The most remarkable thing about Itzhak is that he never got caught up in it. For all intents and purposes he is a "Hollywood" violinist. Multiple Grammys and a boatload of other awards. The awards mean nothing to him, I am sure. They're meaningless. He never succumbed to the fame and fortune. What is important to him is living as normal a life as possible - a violinist and family man is what he wanted to do with his life and that's what he did. I often wondered how he'd do as he got older, traveling the globe to play for audiences. At age 77 he's still doing it. A lesson for us all! Despite being unable to walk, his health must still be great!
I was very impressed with this interview!!! Beautiful questions and answers!!!! Perlman is an intelligent man besides playing the violin beautifully!!!!!
The funny thing is that many of these enormous violin talents like Perlman hated to practice. Oistrakh hated it. Milstein hated it - he said that his mother pushed the violin on him to keep him out of mischief. Then of course, they got farther into their teenage years and realized that music was their reason for living and then they did it. The problem is this - most students sound terrible. And practicing when you still sound terrible is not fun at all. It's like trying to play a sport that you're awful at. That is why you MUST have a good teacher who pushes you and tells you "YOU HAVE THE TALENT. But you have to practice. Someday it WILL pay off if you practice the way I'm telling you to." My teachers told me that too.
Perlman has a lot of children - something like 5 daughters and a son (or 2 sons?) I know his daughter Navah is a pianist but I have never heard him play with her. He has one granddaughter who is a violinist.
Great interview. However this constant theme that violinists are somehow REQUIRED to become virtuosi or they are somehow failures if they end up in a decent orchestra, is rather too common. I'm not saying that Perlman is hinting this necessarily, but these conversations nearly always end up a discussion about the super talented. Does every good plumber need to be a star plumber to feel good about himself? Does a biologist need to become a nobel laureate to feel valid? Of course not. There are thousands of very fine violinists and most of them end up in good orchestras, and others teach and become very good semi pro players. It is very unhealthy for parents and their children to assume they must head for stardom in order to be successful. The other thing to note is that almost all summer camps, schools, masterclasses etc are there to attract exclusively the talented or gifted, most of whom have already been taught extremely well by a local teacher. So, much of the groundwork is often done way before the talented students arrive at these masterclasses.
First of all thank you for posting this video it’s amazing to hear you talk about your childhood and your life I had to smile at one point because I could relate to you when you said the story about being on the airplane and the stewardess spoke to your wife when she saw your scooter come out. And you said it was as if she doubted your level of comprehension because there was a scooter in the picture. I had the same experience when I was stricken with Lyme disease and I was at a concert and my husband and I thought it would be better for me to be in our wheelchair that we use for our son. So we borrowed one of his wheelchairs and my husband was wheeling me around during intermission and someone came up to my husband and asked him if I would like to play with some bubbles? LOL I have to insert an LOL here because my husband and I did not want to be rude and laugh at her but after she left my husband said to me it’s amazing how people see someone in a wheelchair and right away they think they are mentally disabled they draw that conclusion. Now I love people of all walks of life but I think we are probably programmed in certain ways I just wanted to share that little story. Thank you for sharing your gift of music.❤️😃👏🎻
What does their religious faith have to do with it? We probalby could've done fine without Stern and Menuhin. Funny story, a few years ago I saw a shot - incredible photo - of Stern, Menuhin, Francescatti, and Oistrakh. I remember remarking to a friend, "Well, TWO of the greatest violinists who ever lived are in that photograph...the other two? Mehhhh...."
@@user-op6vy3gg2b no, I don't believe so. I was just sharing an anecdote about him being in a photo with three other violinists. Francescatti was French.
@@BenjiOrthopedic Oh I see. I had a chance to study with Jascha Heifetz for 4 years and I was surrounded by jews and I loved their talents and human characters. They are very helpful and friendly and hard working.
@@user-op6vy3gg2b Wow, that's cool. Although I am not old enough to have known Heifetz, I have studied with some of his pupils, or just had a few lessons (at various summer programs) with them. He had students from literally all over the world, of all different religious faiths, or no religious faith. But yes, it would SEEM that some of the most popular violinists in history were in fact Jews. I don't equate that to their violinistic ability though. Never. Either they play well or not, despite their religion.
The most remarkable thing about Itzhak is that he never got caught up in it. For all intents and purposes he is a "Hollywood" violinist. Multiple Grammys and a boatload of other awards. The awards mean nothing to him, I am sure. They're meaningless. He never succumbed to the fame and fortune. What is important to him is living as normal a life as possible - a violinist and family man is what he wanted to do with his life and that's what he did. I often wondered how he'd do as he got older, traveling the globe to play for audiences. At age 77 he's still doing it. A lesson for us all! Despite being unable to walk, his health must still be great!
I was very impressed with this interview!!! Beautiful questions and answers!!!! Perlman is an intelligent man besides playing the violin beautifully!!!!!
Long live the Great Human, Artist, Person Itzhak Perlman.
God bless you Itzhak! We love you and we thank you!
He is not just a masterclass in music, but a masterclass in class itself. A rare breed.
Vous êtes une personne extraordinaire !! Un violoniste de grand Talent Monsieur PERLMAN ❤❤❤❤
Great interview, I love the menschkind in this kind . talented mensch.
Great respect for Mr. Perlman! Greetings from Iran!
I like Itzhak as a person. He's so natural, not stuffy.
robotnik77 Check out his Twitter. He's hilarious.
Thank you for Your video. For me is together very interesting. Ithzak Perlman the best violon 🎻. I like very, very much Ithzak Perlman 🌹
With Maestro Ithzak Perlman is together very interesting. Thank you for your talent, humour, Your character ! 🎻 🌹 ❤️
The funny thing is that many of these enormous violin talents like Perlman hated to practice. Oistrakh hated it. Milstein hated it - he said that his mother pushed the violin on him to keep him out of mischief. Then of course, they got farther into their teenage years and realized that music was their reason for living and then they did it. The problem is this - most students sound terrible. And practicing when you still sound terrible is not fun at all. It's like trying to play a sport that you're awful at. That is why you MUST have a good teacher who pushes you and tells you "YOU HAVE THE TALENT. But you have to practice. Someday it WILL pay off if you practice the way I'm telling you to." My teachers told me that too.
Fabulous interview, one of the best I've watched with him.
A likable person.
Extraordinary interviewer!
Yes, that's right! He is a real intervirewer, he really asked smart questions!
Perlman has a lot of children - something like 5 daughters and a son (or 2 sons?) I know his daughter Navah is a pianist but I have never heard him play with her. He has one granddaughter who is a violinist.
Great interview. However this constant theme that violinists are somehow REQUIRED to become virtuosi or they are somehow failures if they end up in a decent orchestra, is rather too common. I'm not saying that Perlman is hinting this necessarily, but these conversations nearly always end up a discussion about the super talented. Does every good plumber need to be a star plumber to feel good about himself? Does a biologist need to become a nobel laureate to feel valid? Of course not. There are thousands of very fine violinists and most of them end up in good orchestras, and others teach and become very good semi pro players. It is very unhealthy for parents and their children to assume they must head for stardom in order to be successful.
The other thing to note is that almost all summer camps, schools, masterclasses etc are there to attract exclusively the talented or gifted, most of whom have already been taught extremely well by a local teacher. So, much of the groundwork is often done way before the talented students arrive at these masterclasses.
Perlman is a hero! Eric Shumsky
First of all thank you for posting this video it’s amazing to hear you talk about your childhood and your life I had to smile at one point because I could relate to you when you said the story about being on the airplane and the stewardess spoke to your wife when she saw your scooter come out. And you said it was as if she doubted your level of comprehension because there was a scooter in the picture. I had the same experience when I was stricken with Lyme disease and I was at a concert and my husband and I thought it would be better for me to be in our wheelchair that we use for our son. So we borrowed one of his wheelchairs and my husband was wheeling me around during intermission and someone came up to my husband and asked him if I would like to play with some bubbles? LOL I have to insert an LOL here because my husband and I did not want to be rude and laugh at her but after she left my husband said to me it’s amazing how people see someone in a wheelchair and right away they think they are mentally disabled they draw that conclusion. Now I love people of all walks of life but I think we are probably programmed in certain ways I just wanted to share that little story. Thank you for sharing your gift of music.❤️😃👏🎻
Who is the interviewer?
29:03 hypermobility in left thumb. interesting.
What the world would be without Jews? If there were no Mendelssohn? No Bill Gate? No Einstein. Issac Stern. Jascha Heifetz. Menuhin. No Jesus?
What does their religious faith have to do with it? We probalby could've done fine without Stern and Menuhin. Funny story, a few years ago I saw a shot - incredible photo - of Stern, Menuhin, Francescatti, and Oistrakh. I remember remarking to a friend, "Well, TWO of the greatest violinists who ever lived are in that photograph...the other two? Mehhhh...."
@@BenjiOrthopedic Oh, Francescatti also a jew? Very interesting. I am amazed.
@@user-op6vy3gg2b no, I don't believe so. I was just sharing an anecdote about him being in a photo with three other violinists. Francescatti was French.
@@BenjiOrthopedic Oh I see. I had a chance to study with Jascha Heifetz for 4 years and I was surrounded by jews and I loved their talents and human characters. They are very helpful and friendly and hard working.
@@user-op6vy3gg2b Wow, that's cool. Although I am not old enough to have known Heifetz, I have studied with some of his pupils, or just had a few lessons (at various summer programs) with them. He had students from literally all over the world, of all different religious faiths, or no religious faith. But yes, it would SEEM that some of the most popular violinists in history were in fact Jews. I don't equate that to their violinistic ability though. Never. Either they play well or not, despite their religion.