Undeniably the reigning virtuoso of the violin, Itzhak Perlman enjoys superstar status rarely afforded a classical musician. Beloved for his charm and humanity as well as his talent, he is treasured by audiences throughout the world who respond not only to his remarkable artistry, but also to his irrepressible joy for making music.
Having performed with every major orchestra and at concert halls around the globe, Perlman was granted a Presidential Medal of Freedom (the nation’s highest civilian honor) by President Obama in 2015, a Kennedy Center Honor in 2003, a National Medal of Arts from President Clinton in 2000 and a Medal of Liberty by President Reagan in 1986. Perlman has been honored with 16 Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and a Genesis Prize.
In the 2022/23 season, Perlman conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl and the Houston Symphony in Mozart’s Requiem. He is joined by an illustrious group of collaborators — Emanuel Ax, Jean-Yves Thibaudet and the Juilliard String Quartet — in a special Itzhak Perlman and Friends program in only three locations: Toronto’s Roy Thomson Hall, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and Carnegie Hall.
He continues touring in An Evening with Itzhak Perlman, which captures highlights of his career through narrative and multimedia elements intertwined with performance, to Boston, Philadelphia, Long Island, Akron, Austin, Tallahassee and Naples, Florida. He plays season-opening concerts for the Colorado Symphony, Vancouver Symphony and Florida Orchestra, and recitals across the United States with longtime collaborator Rohan de Silva.
He currently serves as artistic partner of the Houston Symphony in a post launched in the 2020-21 season and will culminate at the end of 2023-24. He performs nine programs across three seasons that feature him in versatile appearances as conductor, soloist, recitalist and presenter.
As the company’s first classical-music presenter, Perlman has an exclusive series of classes with Masterclass.com, the premier online education firm that enables access to the world’s most brilliant minds, including Gordon Ramsay, Wolfgang Puck, Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, Helen Mirren, Jodie Foster and Serena Williams.
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