The two and a half-year-old could sing on key opera arias that he heard on the radio, and at age three and a half the toddler asked for a violin, which his parents bought for him at a local thrift store. Shortly after Itzhak was born his talent became evident. Perlman ’s parents, Chaim and Shoshana, met and married in Israel, to which they had separately emigrated in the 1930s. “No one comes anywhere near him in what he can physically do with the violin. “His talent is utterly limitless, ” violinist and friend Isaac Stern told Newsweek ’s Annalyn Swan. His albums of classical violin pieces consistently top the best-seller charts, and he is widely known to the public from televised performances and talk show appearances. Perlman has performed with orchestras and in recitals throughout the world, earning record sums. His warm, lyrical sound, formidable technique and musicianship, and rapport with audiences have led to his superstar status. Itzhak Perlman is one of the most famous and sought-after international violin virtuosos of the latter twentieth century.

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