All Itzhak Perlman articles – Page 3

  • PerlmanWhiteHouse1
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    Violinist Itzhak Perlman performs Kreisler at the White House

    2015-07-29T00:00:00Z

    This is a bit like déjÁ vu for me. I remember being a pudgy 13-year-old at fundraiser events, playing at about 11.30 at night, and everybody was tired and wanted to leave - including myself!' Violinist Itzhak Perlman performs Kreisler's Tempo di Minuetto in the Style ...

  • PerlmanSchindler1
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    Violinist Itzhak Perlman performs Schindler's List conducted by John Williams

    2015-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Violinist Itzhak Perlman performs the theme music to Schindler's List live in concert conducted by composer John Williams. Watch an interview with Itzhak Perlman on working with John Williams. Read Itzhak Perlman's blog on practising. Read a special interview with the great virtuoso in celebration of his ...

  • PerlmanSesameStreet1
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    Violinist Itzhak Perlman performs on Sesame Street

    2015-07-22T00:00:00Z

    Violinist Itzhak Perlman performs with the puppet Telly in a classic episode of Sesame Street from 1980. Read Itzhak Perlman's blog on optimum practice length. Read a special interview with the great virtuoso in celebration of his 70th birthday in The Strad's August 2015 issue, out now. ...

  • PerlmanTchaikovsky1
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    Itzhak Perlman performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto

    2015-07-21T00:00:00Z

    Here's violinist Itzhak Perlman in a classic performance of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy. Read Itzhak Perlman's blog on optimum practice length. Read a special interview with the great virtuoso in celebration of his 70th birthday in The Strad's August 2015 ...

  • Perlman_Williams1
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    Violinist Itzhak Perlman on working with John Williams on Schindler's List

    2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

    In Schindler's List there were many places where there was no music at all - and that made it so much more dramatic and meaningful when the music began' Violinist Itzhak Perlman discusses working with film composer John Williams on Schindler's List and Fiddler on the Roof. ...

  • August15Cover
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    The Strad August 2015 issue is out now

    2015-07-17T00:00:00Z

    As he celebrates his 70th birthday, violinist Itzhak Perlman talks about empowering the next generation of string players

  • PerlmanHeifetz1
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    Violinist Itzhak Perlman's first encounter with Jascha Heifetz

    2015-06-08T00:00:00Z

    Your Symphonie Espagnole is very nice, but I would like to hear some scales...' Violinist Itzhak Perlman remembers his first meeting with the great Jascha Heifetz when he played to him as a 14-year-old student at the Juilliard School in New York. Watch Jascha Heifetz put students ...

  • Wieniawski_Perlman1
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    Violinist Itzhak Perlman performs Wieniawski at the age of 14

    2015-05-04T00:00:00Z

    A 14-year-old Itzhak Perlman gives a sensational performance of the third movement of Wieniawski's Second Violin Concerto on US television. Watch Perlman at the age of 13 performing the third movement of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto on the Ed Sullivan Show. Subscribe to The Strad or download our ...

  • Perlman_Goblins1
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    Violinist Itzhak Perlman performs Bazzini’s Dance of the Goblins

    2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

    Itzhak Perlman gives a buoyant performance of Bazzini's Dance of the Goblins in Russia. Watch Maxim Vengerov perform Dance of the Goblins in Amsterdam in 1994. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click ...

  • Perlman_Career1
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    Violinist Itzhak Perlman on building a career in music

    2015-03-06T00:00:00Z

    The most important concert date you will ever have is your second. Securing one concert is fine, but being asked back is the key!' Violinist Itzhak Perlman talks about being diagnosed with Polio, winning competitions and building and sustaining a career. Subscribe to The Strad or download ...

  • Perlman_Tchaikovsky1
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    Itzhak Perlman talks about Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto

    2015-02-17T00:00:00Z

    There are two types of difficulty: technical difficulty, which you can solve when you practise, and then, of course, discomfort. The Tchaikovsky is uncomfortable to play - no matter how much you practise it.' Itzhak Perlamn talks about Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto and demonstrates some passages. Watch Perlman talking ...

  • Devil_Trill1
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    Violinist Itzhak Perlman performs the Devil's Trill Sonata

    2014-12-16T00:00:00Z

    Violinist Itzhak Perlman demonstrates impressive ornamenting skills in Giuseppe Tartini's Devil's Trill Sonata. Discover 7 ways to improve your trills from The Strad's archive. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.

  • Perlman_Talk21
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    Violinist Itzhak Perlman answers student questions

    2014-12-04T00:00:00Z

    I only get nervous when I suffer a memory lapse. That's when my real creative powers are at work - I'm writing new music and it's not always good!' In 1982 violinist Itzhak Perlman visited the Collegiate School in New York and gave frank and often humorous ...

  • Perlman_Masterclass
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    Violinist Itzhak Perlman gives a Russian masterclass

    2014-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Whether you like it or not, a masterclass is not just for the poor person playing † I say poor because there is so much pressure involved † but also for the audience. If you become too technical, you have lost them' † violinist Itzhak Perlman gives ...

  • Perlman_Masterclass
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    Violinist Itzhak Perlman on different playing characteristics

    2014-10-23T00:00:00Z

    Violinist Itzhak Perlman gives a masterclass on achieving different characteristics in performance - and demonstrates 'heavy' and then 'funny' performances of the opening of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues ...

  • PerlmanHands
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    Violinist Itzhak Perlman talks about his large hands

    2014-10-08T00:00:00Z

    My hands are rather big for a violinist so my big, fat fingers have to struggle the further I move up the instrument' Itzhak Perlman talks about how hand size relates to technical challenges on the violin and demonstrates by performing sections of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto Finale. ...

  • Perlman_Beethoven
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    Itzhak Perlman discusses Beethoven's Violin Concerto

    2014-08-27T00:00:00Z

    This is one of the most difficult pieces to play. It's a really simple piece with lots of scales. So there is nothing to hide behind.' Itzhak Perlman talks about overcoming the technical difficulties of Beethoven's Violin Concerto. Read about other leading string players as tutors in ...

  • EndPolio
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    Video: Violinist Itzhak Perlman campaigns for universal polio vaccination

    2014-07-15T00:00:00Z

    The artist contracted the disease when he was four years old

  • PerlmanVib
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    Violinist Itzhak Perlman on vibrato

    2014-07-13T00:00:00Z

    'One of my pet peeves is vibrato, the most underused tool for music-making' Violinist Itzhak Perlman, who is interviewed in The Strad's July 2014 issue, talks about vibrato. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase ...

  • PerlmanPractice
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    Violinist Itzhak Perlman on practising

    2014-07-10T00:00:00Z

    'If you learn something slowly, you forget it slowly. If you learn it quickly, you forget it almost immediately' Violinist Itzhak Perlman, who is interviewed in The Strad's July 2014 issue, answers questions about practice. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part ...