Itzhak Perlman is an Israeli violinist. He is regarded as one of the greatest violinists of the late 20th century, and is certainly among the most famous.
Perlman appeared on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" and performed with The Roots in February, 2011.
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Perlman has been a soloist for a number of movie scores. He was the soloist for the score of Schindler's List by John Williams, which subsequently won an Academy Award for Best Score. More recently, he was the violin soloist for Memoirs of a Geisha, along with Yo-Yo Ma. While being a soloist, Perlman has performed with a number of other famous musicians. Some of these include Jessye Norman, and Yuri Termirkanov (for the 150th anniversary of Tchaikovsky).
As well as playing and recording the classical music for which he is best known, Perlman has also played jazz and klezmer. Recently, he has also begun to conduct, taking the post of Principal Guest Conductor at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.