
Itzhak Perlman
Born
1945-08-31
Place of birth
Tel Aviv, Palestine [now Israel]
Biography
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 Orchestra, and the Westchester Philharmonic. In 2015, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He has received 16 Grammy Awards, including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and four Emmy Awards. ...
Known for

Fantasia 2000
Self - Host

Everyone Says I Love You
Self

Music of the Heart
Self

Here Today
Himself

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self (archive footage)

Music by John Williams
Self - Violinist

Before
Drake

American Masters
Self

The Ed Sullivan Show
Self

Great Performances
Self

Itzhak
Self

Billy Joel: And So It Goes
Self

Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
Self

The Kennedy Center Honors
Self