solo artist, Perlman has performed with a number of other notable musicians, including Yo-Yo Ma , Jessye Norman , Isaac Stern , and Yuri Temirkanov at the 150th anniversary celebration of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky in Leningrad in December 1990. He has also performed (and recorded) with good friend and fellow Israeli violinist Pinchas Zukerman on numerous occasions over the years.
As well as playing and recording the classical music for which he is best known, Perlman has also played jazz , including an album made with jazz pianist Oscar Peterson , and klezmer . Perlman has been a soloist for a number of movie scores, notably the score of the 1993 film '' Schindler's List by John Williams (composer)|John Williams , which subsequently won an Academy Awards|Academy Award for best score. More recently, he was the violin soloist for the 2005 film Memoirs of a Geisha (film)|Memoirs of a Geisha , along with cellist Yo-Yo Ma . Perlman played selections from the musical scores of the movies nominated for "Best Original Score" at the 73rd Academy Awards with Yo-Yo Ma, and at the 78th Academy Awards .
Notable performances
Perlman played at the state dinner attended by Queen Elizabeth II on May 7, 2007, in the East Room at the White House .cite press release | title=News releases for May 2007 | url= http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2007/05/images/20070507_p050707sc-1032-1-515h.html | publisher=The White House | date=May 7, 2007 | accessdate=September 4, 2007
He performed John Williams ' " Air and Simple Gifts " at the Barack Obama 2009 presidential inauguration|2009 inauguration ceremony for Barack Obama , along with Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Gabriela Montero (piano) and Anthony McGill (clarinet). The quartet played along with a recording they had made two days earlier, as stringed instruments cannot reliably stay tuned in subfreezing temperatures.
Instrument
Perlman plays using the antique Soil Stradivarius violin of 1714, formerly owned by Yehudi Menuhin and considered to be one of the finest violins made during Stradivari's "golden period". Perlman also plays the Sauret Guarneri del Gesu of c.1743.
Conducting
In recent years, Perlman has begun to Conducting|conduct , taking the post of principal guest conductor at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra . He served as music advisor of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra from 2002–2004. In November, 2007, the Westchester Philharmonic announced the appointment of Perlman as Artistic Director and Principal Conductor. His first concert in these roles was on October 11, 2008, in an all- Beethoven program featuring pianist Leon Fleisher performing the Emperor Concerto .
Teaching
In 1975 Perlman accepted a faculty post at the Conservatory of Music at Brooklyn College . In 2003, Mr. Perlman was named the holder of the Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Chair in Violin Studies at the Juilliard School, succeeding his teacher, Dorothy DeLay . He also currently instructs pupils on a one-on-one basis at the Perlman Music Program on Long Island, NY, rarely holding master classes. He also taught at a community center in Be'er Sheba, Israel, http://www.charlierose.com/view/content/11161 Itzhak Perlman interview on The Charlie Rose Show, (Video) AUgust 9, 2010
The Perlman Music Program
The Perlman music program, founded in 1995 by Toby Perlman and Suki Sandler, started as a summer camp for exceptional string musicians between the ages of 11 and 18. cite web|url= http://gateway.proquest.com.ezproxy1.library.arizona.edu/openurl? url_ver=Z39.88-2004& res_dat=xri:iimp:& rft_dat=xri:iimp:article:fulltext:iimp00163565 |title=The Perlman Music Program: Toby's Project Grows and Grows |publisher=Strings |accessdate=October 1, 2011 Over time, it expanded to be offered year-long. The program allows the students the chance to be coached by Itzhak Perlman himself before playing at venues such as the Sutton Place Synagogue and public schools. cite web|url= http://gateway.proquest.com.ezproxy1.library.arizona.edu/openurl? url_ver=Z39.88-2004& res_dat=xri:iimp:& rft_dat=xri:iimp:article:citation:iimp00170081 |title=Perlmans' Proteges: The Perlman Music Program |publisher=Strings |accessdate=October 1, 2011 By introducing students to each other and requiring practice sessions together, musicians who would otherwise be practicing alone develop a network of friends and colleagues in the profession. Rather than remain isolated, participants in the program find an area where they belong. cite web|url= http://gateway.proquest.com.ezproxy1.library.arizona.edu/openurl? url_ver=Z39.88-2004& res_dat=xri:iimp:& rft_dat=xri:iimp:article:fulltext:iimp00170084 |title=Perlman Student Stirling Trent |publisher=Strings |accessdate=October 1, 2011
Personal life
Perlman resides in New York City with his wife, Toby, also a classically trained violinist. They have five children: Noah, Navah Perlman|Navah , Leora, Rami (of the rock band, Something for Rockets) and Ariella. Perlman is a distant cousin to Canadian comic/TV personality Howie Mandel .
Honors and awards
Leventritt Competition – Winner (1964)
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance :
* Daniel Barenboim & Itzhak Perlman for Johannes Brahms|Brahms : The Three Violin Sonatas ( Grammy Awards of 1991|1991 )
* Vladimir Ashkenazy , Lynn Harrell & Itzhak Perlman for Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven : The Complete Piano Trios ( Grammy Awards of 1988|1988 )
*Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lynn Harrell & Itzhak Perlman for Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky : Piano Trio in A Minor ( Grammy Awards of 1982|1982 )
*Itzhak Perlman & Pinchas Zukerman for Music for Two Violins ( Moritz Moszkowski|Moszkowski : Suite For Two Violins/ Dmitri Shostakovich|Shostakovich : Duets/ Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev : Sonata for Two Violins) ( Grammy Awards of 1981|1981 )
*Itzhak Perlman & Vladimir Ashkenazy for Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven : Sonatas for Violin and Piano ( Grammy Awards of 1979|1979 )
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)
Grammy Award for Best Classical Album
Kennedy Center Honors in 2003
April 1980: Newsweek magazine featured Mr.Perlman with a cover story.cite web|title=Newsweek cover story 1980|url= http://www.sonyclassical.com/artists/perlman/bio.html|accessdate=March 25, 2008
1986: Honored with the " Medal of Liberty " by President Reagan.cite web|title=Perlman awards|url= http://www.sonyclassical.com/artists/perlman/bio.html|accessdate=March 25, 2008
2000: Awarded the " National Medal of Arts " by President Clinton.
Awarded honorary degrees from Harvard, Yale, Brandeis, Roosevelt, Yeshiva and Hebrew Universities.
In 2005, he was voted the 135th-greatest Israeli of all time, in a poll by the Israeli news website Ynet to determine whom the general public considered the 200 Greatest Israelis.cite news|url= http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3083171,00.html |title=??????? ???? 1: ???? ???? – ????? ?????? |work=Ynet| author=??? ???????' |date=June 20, 1995 |accessdate=July 10, 2011
http://www.myspace.com/perlmanitzhak Official Myspace page
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http://www.concertartist.info/biog/PER001.html Itzhak Perlman biography in the World Concert Artist directory
http://www.charlierose.com/view/content/11161 Itzhak Perlman interview on The Charlie Rose Show, (Video) 8-9-2010
http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/5406 Itzhak Perlman & John Williams interview on The Charlie Rose Show, (Video) 8-8-1997
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