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Also known as Issac Stern

American musician (1920–2001)

Person · Open Library

Born
1920
Died
2001
Works
5

Top works

  • 79 shenot ḥayai ha-rishonot
  • William Kapel Memorial Concert
  • Hollywood Bowl Symphony concert, July 11, 1946
  • My first 79 years
  • My first 79 years

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Film & TV

Acting · Kremenets/Krzemieniec, Ukrainian People's Republic [now Kremenets, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine]

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 Soviet Union and China, and performing extensively in Israel, a country to which he had close ties since shortly after its founding. Stern received extensive recognition for his work,…

Known for

  • The Huberman Festival — Self - Violin2007
  • Classic Archive: Istomin/Stern/Rose Trio - Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios2007
  • Classic Archive: Istomin-Stern-Rose Trio - Brahms: Trios Nos. 1-32004
  • In Search of Peace — Self2001
  • Music of the Heart — Self1999
  • En lek på blodigt allvar — Self1999
  • Small Wonders — Self1996
  • The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past — Self1993
  • Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music — Self1990
  • Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration — Self1988

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Isaac Stern (July 21, 1920 – September 22, 2001) was an American violin virtuoso. Born in Kremenetz, Ukraine, Stern was ten months old when his family moved to San Francisco. He received his first music lessons from his mother before enrolling at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in 1928 where he studied until 1931 before going on to study privately with Louis Persinger.[1] He returned to the San Francisco Conservatory in 1932 to study with Naoum Blinder for five years. <a href="https://w

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Key facts

Born
( 1920-07-21 ) July 21, 1920, Krzemieniec , Poland
Died
September 22, 2001 (2001-09-22) (aged 81), New York City, US
Genres
Classical
Occupation
Musician
Instrument
Violin

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Encyclopedic overview

Isaac Stern (July 21, 1920 – September 22, 2001) was an American violinist.

Born in Poland, Stern moved to the United States when he was 14 months old. Stern performed both nationally and internationally, notably touring the Soviet Union and China, and performing extensively in Israel, a country to which he had close ties since shortly after its founding.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Isaac Stern” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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