Itzhak Perlman

Itzhak Perlman (born August 31, 1945) is an Israeli violinist and teacher. He is regarded as one of the greatest violinists of the late 20th century, and is certainly one of the most famous. In addition to performing, he has a substantial teaching career, and gives private lessons and master classes on violin and chamber music worldwide. He is currently the Dorothy Richard Starling Chair of Violin Studies at the Juilliard School, the position formerly held by his teacher, Dorothy Delay.

Awards and recognitions

Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance:

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• Daniel Barenboim & Itzhak Perlman for Brahms: The Three Violin Sonatas (1991)
• Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lynn Harrell & Itzhak Perlman for Beethoven: The Complete Piano Trios (1988)
• Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lynn Harrell & Itzhak Perlman for Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor (1982)
• Itzhak Perlman & Pinchas Zukerman for Music for Two Violins (Moszkowski: Suite For Two Violins/Shostakovich: Duets/Prokofiev: Sonata for Two Violins) (1981)
• Itzhak Perlman & Vladimir Ashkenazy for Beethoven: Sonatas for Violin and Piano (*1979)

Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)

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Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)

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Grammy Award for Best Classical Album

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Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical

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