Perlman’s presence amounted to luxury-class casting -– and indeed, not only did he sound comfortable with the tiny glides and assorted appoggiatura of Jewish music, his playing in general was ...

Itzhak Perlman, who turns 75 on August 31, has spent his career crossing over from mainstream to classical, from Jewish to secular.

WORCESTER — Itzhak Perlman can describe his music life very succinctly. "I teach. I conduct. I play," he said. "And those are all tied together. As long as music keeps my interest, that's the ...

The pair met at a music camp, and after hearing him play just once, Toby went to Itzhak’s bunk and proposed to the Israeli virtuoso, then 17. “I was hopelessly in love with him,” she says in ...

Big Sound: Arbie Orenstein (left) and Itzhak Perlman speak at the Center for Jewish History panel on Perlman?s new collaborative CD. Image by Karen Leon By Masha Leon September 28, 2012 ...

Titled “The Soul of Jewish Music,” the show is a dream of Perlman, who was moved the first time he heard Cantor Helfgot and decided that his once-in-a-generation voice deserved a wider audience.

Israeli-American violinist Itzhak Perlman has been awarded this year's "Jewish Nobel" for his accomplishments as a musician, teacher and advocate for the disabled, organizers of the $1 million ...

In March 2011, Itzhak Perlman turned up at a hastily arranged concert in the Saban Theatre, re-exploring his Jewish roots in tandem with the Klezmer Conservatory Band and a force of nature named ...

Perlman was named the winner on Monday of the annual $1 million prize that has been dubbed the “Jewish Nobel.” He joins former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the actor-director ...

4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22. The Gordon Ney Jewish Film Series will be presented by the Jewish Federation of the Quad-Cities at the Figge Art Museum, 225 W. 2nd St., Davenport.

Hauntingly beautiful classical music may be headed to a venue near you. From November 2024 until May 2025, 15-time Grammy-winning violinist Itzhak Perlman has shows lined up all over North America.