Today is Israeli-American Violin Virtuoso Itzhak Perlman’s Birthday [ON-THIS-DAY]

Today is Israeli-American violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman’s 71st birthday.

A protege of Ivan Galamian and Dorothy DeLay, Maestro Perlman is widely regarded as one the greatest violinists of the 20th and 21st Centuries.

He currently performs on the 1714 ‘Soil’ Stradivarius, formerly owned by Yehudi Menuhin – and serves a coveted teaching position at The Juilliard School.

ITHZHAK PERLMAN | SARASATE | ZIGEUNERWEIZEN | JAMES LEVINE

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBDmAxSFt6A&showinfo=0&autohide=1

ITZHAK PERLMAN & YO-YO MA | DVORAK | HUMORESQUE 

 

ITZHAK PERLMAN | BAZZINI | LA RONDE DES LUNTINS 

 

ITZHAK PERLMAN & BILLY JOEL | THE DOWNEASTER ALEXA