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Itzhak Perlman
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Itzhak Perlman is an Israeli-American violinist, conductor, professor, and pedagogue born in 1945 in Jaffa. He has a medical history of poliomyelitis and synesthesia. Perlman speaks English and Hebrew and resides in New York City. He began his work period in 1958 and is associated with classical music. His notable works include Schindler's List, Ragtime, and Three Pieces from Schindler's List. He owns the entity Soil and has recorded for Deutsche Grammophon.
Perlman was educated at the Juilliard School and the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music. He studied under Ivan Galamian and Dorothy DeLay. He has been employed by Brooklyn College and the Juilliard School. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. His awards include the National Medal of Arts, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Presidential Medal of Freedom, and Kennedy Center Honors.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Ragtime
- Three Pieces from Schindler's List
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Film & TV
Tel Aviv, Palestine [now Israel]
Itzhak Perlman (Hebrew: יצחק פרלמן; born August 31, 1945) is an Israeli-American violinist, conductor, and music teacher. Perlman has performed worldwide, and throughout the United States, in venues that have included a State Dinner at the White House honoring Queen Elizabeth II, and at President Barack Obama's inauguration. He has conducted the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia…
Known for
- Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy — Self2025
- Billy Joel: And So It Goes — Self2025
- Music by John Williams — Self - Violinist2024
- Earl. — Self2024
- Before — Drake2024
- Be My Guest with Ina Garten — Self - Guest2022
- Here Today — Himself2021
- Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration — Self2019
- Mister Rogers: It's You I Like — Self2018
- Tree of Life: A Concert for Peace and Unity — Self2018
via TMDB
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- 208,484
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- 2,676,497
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Itzhak Perlman (born August 31, 1945) (in Jaffa, now part of Tel Aviv) is an Israeli virtuoso violinist and teacher. He is regarded as one of the greatest violinists of the late 20th century, and is certainly among the most famous. He began to study in Tel Aviv after hearing the violin being played on the radio. During 1987, he joined the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) for their concerts in Warsaw and Budapest, as well as other Eastern bloc countries. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Itz
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1945-08-31 ) August 31, 1945 (age 80) , Tel Aviv , Mandatory Palestine
- Occupations
- Classical violinist, conductor
- Years active
- 1958–present
- Spouse
- Toby Friedlander ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1967 )
- Genres
- Classical
- Instrument
- Violin
- Labels
- Angel CBS Sony London EMI Classics Deutsche Grammophon Warner BMG
- Website
- itzhakperlman .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Jaffa
- Occupation
- professor
- Educated at
- Buchmann-Mehta School of Music
- Employer
- Juilliard School
- Languages spoken
- Hebrew
- Notable work
- Schindler's List
- Student of
- Dorothy DeLay
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- violin
- Record label
- Deutsche Grammophon
- Official website
- itzhakperlman.com
- Image
- Itzhak Perlman violinist 1984.jpg
- Residence
- New York City
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- Commons category
- Itzhak Perlman
- date of birth
- 1945-08-31
- medical condition
- synesthesia
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- owner of
- Soil
- start of work period
- 1958-00-00
- name in native language
- יצחק פרלמן
- described at URL
- www.ipo.co.il/artist/יצחק-פרלמן
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Encyclopedic overview
Itzhak Perlman (Hebrew: יצחק פרלמן; born August 31, 1945) is an Israeli-American violinist. He has performed worldwide and throughout the United States, in venues that have included a state dinner for Elizabeth II at the White House in 2007, and at the 2009 inauguration of Barack Obama. He has conducted the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Westchester Philharmonic. In 2015, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Perlman has won 16 Grammy Awards, including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and four Emmy Awards.
Early life
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