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Itzhak Perlman

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Born: August 31, 1945; Israel

In the latter twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, Itzhak Perlman has been acclaimed as being among the leading violinists before the public, and, without doubt, has been the most visible of them in media venues, from recordings and radio broadcasts to television and film appearances. No other concert violinist and few other serious musicians have achieved the widespread exposure and popularity attained by Perlman.

Itzhak Perlman Read more was born in Tel Aviv on August 31, 1945. At the age of four he was stricken with polio, which caused permanent paralysis of his legs, leaving him to rely on crutches and braces for the rest of his life. Despite his handicap, young Itzhak began showing talent on the violin, and his father Chaim, a barber, quickly recognized his son's unusual abilities and arranged for lessons for him at the Music Academy of Tel Aviv. Soon Itzhak began giving concerts and attracting attention throughout Israel. American television talent agent Ed Sullivan learned of Perlman's abilities and brought the 13-year-old to New York for a 1959 appearance on his Caravan of Stars show.

Perlman and his parents subsequently took up residency in New York City, where the young virtuoso continued to attract attention. He enrolled at the Juilliard School of Music, studying with Ivan Galamian and Dorothy DeLay. He made his official debut in 1963 at Carnegie Hall with a performance of the F sharp minor Wieniawski Concerto and went on to win the Leventritt Competition, one of whose prizes was an appearance with the New York Philharmonic, then led by Leonard Bernstein.

After these triumphs Perlman was taken on by impresario Sol Hurok and given a heavy schedule of concerts in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Israel over the coming years. He also began making recordings with RCA and would eventually sign contracts with EMI, Sony, Teldec, and others. Over the next three decades, his recordings would include the concertos of Beethoven, Brahms, Sibelius, Mendelssohn, Berg, the two by Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky's Piano Trio, Dvorak's Sonatina, Paganini's Caprices, and many others. In 1966, Perlman married Toby Friedlander. The couple would reside in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, where they would raise five children. Perlman had begun teaching as well, and in 1975 took a faculty post at Brooklyn College.

Perlman's fame grew rapidly in the 1970s and he began appearing regularly on television programs, like the children's show Sesame Street, The Tonight Show, David Letterman, and various specials on the PBS network. He also became a frequent performer at White House events, especially during the Reagan administration. In 1986, President Reagan awarded him a Medal of Liberty, an award recognizing the contributions of foreign-born Americans. By 1990 Perlman had performed with virtually every major orchestra in the world and with almost every important conductor. He also signed a new contract that year with EMI, the label for whom he has made the most recordings.

In 1994, Perlman hosted a program on the PBS network called the Three Tenors, Encore!, that featured the singing of Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, and José Carreras. He also made a television special in 1995 for the PBS Great Performances series entitled In the Fiddler's House. Perlman has recently taken up conducting, his concerts including a Tanglewood Festival performance in 2000 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra that included critically successful readings of the Mozart Symphony No. 29 and the Brahms Symphony No. 4.

In the twenty-first century, Perlman's career continues to yield him triumph after triumph, placing him among this age's top five or six musicians in the classical realm. Read less

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100 Violin Masterworks

Label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalog: 4798318 Release Date: 02/23/2018 Number of Discs: 5
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Modest Mussorgsky, Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Nathan Milstein, Georges Pludermacher ...
Conductor: Zubin Mehta, James Levine
Orchestra/Ensemble: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

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Daniel Barenboim: A Retrospective / Various

Label: Sony Catalog: 88985393632 Release Date: 08/18/2017 Number of Discs: 46
Composer: Alban Berg, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Carl Stamitz ...
Performer: Daniel Barenboim, Saschko Gawriloff, Halina Lukomska, Pinchas Zukerman ...
Conductor: Pierre Boulez, Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta
Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, New York Philharmonic ...

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Pinchas Zukerman plays Vivaldi

Label: Sony Catalog: 88985370982 Release Date: 04/21/2017 Number of Discs: 6
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Pinchas Zukerman, Neil Black, Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman ...
Conductor: Pinchas Zukerman, Zubin Mehta
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic members, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra ...

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Beethoven Barenboim

Label: Warner Classics Catalog: 558505 Release Date: 12/02/2016 Number of Discs: 35
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Daniel Barenboim, Pinchas Zukerman, Jacqueline Du Pré, Itzhak Perlman ...
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin State Opera Chorus ...

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Classic Archive - Brahms: The Complete Chamber Music

Label: Euroarts Catalog: 26401 Release Date: 11/18/2016
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Performer: Elena Bashkirova, Maxim Vengerov, Boris Pergamenschikow, Daniel Barenboim ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna String Sextet, Takács String Quartet, Berlin Soloists ...

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Mozart: The Singles

Label: Decca Catalog: 002576902 Release Date: 11/18/2016 Number of Discs: 3
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Josef Triebensee, André Rieu
Performer: Andras Schiff, Barry Tuckwell, Joshua Bell, Erik Smith ...
Conductor: Willi Boskovsky, James Levine, Sandor Végh, Peter Maag ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Members of the Netherlands Wind Ensemble, Amsterdam Mozart Players, Vienna Mozart Ensemble ...

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Schumann, Bach & Brahms / Argerich, Perlman

Label: Warner Classics Catalog: 557553 Release Date: 09/30/2016 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Martha Argerich, Itzhak Perlman
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Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on DG, Decca, & Philips

Label: Dg Deutsche Grammophon Catalog: 002514302 Release Date: 07/22/2016 Number of Discs: 22
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert ...
Performer: Pinchas Zukerman, Midori, Daniel Barenboim, Marc Neikrug ...
Conductor: Pinchas Zukerman, Daniel Barenboim, Charles Dutoit, Pierre Boulez ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra ...
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The Art of Itzhak Perlman

Label: Sony Catalog: 518338 Release Date: 05/06/2016 Number of Discs: 10
Composer: Sergei Prokofiev, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Antonín Dvorák, Jean Sibelius ...
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy, Itzhak Perlman, John Williams, Pinchas Zukerman ...
Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Juilliard String Quartet

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Fiddler On The Roof [2016 Broadway Cast]

Label: Sony Catalog: 4016 Release Date: 03/18/2016 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Jerry Bock, John Williams
Performer: Alexandra Silber, Adam Kantor, Itzhak Perlman
Conductor: Ted Sperling

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The Trout & The Greatest Love and The Greatest Sorrow

Label: Christopher Nupen Films Catalog: 13 Release Date: 01/29/2016 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Franz Schubert
Performer: Jacqueline Du Pré, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Zubin Mehta ...

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111: The Collector's Editions [111 CDs]

Label: Dg Deutsche Grammophon Catalog: 002422702 Release Date: 12/11/2015 Number of Discs: 111
Composer: Johannes Brahms, Ludwig van Beethoven, Maurice Ravel, Felix Mendelssohn ...
Performer: David Oistrakh, Igor Oistrakh, Sviatoslav Richter, Martha Argerich ...
Conductor: Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim, Lorin Maazel, Franz Konwitschny ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Amadeus Quartet, Paris Orchestra ...

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Prokofiev: The Two Violin Concertos

Label: Warner Classics Catalog: 552361 Release Date: 11/27/2015 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
Performer: Itzhak Perlman
Conductor: Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

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Beethoven: Violin Concerto; Romances Nos. 1 & 2 / Perlman, Barenboim

Label: Warner Classics Catalog: 552411 Release Date: 11/20/2015 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Itzhak Perlman
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

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Bits And Pieces

Label: Warner Classics Catalog: 552365 Release Date: 11/20/2015 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Arcangelo Corelli, Sir Edward Elgar, Alex de Taeye, Fritz Kreisler ...
Performer: Itzhak Perlman, Samuel Sanders

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Brahms: Piano Trios Opp. 8, 87, & 101

Label: Warner Classics Catalog: 552418 Release Date: 11/20/2015 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Performer: Itzhak Perlman, Lynn Harrell, Vladimir Ashkenazy

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Brahms: Violinkonzert

Label: Warner Classics Catalog: 552357 Release Date: 11/20/2015 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Performer: Itzhak Perlman
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim

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Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Scottish Fantasy [1986 Recording]

Label: Warner Classics Catalog: 552410 Release Date: 11/20/2015 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Max Bruch
Performer: Judy Lieber, Itzhak Perlman
Conductor: Zubin Mehta

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Duets For Two Violins

Label: Warner Classics Catalog: 553143 Release Date: 11/20/2015 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Jean-Marie Leclair, Henri Wieniawski, Johan Halvorsen, Louis Spohr
Performer: Pinchas Zukerman, Itzhak Perlman

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Earl Kim, Robert Starer: Violin Concertos

Label: Warner Classics Catalog: 552406 Release Date: 11/20/2015 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Earl Kim, Robert Starer
Performer: Itzhak Perlman
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa

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Itzhak Perlman: Live In Russia

Label: Warner Classics Catalog: 552414 Release Date: 11/20/2015 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Giuseppe Tartini, Fritz Kreisler, Sergei Prokofiev ...
Performer: Itzhak Perlman, Janet Goodman Guggenheim
Conductor: Zubin Mehta

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J.C. & C.P.E. Bach, Mozart, Stamitz, Vanhal, Goldberg: Oboe Quartets & Trio Sonatas

Label: Warner Classics Catalog: 552401 Release Date: 11/20/2015 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Carl Stamitz, Johann Christian Bach, Johann Baptist Vanhal ...
Performer: Ray Still, Lynn Harrell, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman ...

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J.S. Bach: Violin Concertos in D Minor & G Minor; Concerto for Violin & Oboe in C Minor / Perlman

Label: Warner Classics Catalog: 552403 Release Date: 11/20/2015 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Itzhak Perlman, Ray Still

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Khachaturian: Violin Concerto; Tchaikovsky: Meditation

Label: Warner Classics Catalog: 552353 Release Date: 11/20/2015 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Aram Khachaturian, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Itzhak Perlman
Conductor: Zubin Mehta

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Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Previn, Perlman

Label: Warner Classics Catalog: 553141 Release Date: 11/20/2015 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn, Max Bruch
Performer: Itzhak Perlman
Conductor: André Previn

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