Itzhak Perlman

Personal Info

Birthday

August 31, 1945

(79 years old)

Place of Birth

Tel Aviv, Palestine [now Israel]

Itzhak Perlman

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

The Very Best of Victor Borge, Vol. 2

The Trout

The Legendary Victor Borge

Visions of Israel

Filmography

2024
Music by John Williams
as Self - Violinist
Earl.
as Self
2021
Here Today
as Himself
2019
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
2018
Tree of Life: A Concert for Peace and Unity
as Self
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
as Self
2017
Itzhak
as Self
2015
A John Williams Celebration
as Self
2012
Orchestra of Exiles
as Self
Beethoven - Triple Concerto Symphony No. 6
as Self - Conductor
2010
Violin Masters: Two Gentlemen Of Cremona
as Self
2008
A Tribute to Victor Borge
as Himself
Visions of Israel
as Host
2007
The Huberman Festival
as Self - Violin
2004
We Want the Light
as Self
The Legendary Victor Borge
as Host
2003
Beethoven - Choral Fantasy and Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello & Piano
as Self (violinist)
2000
Fantasia 2000
as Self - Host
1999
Music of the Heart
as Self
1996
Everyone Says I Love You
as Self
Small Wonders
as Self
1995
Beethoven: Triple Concerto And Choral Fantasy
as Self
1994
The Greatest Love and the Greatest Sorrow
as Self
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
as Self (archive footage)
1993
Dvorak in Prague: A Celebration
as Self
1992
Beethoven/Brahms - Violin Concertos (Perlman, Barenboim)
as Self
1988
Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special
as Self
1978
Eugene Ormandy / Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky
as Self
Itzhak Perlman: Virtuoso Violinist
as Self
1970
The Trout
as Violinist