Perhaps the most gifted of all violinists born since WWII, Itzhak Perlman is now in the 6th decade of his professional career with his formidable technique and penetrating interpretive powers intact and flourishing. He has taken up conducting in addition to his annual tours as a violinist and his impressive discography continues to grow.

Perlman was a prodigy and was playing with orchestras in Israel by the age of ten. A scholarship allowed him to travel to New York where he studied at the Juilliard School with Ivan Galamian and by 1965, Perlman's international career was well underway.

He has played all the major (and many smaller) music capitals in the world and has been an ardent champion of chamber music as well. He has explored his cultural roots in a series of concerts and recordings as a Klezmer violinist and enjoys playing jazz tool.

His notable recordings of nearly the entire major violin repertoire are constantly available and the Universal labels have (among others) his fine interpretations of the Beethoven Sonatas with Itzhak Perlman.

Perlman was struck down by polio at the age of four but it has never interfered with his career. He has been a champion of polio research and has served as a model for other handicapped men and women who aspire to artistic careers.