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'''Itzhak Perlman''' ({{langx|he|יִצְחָק פרלמן}}; born August 31, 1945) is an [[Israeli-American]] [[violin]]ist. He has performed worldwide and throughout the [[United States]], in venues that have included a state dinner for [[Elizabeth II]] at the [[White House]] in 2007, and at the [[First inauguration of Barack Obama|2009 inauguration of Barack Obama]]. He has conducted the [[Detroit Symphony Orchestra]], the [[Philadelphia Orchestra]], and the [[Westchester Philharmonic]]. In 2015, he was awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]]. Perlman has won 16 [[Grammy Awards]], including a [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]], and four [[Emmy Awards]].<ref name="AmMstrs">{{cite web |title=Itzhak – Itzhak Perlman Biography |url=http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/itzhak-perlman-biography/10764/ |website=American Masters |publisher=PBS |access-date=September 18, 2019 |date=October 4, 2018}}</ref>

==Early life==
Perlman was born in 1945 in [[Tel Aviv]]. His parents, Chaim and Shoshana Perlman, were [[Jewish]] natives of [[Poland]] and had independently emigrated to [[Mandatory Palestine]] in the mid-1930s before they met and later married. Perlman contracted [[polio]] at age four and has walked using leg braces and crutches since then<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/I-woke-up-and-I-couldnt-walk-This-is-the-polio-that-should-become-just-a-memory-398720 |title='I Woke Up and I Couldn't Walk': This is the Polio That should become Just a Memory|work=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=May 18, 2018}}</ref> and plays the violin while seated. {{as of|2018}}, he uses crutches or an electric scooter for mobility.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/28/nyregion/how-they-roll.html |title=How They Roll |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=December 26, 2014|date=December 26, 2014 |last1=Lee |first1=Ji Hyun }}</ref>

When Perlman was three years old, he sat and listened attentively to a violin recital on the radio, which inspired him to become a violinist. His mother soon bought him a toy violin, and he quickly taught himself to play melodies. His parents tried to enroll him at the [[Shulamit Conservatory]], but he was denied admission for being too small to hold a violin.<ref>{{cite news|title=Israeli Violin Prodigy Admits He Likes Jazz: But Doesn't Play It, Says Lad, 13, Who Overcame Polio to Become Noted Artist |work=Los Angeles Times |date=29 November 1958 |page=B1 |id = {{ProQuest|167374800}}}}</ref> Despite his handicap, he began learning the violin a year later. His first teacher was a café violinist. At age five, Perlman was admitted to the Academy of Music in Tel Aviv (now the [[Buchmann-Mehta School of Music]]), where he studied for eight years with Rivka Goldgart, a violin teacher of Russian origin, and gave his first recital at age ten.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/21349?q=itzhak+perlman&hbutton_search.x=0&hbutton_search.y=0&hbutton_search=search&search=quick&pos=1 |title=Perlman, Itzhak |dictionary=Oxford Music Online |access-date=October 1, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |entry=Perlman, Itzhak |date=20 January 2001 |encyclopedia=Grove Music Online |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.21349 |last1=Potter |first1=Tully }}</ref> He moved to the United States at age 13 to study violin at the [[Juilliard School]] in [[New York City]] and the [[Meadowmount School of Music]] in [[Essex County, New York]],<ref name="AmMstrs"/> with [[Ivan Galamian]] and his assistant [[Dorothy DeLay]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-musicians/perlman-itzhak-biography |title=Perlman, Itzhak Biography: Contemporary Musicians |publisher=Enotes.com |access-date=July 1, 2011}}</ref>

==Career==

===Performing===
[[File:Ed Sullivan - Itzhak Perlman 1958.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Ed Sullivan]] congratulates 13-year-old Perlman after a concert (1958)]] 
Perlman gained national attention when he appeared on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' twice in 1958, and again in 1964, on the same show with the [[Rolling Stones]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Duration:&nbsp;60 min |url=http://www.ovguide.com/tv_episode/the-ed-sullivan-show-season-12-episode-8-itzhak-perlman-carol-lawrence-larry-kert-film-ed-sullivan-visits-jerusalem-27092 |title=Watch The Ed Sullivan Show Season 12 Episode 8 Itzhak Perlman / Carol Lawrence & Larry Kert / Film: Ed Sullivan Visits Jerusalem |publisher=Ovguide.com |access-date=July 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317061806/http://www.ovguide.com/tv_episode/the-ed-sullivan-show-season-12-episode-8-itzhak-perlman-carol-lawrence-larry-kert-film-ed-sullivan-visits-jerusalem-27092 |archive-date=March 17, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> His performances on the show included pieces such as [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov|Rimsky-Korsakov]]'s "[[Flight of the Bumblebee]]", [[Henryk Wieniawski|Wieniawski]]'s "Polonaise Brillante", and [[Felix Mendelssohn|Mendelssohn]]'s [[Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn)|violin concerto]].<ref name="auto">{{cite web |last1=Predota |first1=Georg |title=On This Day 31 August: Itzhak Perlman Was Born |url=https://interlude.hk/on-this-day-31-august-itzhak-perlman-was-born/ |website=Interlude |access-date=February 27, 2023 |date=August 31, 2022}}</ref> In 1963 and 1964, Perlman made appearances with the [[National Orchestral Association|National Orchestra Association]] in [[Violin Concerto No. 1 (Wieniawski)|Wieniawski's Violin Concerto No. 1]], the [[New York Youth Symphony|New York Youth Orchestra]] in [[Violin Concerto (Beethoven)|Beethoven's Violin Concerto]], and with the [[Detroit Symphony Orchestra]].<ref>{{cite web |title=1965 May 09 Subscription |url=https://archives.nyphil.org/index.php/artifact/42e59c25-50ee-4455-8131-7b5afb7dc4f7-0.1/fullview#page/8/mode/2up |website=NY Phil Archives |date=May 9, 1965 |access-date=February 8, 2024}}</ref>

With the [[Zionist Organization of America]]'s sponsorship, Perlman began touring cities in the U.S. and Canada as a soloist, and quickly established himself as a leading virtuoso.<ref name="auto"/> He made his [[Carnegie Hall]] debut performing Wieniawski's Violin Concerto No. 1 in 1963 and won the [[Leventritt Competition]] in 1964.<ref name="AmMstrs"/> From 1964 to 1966, Perlman embarked on his first notable concert tour in the United States, performed in 30 cities, including [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], [[Cleveland]], [[Detroit]], [[Pittsburgh]], [[Denver]], [[Honolulu]], [[Indianapolis]], [[Los Angeles]], [[Minneapolis]], [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]], [[Seattle]], and [[St. Louis]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Boston Symphony Orchestra Eighty-Sixth Season 1966-1967: Eleventh Program |url=https://archive.org/details/bostonsymphonysub6667bost/page/n645/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Perlman |website=Archive.org |access-date=February 1, 2024 |pages=645}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Itzhak Perlman: Virtuoso of the Violin |url=https://achievement.org/achiever/itzhak-perlman/ |website=Academy of Achievement}}</ref> Perlman returned twice to the [[Ed Sullivan Show]] in 1964. During the later part of 1964, Perlman gave several concerts in Israel, a tour that concluded with the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto at the [[Mann Auditorium]] in [[Tel Aviv]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Predota |first1=George |title=On This Day 31 August: Itzhak Perlman Was Born |url=https://interlude.hk/on-this-day-31-august-itzhak-perlman-was-born/ |website=Interlude |access-date=February 1, 2024 |date=August 31, 2022}}</ref>

Perlman first appeared with the [[New York Philharmonic]] at the [[David Geffen Hall|Philharmonic Hall]] as a soloist on May 9, 1965, playing [[Violin Concerto No. 1 (Bruch)|Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1]] under [[William Steinberg]].<ref>{{cite web |title=1965 May 09 / Subscription Season / Steinberg |url=https://archives.nyphil.org/index.php/artifact/42e59c25-50ee-4455-8131-7b5afb7dc4f7-0.1/fullview#page/1/mode/2up |website=Archives New York Philharmonic |date=May 9, 1965 |access-date=February 1, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=New York Philharmonic Daily Digital Archives |url=https://archives.nyphil.org/index.php/dailydocument/2020-05 |website=New York Phil |access-date=January 17, 2024}}</ref> He debuted with the [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]] with the same concerto on February 17, 1966.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cariaga |first1=Daniel |title=MUSIC REVIEW : Good News Follows Perlman to Bowl |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-07-12-ca-2081-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |date=Jul 12, 1991}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=HE LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC CONCLUDES ITS 2012 SUMMER CLASSICAL SEASON AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL WITH ITZHAK PERLMAN PERFORMING TCHAIKOVSKY |url=https://www.laphil.com/press/releases/1273 |website=LaPhil |access-date=February 1, 2024}}</ref> In 1965, Perlman debuted with the [[Cleveland Orchestra]] at [[Severance Hall]] in [[Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto|Tchaikovsky's Violin Concert]] under [[Louis Lane]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rosenberg |first1=Donald |title=The Cleveland Orchestra Story: "second to none" |date=2000 |publisher=Gray |page=365 |isbn=978-1-886228-24-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CU99mBhbcxoC&q=itzhak%20perlman%20cleveland%20orchestra%20debut |access-date=February 1, 2024}}</ref> He debuted with the [[Chicago Symphony Orchestra]] at the [[Ravinia Festival]] on August 4, 1966, in [[Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto|Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto]] with conductor [[Thomas Schippers]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Classical Music: Chicago Plans 3 Subscription Pkgs. |magazine=Billboard |date=September 17, 1966 |volume=72}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Ravinia Festival Opens June 28 |journal=Musical Leader and Concert Goer |date=1966 |volume=98 |issue=9 |page=5}}</ref> Perlman made his debut with the [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]] on December 16, 1966, playing [[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev]]'s [[Violin Concerto No. 2 (Prokofiev)|Violin Concerto No. 2]] under [[Erich Leinsdorf]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Boston Symphony Orchestra Eighty-Sixth Season 1966-1967: Eleventh Program |url=https://archive.org/details/bostonsymphonysub6667bost/page/n645/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Perlman |website=Archive.org |access-date=February 1, 2024 |pages=645}}</ref>

[[File:Itzhak Perlman violinist 1984.jpg|thumb|upright|Perlman in 1984]]
Starting in the late 1960s, Perlman began to tour Europe. He debuted with the [[London Symphony Orchestra]] in 1968, performing Tchaikovky's violin concerto under the direction of [[André Previn]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Concert Annals: LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - 1964 - 1974 |url=http://cpp.orangeleaf.org/concert-annals-index/ |website=Orange Leaf}}</ref> On May 25, 1972, Perlman debuted with the Berlin Philharmonic with the same concerto.<ref>{{cite web |title=WayBackWednesday |url=https://twitter.com/BerlinPhil/status/1529402244575158272 |website=Twitter |publisher=Berlin Philharmoniker |access-date=February 8, 2024 |date=May 25, 2022}}</ref> This was shortly followed by his debut at the [[Salzburg Festival]] with a solo performance of [[Rondo in B minor for violin and piano, D 895 (Schubert)|Schubert's Rondo]] and [[Fantasy for violin and piano (Schubert)|Fantasy for Violin and Piano]] and [[Violin Sonata No. 3 (Brahms)|Brahms's Violin Sonata No. 3]] with [[Joseph Kalichstein]] on August 19, 1972. The next day, Perlman performed Mozart's [[Violin Concerto No. 4 (Mozart)|Violin Concerto No. 4]] with the [[Vienna Philharmonic]] under [[Claudio Abbado]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Itzhak Perlman |url=https://www.thirteen.org/publicarts/violin/perlman.html |website=thirteen.org |access-date=February 23, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SALZBURG FESTIVAL ARCHIVE: Repertoire Archive 1972 |url=https://archive.salzburgerfestspiele.at/en/archive/j/1972 |website=Salzburger Festspiele |access-date=February 8, 2024}}</ref> In the following years, Perlman toured as a soloist worldwide.

In addition to an extensive recording and performance career, Perlman has continued to make appearances on television shows such as ''[[The Tonight Show]]'' and ''[[Sesame Street]]'' as well as playing at a number of [[White House]] functions.

Although Perlman has never been billed or marketed as a singer, he sang the role of "Un carceriere" ("a jailer") on a 1981 [[EMI]] recording of [[Giacomo Puccini|Puccini's]] "[[Tosca]]" that featured [[Renata Scotto]], [[Plácido Domingo]], and [[Renato Bruson]], with [[James Levine]] conducting. He had earlier sung the role in an excerpt from the opera on a 1980 Pension Fund Benefit Concert telecast as part of the [[Live from Lincoln Center]] series with [[Luciano Pavarotti]] as Cavaradossi and [[Zubin Mehta]] conducting the [[New York Philharmonic]].

On July 5, 1986, Perlman performed at the [[New York Philharmonic]]'s tribute to the 100th anniversary of the [[Statue of Liberty]], which was televised live on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1986-07-05/features/8602090161_1_liberty-weekend-liberty-festivities-great-lawn |title=Liberty Receives Classical Salute, Sun Sentinel, July 5, 1986 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223012824/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1986-07-05/features/8602090161_1_liberty-weekend-liberty-festivities-great-lawn |archive-date=February 23, 2015 }}</ref> The orchestra, conducted by Mehta, performed in [[Central Park]].

In 1987, Perlman joined the [[Israel Philharmonic Orchestra]] (IPO) for its concerts in [[Warsaw]] and [[Budapest]] as well as other cities in [[Eastern bloc]] countries. He toured with the IPO in the spring of 1990 for its first-ever performance in the [[Soviet Union]], with concerts in [[Moscow]] and [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]], and again in 1994, performing in [[China]] and [[India]].

In 2015, on a classical music program titled ''The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center'' produced by [[WQXR-FM|WQXR]] in New York City, it was revealed that Perlman performed the uncredited violin solo on the 1989 [[Billy Joel]] song "[[The Downeaster Alexa]]".

While primarily a solo artist, Perlman has performed with a number of other musicians, including [[Yo-Yo Ma]], [[Pinchas Zukerman]], [[Jessye Norman]], [[Vladimir Ashkenazy]], [[Isaac Stern]], and [[Yuri Temirkanov]] at the 150th anniversary celebration of [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky]] in Leningrad in December 1990.

As well as playing and recording the classical music for which he is best known, Perlman has also played [[jazz]], including an album made with jazz pianist [[Oscar Peterson]]; [[klezmer]]; and [[bluegrass music]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk2eR1epPMs | title=John Denver and Itzhak Perlman playing Bluegrass | website=[[YouTube]] | date=December 30, 2011 }}</ref> He has been a soloist in a number of film scores, such as the theme of the [[1993 film]] ''[[Schindler's List]]'' by [[John Williams]], which won an [[Academy Award for Best Original Score]]. More recently, he was the violin soloist in the [[2005 film]] ''[[Memoirs of a Geisha (film)|Memoirs of a Geisha]]'' along with cellist [[Yo-Yo Ma]]. Perlman played selections from the musical scores of the movies nominated for "Best Original Score" at the [[73rd Academy Awards]] with Ma<ref>{{cite book |last=Pincus |first=Andrew  |date=2002 |title=Musicians with a Mission: Keeping the Classical Tradition Alive |url= |location= |publisher=UPNE |page=47 |isbn=9781555535162}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/photos/ny-academy-awards-oscars-2001-after-parties-20210422-qbwzwvijsbgczfzl2gc73pixbm-photogallery.html|title=20 years later: Stars at the 2001 Academy Awards and after-parties|date=April 21, 2021|website=New York Daily News}}</ref> and at the [[78th Academy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2020/jan/14/itzhak-perlman-at-the-fox-is-example-of-quintessen/|title=Itzhak Perlman at the Fox is the epitome of true mastery &#124; The Spokesman-Review|website=www.spokesman.com|date=January 14, 2020 }}</ref>

===Selected performances===
[[File:ItzhakPerlmanWhitehouse2.jpg|thumb|Perlman at the White House in 2007]]
Perlman played at the state dinner attended by Queen Elizabeth II on May 7, 2007, in the East Room at the [[White House]].<ref>{{cite press release |title=News releases for May 2007 |url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2007/05/images/20070507_p050707sc-1032-1-515h.html |date=May 7, 2007 |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |access-date=September 4, 2007}}</ref>

He performed [[John Williams]]'s "[[Air and Simple Gifts]]" at the [[First inauguration of Barack Obama|2009 inauguration ceremony]] for [[Barack Obama]] along with [[Yo-Yo Ma]] (cello), [[Gabriela Montero]] (piano), and [[Anthony McGill (musician)|Anthony McGill]] (clarinet). The quartet played live, but the music played simultaneously over speakers and on television was a recording made two days earlier due to concerns that the cold weather could damage the instruments. Perlman was quoted as saying: "It would have been a disaster if we had done it any other way."<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/obama_inauguration/7846472.stm Quartet pre-recorded Obama music]. BBC News (January 23, 2009).</ref>

He made an appearance in Disney's ''[[Fantasia 2000]]'' to introduce the segment ''[[Pines of Rome]]'', along with [[Steve Martin]].

On November 2, 2018, Perlman reprised the 60th anniversary of his first appearance on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' as a guest on ''[[The Late Show with Stephen Colbert]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slippedisc.com/2018/11/60-years-on-itzhak-perlman-reprises-his-ed-sullivan-appearance/|title=60 Years On, Itzhak Perlman Reprises His Ed Sullivan Appearance.|date=November 3, 2018|author=Norman Lebrecht|publisher=slippeddisc.com}}</ref>

==Teaching==
In 1975, Perlman accepted a faculty post at the Conservatory of Music at [[Brooklyn College]]. In 2003, he was named the Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Chair in Violin Studies at the Juilliard School, succeeding his teacher, [[Dorothy DeLay]]. He also teaches students one-on-one at the Perlman Music Program on Long Island, NY, rarely holding master classes.

===The Perlman Music Program===
The [[Perlman Music Program]], founded in 1994 by Perlman's wife, Toby Perlman, and Suki Sandler, started as a summer camp for exceptional string musicians between the ages of 12 and 18.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gateway.proquest.com.ezproxy1.library.arizona.edu/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:iimp:&rft_dat=xri:iimp:article:fulltext:iimp00163565 |title=The Perlman Music Program: Toby's Project Grows and Grows |publisher=Strings |access-date=October 1, 2011}}</ref> Over time, it expanded to a yearlong program. Students have the chance to have Perlman coach them before they play at venues such as the [[Sutton Place Synagogue]] and public schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gateway.proquest.com.ezproxy1.library.arizona.edu/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:iimp:&rft_dat=xri:iimp:article:citation:iimp00170081 |title=Perlmans' Proteges: The Perlman Music Program |publisher=Strings |access-date=October 1, 2011}}</ref> By introducing students to each other and requiring them to practice together, the program strives to have musicians who would otherwise practice alone develop a network of friends and colleagues. Rather than remain isolated, participants in the program find an area where they belong.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gateway.proquest.com.ezproxy1.library.arizona.edu/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:iimp:&rft_dat=xri:iimp:article:fulltext:iimp00170084 |title=Perlman Student Stirling Trent |publisher=Strings |access-date=October 1, 2011}}</ref>

===Conducting===
At the beginning of the new millennium, Perlman began to conduct.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1957&dat=20000821&id=VIhGAAAAIBAJ&pg=1729,4990881|title=The Daily Gazette – Google News Archive Search|access-date=July 3, 2016}}</ref> He took the post of principal guest conductor at the [[Detroit Symphony Orchestra]]. He served as music advisor to the [[Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra]] from 2002 to 2004. In November 2007, the [[Westchester Philharmonic]] announced his appointment as artistic director and principal conductor. His first concert in these roles was on October 11, 2008, in an all-[[Beethoven]] program featuring pianist [[Leon Fleisher]] performing the [[Emperor Concerto]].

==Instruments==
Perlman plays the ''[[Soil Stradivarius]]'' violin of 1714, formerly owned by [[Yehudi Menuhin]] and considered one of the finest violins made during [[Antonio Stradivari|Stradivari]]'s "golden period." Perlman also plays the [[Guarneri|Guarneri del Gesù 1743 'Sauret']]<ref name="cozio">{{cite web|url=http://cozio.com/musician.aspx?id%3D107 |title=Cozio.com – comprehensive information about antique Italian stringed instruments |access-date=October 16, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825190954/http://www.cozio.com/Musician.aspx?id=107 |archive-date=August 25, 2012 }}</ref> and the [[Kreisler Bergonzi|Carlo Bergonzi 1740 'ex-Kreisler']].

==Personal life==
Perlman lives in New York City with his wife, Toby, also a classically trained violinist. They have five children, including [[Navah Perlman]], a [[concert pianist]] and [[chamber music]]ian. Perlman is a distant cousin of the Canadian comic and television personality [[Howie Mandel]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jun-21-tv-61937-story.html | title=New Afternoon Arrival | work=Los Angeles Times | date=June 21, 1998 | access-date=July 24, 2014 | author=Brownfield, Paul}}</ref> He has [[synesthesia]] and was interviewed for ''Tasting the Universe'' by Maureen Seaberg, which is about the condition.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qd1EDwAAQBAJ&q=itzhak+perlman|title=Tasting the Universe: People Who See Colors in Words and Rainbows in Symphonies|last=Seaberg|first=Maureen|isbn=978-1-60163-667-6|year=2011|publisher=Red Wheel/Weiser }}</ref>

== Discography ==
===From 1960s===
* ''Prokofieff: Concerto No.2 in G Minor / Sibelius: Concerto in D Minor'' (RCA Victor, 1967)
* ''Franck: Sonata for Violin & Piano (Vladimir Ashkenazy) in A Major / Brahms: Trio for Violin, Horn (Barry Tuckwell) and Piano in E flat Major'' (London Records, 1969)
* ''Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole / Ravel: Tzigane'' (RCA Gold Seal, 1969)

===From 1970s===
* ''Prokofiev: Sonatas for Violin and Piano, No. 1, Op.80 / No.2, Op. 94a'' (RCA Red Seal, 1969 & RCA Gold Seal, 1975)
* ''The 24 Caprices, Op.1 by Paganini'' ([[Angel Records]], 1972)
* ''Bach: Double Concerto in D Minor, Violin Concerto No.2 in E, Violin Concerto in G Minor'' (Angel 1972)
* ''Wieniawski: The Two Violin Concertos'' (Angel, 1973)
* ''Bartok: Violin Concerto No.2'' (Angel, 1974)
* ''Perpetual Motion'' (Angel, 1974)
* ''Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto / Dvořák: Romance'' (RCA Gold Seal, 1975)
* ''Ravel; Saint-Saëns; Chausson'' (Angel, 1975)
* ''Paganini; Giuliani: Duos for Violin & Guitar (John Williams)'' (CBS, 1976)
* ''Sibelius Violin Concerto / Prokofieff Violin Concerto No.2'' (RCA, 1976)
* ''Itzhak Perlman plays Stravinsky'' (1976)
* ''Itzhak Perlman plays Fritz Kreisler'' (1976)
* ''Itzhak Perlman plays Fritz Kreisler, Volume 2'' (1977)
* ''Goldmark: Violin Concerto No.1 / Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen'' (Angel, 1977)
* ''Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 / Violin Concerto No.2 in D Minor, Op.44'' (Angel, 1977)
* ''Duets for Two Violins'' (Angel, 1977)
* ''Beethoven: Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Volume 4'' (London Records, 1977)
* ''Brahms: Violin Concerto'' (Angel, 1977)
* ''Vieuxtemps: Violin Concertos No.4 in D Minor / No.5 in A Minor'' (Angel, 1978)
* ''First Recording of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto'' ([[Quintessence Records]], 1978)
* ''Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major & Serenade Melancolique'' (Angel, 1979)
* ''Virtuoso Violinist'' (Angel, 1979)
* ''Berg: Violin Concertos'' (Deutsche Grammophon, 1979)
* ''Beethoven: Sonatas for Violin and Piano'' (London Records, 1979)
* ''Encores'' (Angel, 1979)
* ''Dohnanyi: Serenade / Beethoven: Serenade'' (Columbia Masterworks, 1979)

===From 1980s===
* ''The Spanish Album'' (Angel, 1980)
* ''Itzhak Perlman plays Fritz Kreisler, Volume 3'' (1980)
* ''Berg: Violin Concerto / Stravinsky: Violin Concerto'' (Deutsche Grammophon, 1980)
* ''Itzhak Perlman & Pinchas Zukerman Play Music for Two Violins'' (1980)
* ''Sibelius: Violin Concerto / Sinding: Suite in A Minor'' (Angel, 1980)
* ''[[A Different Kind of Blues]]'' (EMI/Angel, 1980)
* ''It's a Breeze'' (EMI/Angel, 1981)
* ''Bartok Duos For Two Violins'' (Angel, 1981)
* ''Itzhak Perlman'' (Great Performers series, 1981)
* ''The Great Romantic Violin Concertos'' (Angel, 1981)
* ''Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Op.61'' (EMI, 1981)
* ''Korngold: Concerto in D / Conus: Concerto in E Minor'' (EMI, 1981)
* ''Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole / Berlioz: Reverie Et Caprice'' (Deutsche Grammophon, 1981)
* ''The Two Violin Concertos by Prokofiev'' (Angel, 1982)
* ''Elgar: Violin Concerto'' (Deutsche Grammophon, 1982)
* ''Beethoven: Violin Sonatas, Kreutzer - Spring'' (London Records, 1983)
* ''Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3 & 5'' (Deutsche Grammophon, 1983)
* ''Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No.3 / Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No.2'' (Deutsche Grammophon, 1983)
* ''Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole / Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No.3'' (Deutsche Grammophon, 1983)
* ''Bach: Double Concerto, with Isaac Stern'' (CBS Records, 1983)
* ''Chausson: Concert for Violin, Piano and String Quartet'' (CBS Masterworks, 1983)
* ''Kim: Violin Concerto / Starer: Violin Concerto'' (Angel, 1984)
* ''Khatchaturian: Violin Concerto / Tchaikovsky: Meditation Op.42, No.1'' (Angel, 1984)
* ''Vivaldi: Four Violin Concertos'' (Angel, 1984)
* ''Mozart: Violin Sonatas, K.301, 302, 303 & 304'' (Deutsche Grammophon, 1984)
* ''Mendelssohn: Concerto in E Minor / Concerto No.1 in G Minor'' (Angel, 1984)
* ''Bach: Violin Concertos in D Minor & G Minor / Concerto for Violin & Oboe in C Minor'' (Angel, 1984)
* ''Brahms: The Sonatas for Violin and Piano / Sonatensatz / Four Hungarian Dances'' (Angel, 1985)
* ''Dvořák: Sonatine in G, Four Romantic Pieces; Smetana: From My Homeland'' (Angel, 1985)
* ''Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante K.364 / Concertone K.190'' (Deutsche Grammophon, 1985)
* ''Violinkonzerte Nos. 3 & 4 by W.A. Mozart'' (1986)
* ''Mozart: The 5 Violin Concertos'' (Deutsche Grammophon, 1986)
* ''Mozart: Violin Concerto No.1, Adagio K.261, Rondo K.373, Rondo K.261a'' (Deutsche Grammophon, 1986)
* ''Tradition: Itzhak Perlman Plays Jewish Melodies'' (1987)
* ''Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor, Op.50'' (EMI, 1987)
* ''My Favourite Kreisler'' (Angel, 1987)
* ''Dvořák: Violin Concerto, Romance'' (EMI, 1987)
* ''Bach: Sonatas and Partitas'' (EMI, 1988)
* ''A Tribute To Jascha Heifetz'' (EMI, 1989)

===From 1990s===
* ''Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto'' (1990)
* ''Saint-Saëns; Sarasate; Chausson / Ravel'' (Deutsche Grammophon, 1990)
* ''Brahms: The 3 Violin Sonatas'' (Sony Classical, 1990)
* ''Mozart: Sonatas for Piano and Violin, K.378, K.379 & K.380'' (DG, 1990)
* ''24 Caprices: Paganini'' (EMI, 1991)
* ''Paganini: Violin Concerto no.1 / Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy'' (EMI, 1991)
* ''Mozart: Sonatas for Piano and Violin, K.526 & K.547'' (DG, 1991)
* ''Vivaldi: Four Violin Concertos'' (EMI, 1991)
* ''Vivaldi: The Four Seasons'' (EMI, 1991)
* ''Mozart: Duos for Violin & Viola / Leclair: Sonata for 2 Violins'' (RCA Victor, 1991)
* ''Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / 3 Violin Concertos'' (1992)
* ''Castelnuovo-Tedesco & Ben-Haim: Violin Concertos'' (EMI, 1992)
* ''Brahms: Violin Concerto'' (EMI, 1992)
* ''The Art of Itzhak Perlman'' (1993)
* ''Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas / Concerto No.2'' (1994)
* ''Bits and Pieces'' (EMI, 1994)
* ''The American Album'' (EMI, 1994)
* ''[[Dvořák in Prague: A Celebration]]'' (Sony Classical, 1994, and Kultur Video, 2007)
* ''The American Album'' (1995)
* ''In the Fiddler's House'' (1995)
* ''A La Carte'' (EMI, 1995)
* ''Wieniawski by Itzhak Perlman'' (EMI, 1995)
* ''Live In The Fiddler's House'' (Angel, 1996)
* ''Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1'' (EMI, 1997)
* ''Cinema Serenade'' (Sony Classical, 1997)
* ''Stravinsky: Violin Concerto / Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No.2'' (Teldec, 1997)
* ''Brahms: Double Concerto / Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto'' (Teldec, 1997)
* ''Holiday Tradition'' (1998)
* ''Brahms: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3'' (EMI, 1998)
* ''Itzhak Perlman's Greatest Hits'' (EMI, 1998)
* ''[[Concertos from My Childhood]]'' (EMI, 1999)

===After 2000===
* ''Violin Concertos / Romance'' (RCA Red Seal 1968, BMG Classics, 2000)
* ''Mozart: Violin Concerto No.3'' (EMI, 2002)
* ''Classic Perlman - Rhapsody'' (2002)
* ''Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas'' (Decca, 2002)
* ''The Perlman Edition: Tradition'' (EMI, 2003)
* ''Perlman Rediscovered'' (2004)
* ''The Essential Itzhak Perlman'' (Sony Classical, 2009)
* ''Eternal Echoes: Songs and Dances for the Soul '' (Sony Classical, 2012) with [[Yitzchak Meir Helfgot]]
* ''Itzhak Perlman & Emanuel Ax: Fauré & Strauss Violin Sonatas'' (Universal Music Classics/Deutsche Grammophon, 2015)
* ''The Perlman Sound'' (Warner Classics, 2015)
* ''Schumann – Bach – Brahms'' (Warner Classics, 2016)
* ''The Art of Itzhak Perlman'' (Sony Classical, 2016)

'''With [[Andre Previn]]'''
* ''The Easy Winners'' (Angel Records, 1975 / EMI, 1986)

'''With [[Placido Domingo]]'''
* ''Together'' (EMI, 1991)

'''With [[Oscar Peterson]]'''
* ''Side by Side'' (TELARC CD-83341 1994)

==Honors and awards==
*[[File:The GENESIS Prize 2016 Press Event (27289506693).jpg|thumb|Perlman being interviewed in the Genesis Prize 2016 Press Event]]1964: [[Leventritt Competition]] – Winner
*1977: [[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)]]: [[Antonio Vivaldi]]: The Four Seasons
*1978: [[Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance]]:Beethoven: Sonatas for Violin and Piano (w/ [[Vladimir Ashkenazy]])
*1978: [[Grammy Award for Best Classical Album]]: Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D 
*1980: [[Grammy Award]]: Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra): The Spanish Album
*1980: [[Grammy Award]]: [[Best Chamber Music Performance]]: Music for Two Violins (w/ [[Pinchas Zukerman]])
*1980: [[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)]]: Brahms Violin and Cello Concerto in A Minor (w/ Mstislav Rostropovich) (TIE)
*1980: [[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)]]: Berg: Violin Concerto/Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D (TIE)
*1981: [[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)]]: Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration (w/ [[Isaac Stern]] & [[Pinchas Zukerman]])
*1981: [[Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance]]: [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky]]: Piano Trio in A Minor (w/ [[Lynn Harrell]] & [[Vladimir Ashkenazy]])
*1982: [[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)]]: Elgar: Violin Concerto in B Minor
*1987: [[Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance]]: [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]: The Complete Piano Trios (w/ [[Lynn Harrell]] & [[Vladimir Ashkenazy]])
*1987: [[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)]]: Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 2 and 4 
*1990: [[Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance]]: [[Johannes Brahms|Brahms]]: The Three Violin Sonatas (w/ [[Daniel Barenboim]])
*1990: [[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)]]: Shostakovich Violin Concerto No.1 in A Minor/GlazunovL Violin Concerto in A Minor
*1995: [[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)]]: The American Album—Works of Bernstein, Barber, Foss
*1997: Elected member of the [[American Philosophical Society]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=APS Member History|url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Itzhak+Perlman&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced|access-date=2021-12-09|website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref>
*2003: [[Kennedy Center Honors]]
*April 1980: ''[[Newsweek magazine]]'' featured Mr.&nbsp;Perlman with a cover story.<ref name="sonynewsweek">{{cite web|title=Newsweek cover story 1980|url=http://www.sonyclassical.com/artists/perlman/bio.html|access-date=March 25, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20020914010036/http%3A//www.sonyclassical.com/artists/perlman/bio.html|archive-date=September 14, 2002}}</ref>
*1986: Honored with the [[Medal of Liberty]] by President Reagan.<ref name="sonyawards">{{cite web|title=Perlman awards|url=http://www.sonyclassical.com/artists/perlman/bio.html|access-date=March 25, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20020914010036/http%3A//www.sonyclassical.com/artists/perlman/bio.html|archive-date=September 14, 2002}}</ref>
*1992: [[Emmy Award]]: Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts: Perlman in Russia
*1994: Emmy Award: Outstanding Individual Achievement: Cultural Programming
*1996: Emmy Award: Outstanding Cultural Music-Dance Program: Itzhak Perlman: In the Fiddler's House
*1999: Emmy Award: Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program: Itzhak Perlman: Fiddling for the Future
*2000: Awarded the [[National Medal of Arts]] by President Clinton<ref name="sonyawards"/>
*2002: Elected member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]
*2005: Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]] presented by Awards Council member [[Elie Wiesel]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=   https://www.achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=2005 |title=2005 Summit Highlights Photo | url=https://achievement.org/summit/2005/|quote= Itzhak Perlman, 2005 Academy guest of honor and legendary violinist and conductor, at Jazz at Lincoln Center.}}</ref>
*2008: [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]]
*2015: Awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] by President Obama<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/11/16/president-obama-names-recipients-presidential-medal-freedom |title=President Obama Names Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom | access-date=November 16, 2015 |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |date=November 16, 2015}}</ref><ref>Phil Helsel – [http://www.aol.com/article/2015/11/24/obama-honoring-spielberg-streisand-and-more-with-medal-of-freed/21272337/?icid=maing-grid7%7Chtmlws-sb-bb%7Cdl3%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D-40526639 "Obama honoring Spielberg, Streisand and more with medal of freedom,"] [[NBC News]], November 24, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2015.</ref>
*2016: Awarded the [[Genesis Prize]] by the Prime Minister of Israel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.genesisprize.org/|title=Genesis Prize|access-date=May 7, 2015}}</ref>
*2017: Subject of the documentary ''Itzhak'' directed by [[Alison Chernick]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Verongos|first1=Helen T.|title=Review: 'Itzhak,' the Man and the Musician|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/08/movies/itzhak-review-itzhak-perlman.html|access-date=March 15, 2018|work=The New York Times|date=March 8, 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Itzhak Perlman}}
*[http://www.primoartists.com/artists/itzhak-perlman/ Itzhak Perlman Primo Artists] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506104228/http://www.primoartists.com/artists/itzhak-perlman/ |date=May 6, 2015 }}
*{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=q8179}}
*{{IMDb name|0674221}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060619064907/http://www.concertartist.info/biog/PER001.html Itzhak Perlman biography] in the World Concert Artist Directory
*{{C-SPAN|47657}}
*{{Charlie Rose guest|42}} 
*{{cite web|title= Itzhak Perlman Biography and Interview |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url= https://achievement.org/achiever/itzhak-perlman/#interview}}
*[https://www.pbs.org/video/itzhak-otldjz/ PBS American Masters: Itzhak]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111228152814/http://www.stradviolin.com/itzhak-perlman-captivates-san-antonio.html Itzhak Perlman question and answer session], March 19, 2011
*[https://perlmanmusicprogram.org The Perlman Music Program]

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