Itzhak Perlman: memories, disappointments and hopes. Awards and youth policy

Recently, absolutely by accident, I discovered the new name of the violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman; to my shame, I had never heard of him before. His unusually expressive performance of Rachmaninov's Vocalise could not leave me indifferent. I looked for more recordings, found some of my favorite works, the musician is truly unique, distinguished by his unique interpretations of the classics.

Vocalise by Rachmaninoff

short biography:
One of the greatest violinists of the second half of the 20th century, Itzhak Perlman, was born in August 1945 in Tel Aviv into a family of Jewish immigrants from Poland. I became interested in the violin after hearing a concert classical music on the radio. At the age of four, Isaac contracted polio and was disabled for the rest of his life. He walks on crutches and plays while sitting. That didn't stop him from doing brilliant career. He began studying violin at the Academy of Music in Tel Aviv, and soon at the Juilliard School in New York with outstanding teachers Ivan Galamyan (Russian violin school) and Dorothy De Lay. His first performance took place on American radio at the age of ten. The violinist's brilliant debut on stage took place in 1963 at Carnegie Hall, and soon he won the American Leventritt Competition.

Since that time, Perlman began to give concerts widely around the world. His game is distinguished fantastic technology, beautiful sound - warm, velvety, rich - and deep penetration into the composer's intention. All styles are subject to him.
Perlman has an incredible number of recordings on best companies world, including jazz compositions with O. Peterson and other jazzists. He participated in the recording of Jerry Bock's Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof. The discs also contain almost all of Perlman's classical violin music. He plays Stradivarius violins from 1714 (the instrument previously belonged to I. Menuhin) and Guarneri from 1743.
The violinist is the winner of four Emmy awards, fifteen Grammy awards, and two Oscars for the soundtracks to the films Schindler's List and Memoirs of a Geisha.

Soundtrack to the film "Schindler's List"

He also performed arias from operas (bass) several times and in 1981 even participated in the recording of Puccini's Tosca, starring Renata Scotto, Placido Domingo and Renato Bruzon.

The musician first came to Russia in the spring of 1990 with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta. It was extraordinary event— for the first time the USSR was visited by an orchestra and a violinist from Israel! The audience went crazy. The author of the article still remembers all the details of these amazing concerts.
Perlman played Tchaikovsky's violin concerto, and how he played! The audience still remembered the sounds of the violins of Oistrakh and Kogan, but the playing of the Israeli violinist was not inferior to them. On solo concert Tartini's sonata "Devil's Trills", E. Bloch's play "Nigun", works by Kreisler, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and others were performed. This concert remained in the memory forever. Then the violinist was accompanied by the wonderful pianist Janet Goodman-Guggenheim. Soon the disc and DVD “Perlman in Russia” was released.

Tchaikovsky - violin concerto - Allegro moderato part I (the image is terrible, but the main thing here is the sound!)

In the winter of the same year, the violinist took part in anniversary concert to the 150th anniversary of the birth of P.I. Tchaikovsky in St. Petersburg, where he performed plays by the great Russian composer with the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yu. Temirkanov.
Perlman's performance was unusually good, and the audience gave him a standing ovation.

Since 1975, Itzhak Perelman has taught in the music department of Brooklyn College and often teaches classes supreme skill(including a class he founded in 1970 in Rochester, New York). In 1986, Perelman's outstanding achievements and contributions to the development of cultural life The United States was awarded the Medal of Freedom, which was presented to him by the country's President Ronald Reagan.

Itzhak Perelman lives in New York with his wife Toby, also a violinist, and they have five children. In 1995, the Perelman couple founded special program studying chamber music in Shelter Island, New York, providing talented young violinists with the opportunity to study and socialize during the summer vacation.

In 2003, Itzhak Perelman created the Dorothy Richard Starling Fund at the Juilliard School of Music for talented young violinists in honor of his teacher Dorothy DeLay. In May 2007, he performed at the White House dinner for the British Queen and the Prince of Edinburgh. Two years later, Perlman took part in the inauguration of President Barack Obama.

What I managed to find and embed from my favorite works:

J. S. Bach "Chaconne from Partita No. 2 d-moll"

Saint-Saens "Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso"

Sarasate "Gypsy tunes"

Kreisler "Prelude and Allegro" (

Itzhak Perlman
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Itzhak Perlman(Perelman, יצחק פרלמן, born 1945, Tel Aviv) is an Israeli violinist.

early years

At the age of four he suffered from polio, which caused paralysis of his legs, so he walks on crutches and can only play while sitting.

Studied at music school“Conservatory Shulamit” and with Ilona Feher at the Tel Aviv Academy of Music named after S. Rubin. Exceptional success allowed Perlman to start at the age of 10 concert activities(the first concert was in Tel Aviv)..

In 1959, after appearing on American television on the Ed Sullivan Show, Perlman, with the support of A. Stern, began studying with I. Galamyan and Dorothy de Lay at the Juilliard School of Music (New York). At that time, his idols were J. Heifetz, D. Oistrakh and A. Stern. On March 5, 1963, Perlman made his successful debut at Carnegie Hall (New York), and won First Prize at the Leventritt Competition in next year gave him the right to perform with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.

Performances and successes

In 1965, Perlman gave a series of concerts in Israel, including with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Subsequent tours in Europe, Northern and South America, Australia and countries Far East cemented his reputation as an outstanding violinist. His technically refined playing is characterized by a bright temperament, energy and expressiveness, combined with the nobility of sound and impeccable interpretation of the works.

Perlman performs in collaboration with such conductors as Yu. Ormandy, K. M. Giulini, B. Haitink, D. Barenboim, Z. Meta, S. Ozawa, in an ensemble with cellist M. Rostropovich (Double Concerto by J. Brahms), violinist and violist P. Zuckerman (Double Concerto by J. S. Bach, “Duets” by L. Spohr), pianist V. Ashkenazy (cycles of sonatas by L. Beethoven and J. Brahms) and others. Many of these performances were recorded on records. Perlman's repertoire also includes works written for him, including violin concertos by American composers I. Kim (1979) and R. Steirer (1981).

Perlman also willingly plays jazz pieces (for example, compositions by A. Previn (born in 1929), his own arrangements for violin of “Ragtimes” by S. Joplin), performs adaptations of Jewish folklore by D. Zeltser (songs “A Yiddishe Mama”, “Reizele ", "Oifn Pripechek" and others). Playing the entire classical repertoire, Perlman periodically performed with klezmer and jazz groups. He also performed the violin solo in the score for the film Schindler's List (1993).

Work in the USA

Since 1975, Perlman has been a member of the music department at Brooklyn College and frequently teaches advanced performance classes (including the class he founded in 1970 in Rochester, New York). In May 1990, Perlman performed P. Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in Moscow, accompanied by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, and in December of the same year with the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra his “Melancholic Serenade” and “Waltz-Scherzo” at the anniversary concert for the 150th anniversary of birth of the composer.

In 1998, he and his wife Toby founded Music program Perlman for encouragement talented performers aged 12 to 18 years.

As a conductor, he has worked with many great orchestras. He has served as Principal Guest Conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra since 2001 and was Music Advisor to the St. Louis (Missouri) Symphony Orchestra from 2002 to 2004.

In addition to 15 Grammy Awards received between 1977 and 1995, Pearlman has been awarded the American Medal of Freedom (1986), the National Medal of Arts (2000), and the Kennedy Center Honors (2003).

Sources

KEE, volume 6, col. 445-446

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One of the greatest violinists of the second half of the 20th century, Itzhak Perlman, was born in August 1945 in Tel Aviv into a family of Jewish immigrants from Poland. WITH early childhood the boy was showing big interest to music, and his gift was obvious.

At the age of four, Isaac contracted polio and was disabled for the rest of his life. He walks on crutches and plays while sitting. This did not stop him from making a brilliant career.

He began studying violin at the Academy of Music in Tel Aviv, and soon at the Juilliard School in New York with outstanding teachers Ivan Galamyan (Russian violin school) and Dorothy De Lay. His first performance took place on American radio at the age of ten. The violinist's brilliant debut on stage took place in 1963 at Carnegie Hall, and soon he won the American Leventritt Competition.

Since that time, Perlman began to give concerts widely around the world. He has appeared on American TV more than once in various programs. His playing is distinguished by fantastic technique, beautiful sound - warm, velvety, rich - and deep penetration into the composer's intention. All styles are subject to him.

The violinist is interested not only in the classical repertoire, he records music for films, for example, for the acclaimed film “Schindler's List” (composer D. Williams). And recently he recorded the music for the film “Memoirs of a Geisha” together with the American cellist Io-Io-Ma. Perlman has an incredible number of recordings on the best companies in the world, including jazz compositions with O. Peterson and other jazzists. He participated in the recording of Jerry Bock's Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof. The discs also contain almost all of Perlman's classical violin music. He plays Stradivarius violins from 1714 (the instrument previously belonged to I. Menuhin) and Guarneri from 1743. The violinist has received a Grammy Award five times - in 1979, 1981, 1982, 1988 and 1991 - more than any other classical musician. In 2008, Perlman received an honorary Grammy award for musical achievements in the field of sound recording, in 1986 he received the Kennedy Center Prize, and President R. Reagan awarded him the Medal of Freedom. In 2000, President Clinton presented him with the National Medal of Arts.

Itzhak Perlman - Melancholic Serenade, op.26 (P. Tchaikovsky)

Perlman played at the 2007 White House reception for Queen Elizabeth and at the 2009 inauguration of President Barack Obama. IN last years the musician became interested in conducting and performed with the Detroit symphony orchestra. Since 2007, Itzhak Perlman has been the chief conductor of the Saint Louis Symphonic Orchestra. Since 1975, the violinist has taught at Brooklyn College.

Three strings

Isaac

Perlman

Jack Riemer

On November 18, 1995, violinist Itzhak Perlman took the stage to give a concert at the Avery Fisher Auditorium at New York's Lincoln Center. If you've ever been to a Perlman concert, you probably know that getting on stage is no small achievement for him.

In childhood this outstanding violinist He had polio, so he has special braces on both legs and walks on two crutches. Watching Perlman walk across the stage, pushing through the pain, taking one step at a time, is an amazing sight. He walks slowly, but nevertheless majestically, until he reaches his chair. Then he slowly sits down, puts the crutches on the floor, unfastens the clamps on his legs, puts one leg under the chair, extending the other forward. Then he bends down and picks up the violin from the floor, presses it with his chin, nods to the conductor and begins to play.

The audience has become accustomed to this ritual, people sit quietly while Perlman moves across the stage to his chair. They watch in silence and respect as he unfastens the clamps. They are waiting for the moment when he is ready to play. But this time something happened. Before he could strike the first few chords, one of the strings of his violin broke. It was impossible not to hear this sound - it sounded in the frozen hall like a gunshot. It was impossible not to understand what this sound meant. It was quite clear what Perlman would now have to do. We understood that he would have to fasten the clamps again, pick up the crutches, stand up and slowly go off stage - to either find another violin, or look for another string to replace the broken one. But the violinist did none of this.

He sat for a minute with his eyes closed, and then gave the signal to the conductor to start over. The orchestra began to play, and Perlman took over where he left off. And he played with such passion, so strongly and purely, like no one had ever heard from him. Of course, everyone knows that it is impossible to fulfill symphonic work on three strings. I know this, and you know it, but that evening Itzhak Perlman refused this knowledge. It was clear that he was modulating, changing, as if composing the play anew in his head. At one point it sounded as if he was detuning the strings to extract new sounds from them that they had never made before.

When Perlman finished, there was deathly silence in the hall for several seconds. It was a silence of shock. And then people jumped out of their seats to express their gratitude to this amazing performer. Non-stop applause shook the hall. We applauded him, screamed with delight, did everything we could to show how grateful we were to the musician for what he had created. He smiled, wiped the sweat from his face, raised his bow to calm the audience, and then

he said - not boastfully, but in a calm, thoughtful, respectful tone: “You know, sometimes the artist’s task is to find out how much music can be made from what you still have left.” What a powerful phrase! She remained in my memory forever. And who knows, maybe this is the definition of life - not only for the artist, but for all of us?

Here is a man who has spent his whole life preparing to make music from a violin with four strings, and who suddenly, in the middle of a concert, finds himself in a situation where he has only three strings; and he creates music on these three strings, and the music he created that evening on three strings was unique, more beautiful and more memorable than anything he had played before on four strings. So maybe our job in this volatile, fast-paced, confused world we live in is to make music first with what we have, and then, when that becomes impossible, to extract it from what we have. What else do we have left?

Translated from English by Eleonora Shifrin, Jerusalem

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BIOGRAPHY

Itzhak Perlman (born August 31, 1945, Tel Aviv) is an American violinist, conductor and teacher of Israeli origin, one of the most famous violinists of the second half of the 20th century.

Born into a family of Jewish immigrants from Poland in Tel Aviv, then part of the British Mandatory Territory of Palestine; grew up in Israel. I became interested in the violin after hearing a classical music concert on the radio. Studied at music academy in Tel Aviv, then at the Juilliard School in the USA with Ivan Galamyan and Dorothy DeLay.

His first performance took place in 1963 at Carnegie Hall. In 1964 he won the prestigious American Leventritt Competition. Soon after this he began performing with personal concerts. In addition, Perlman was invited to various television shows. He played at the White House several times. Perlman is a five-time Grammy Award winner for classical music performance.

At the age of four, Perlman suffered from polio, which forced him to use crutches to get around and play the violin while sitting.

He also performed arias from operas (bass) several times and in 1981 even participated in the recording of Puccini's Tosca, starring Renata Scotto, Placido Domingo and Renato Bruzon.

In addition to classical music, Itzhak Perlman is also known for performing Jewish folk music— instrumental processing folk songs in Yiddish accompanied by Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra (Tradition: Itzhak Perlman plays popular Jewish melodies, 1987) and work with various klezmer groups ( Itzhak Perlman in the Fiddler's House, 1995; Itzhak Perlman Live in the Fiddler's House, 1996); acted as the host of television programs about klezmer music and Jewish folklore, filmed in Yiddish and English language. In 1994, together with pianist Oscar Peterson as part of a quintet, he recorded an album of jazz compositions .

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