Itzhak Perlman Lost A $20,000 Violin Then Found It In A Pawn Shop For $15 | Letterman

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  • The talented violinist talks about the time he lost Juilliard's valuable violin only to find it in a pawn shop. (Air date: 6/8/82)
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  • @Elisheval
    @Elisheval ปีที่แล้ว +90

    Nowadays this would have been boiled down to a 5 minute interview. This is a nice, pleasant and respectful conversation.

  • @fabiopaolobarbieri2286
    @fabiopaolobarbieri2286 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    I did not know that Perlman had missed his vocation. He should have been a comedian. I was laughing all the time.

    • @שמעון-ק2ח
      @שמעון-ק2ח ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I wouldn't say so. He has/d a sense of humor, but is rather serious inside, which is good for music.

  • @abrahamrittenhouse4324
    @abrahamrittenhouse4324 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    What a great interview. Itzhak is quite the speaker and very funny.

  • @JCO2002
    @JCO2002 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Perlman's performance of Beethoven's Violin Concerto plays at least once a month at sunset here in my yard in Jamaica. He's brilliant.

  • @cliffsandifer3877
    @cliffsandifer3877 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    And he has a GREAAAAAT sense of humor

  • @mariaschwartz447
    @mariaschwartz447 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I heard him perform, captivating
    Never will forget

  • @patsears4209
    @patsears4209 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Wonderful interview. Itzak is my favorite.

    • @judiesuh6858
      @judiesuh6858 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me too..
      I met Itzak Perlman along with Pinchas Zuckerman and Issac Stern because they were Grenari Trio. I got their autographs because a friend of mine went to music school playing Cello.. it is wonderful memories. Because I was young art school student and I also met young Yo Yo Ma too. What sublime time of my life❤❤

  • @patwilliams800
    @patwilliams800 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Such a gifted, gracious, priceless human! Wonderful interview.

  • @rubanrebalkin
    @rubanrebalkin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    He's the Slash of the violin world.

    • @jazzblues4922
      @jazzblues4922 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      No He's the eric Clapton

    • @jaycee30865
      @jaycee30865 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He’s the buckethead.

  • @frekenbok2755
    @frekenbok2755 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Itzhak Perlman is an amazing person and the best violinist in the whole world ❤

  • @ryansilver5497
    @ryansilver5497 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Thoughtful interview… I like Dave when he’s respectful which I always felt was rare .

    • @artistwintersong7343
      @artistwintersong7343 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I had this idea, too, but probably more in the extreme. This is the first time ever I have felt from watching that Dave gave a respectful, nice interview.

  • @christopherhogan691
    @christopherhogan691 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Great violinist. And great personality.. Have all his (I dont know how many) recordings.. God blessed him.

  • @ximeaguilera2178
    @ximeaguilera2178 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Un gran Maestro, entretenido y con un sentido del humor que se le agradece

  • @imtheman4805
    @imtheman4805 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What an incredible individual … and I never once noticed a handicap.

    • @M_SC
      @M_SC ปีที่แล้ว

      You need to have an eye exam. Blindness isn’t necessary for appreciating a musician or a personality

  • @barbaraweselakfranch1387
    @barbaraweselakfranch1387 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I love so much Maestro ITZHAK PERLMAN, Hy is so amazing and great and so sympatyc!🎻🌹❤️

  • @FredSmith-s5t
    @FredSmith-s5t 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Incredible man incredible talent incredible music!

  • @ellisc.foleyjr9778
    @ellisc.foleyjr9778 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A thoroughly enjoyable appearance. not a 2 minute deal shake his hand and goodbye. I've always liked Itzak very much for his talant. playing skills etc. and that he's in most cases "Just a regualr guy. " no Aires about him he has a talent. and Masterfully used it to give us the pleasure of great music in no matter what era it came or comes from. thanks to Dave and Itzak for this pleasure. ECF

  • @RockStarOscarStern634
    @RockStarOscarStern634 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Good thing that Violin ended up somewhere safe.

  • @jehovahuponyou
    @jehovahuponyou 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    THIS WAS GREAT, THANKS FOR POSTING IT - BRAVO!!!!!!!

  • @joevasquez3434
    @joevasquez3434 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The best in the world and in history; a true genius of geniuses !!

  • @fjmugwump
    @fjmugwump ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Itzak Perlman is Gracious and Surprisingly Likable. Excellent interview, Dave 👍

  • @oldschool8432
    @oldschool8432 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Idk how I why I came across this video an don't even know this guy or listen to violinist but he has a great sense of humor
    A really down to earth person that would be a pleasure to be around

    • @beckyfrazee1508
      @beckyfrazee1508 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You should look up the video of him playing the theme from Schindler's list!

    • @jaycee30865
      @jaycee30865 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Itzhak Perlman: Virtuoso Violinist, I know I played every note
      See that. Here on TH-cam. Brilliant and captivating. Really worth your time.

  • @bcarp
    @bcarp ปีที่แล้ว +13

    4:45 "I'm lucky I'm not associated with any particular kind of music" - this was a decade before Schindler's List, ever since then they won't leave him alone...

    • @ST-gf2ms
      @ST-gf2ms ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Itzhak Perlman's cover of the Schindler theme moves me to tears. Every. Time.

    • @stevepotfora7461
      @stevepotfora7461 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@ST-gf2ms Perlman did not cover the Schindler's List solos. He is the original.

    • @S0ngsyngr
      @S0ngsyngr 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Billy Joel has had him play on at least 1 song & has had him come & play in concert with him.

  • @ivanrodrick5900
    @ivanrodrick5900 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow wonderful interview, so many important things we know about him , he’s so nice & such a humble person, may God always bless him. I was continuously laughing, I felt like I’m present in the interview, specially the violin lost & found.

  • @Redspeciality
    @Redspeciality 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    The reason the old violins cant be reproduced today is the wood. They used wood from very old growth trees that had gone through a mini ice age so the rings of the trees were very close together and the wood very dense. Those trees are all long gone.

    • @lincolnosiris3665
      @lincolnosiris3665 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sure

    • @Thekingpenguin947
      @Thekingpenguin947 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well no. Sorry for responding 9 months on the future, but most old violins are highly sought after for their maker/luthiers, and with the aging of the violin comes the aging of the wood basically, and with this, the wood will be less damped as it ages, it will have changes in tone and projection. The rings of the wood don’t tell us much other than their age, they don’t really affect sound or price.

    • @DavidSmith-ss1cg
      @DavidSmith-ss1cg ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Thekingpenguin947 - Actually, some violins from that time that were heirlooms were eaten by bugs and worms, and ruined. So, when Stradivari made his violins from old-growth wood, he treated the wood with a preservative(there's long been rumors of him using a preservative, but it's often been doubted, usually by instrument collectors and dealers). People from those times knew much more about wood types and grain and stuff like that than people from modern times; it's known that he selected his wood on purpose, and was very picky.
      More recently, scientists tested chips from wood collected from Strads brought in for repairs and tested it in a Geology lab on a spectrum analysis machine(at Texas A&M University; see "Stradivarius Secret Found By Texas Chemist"|Voice of America YTchannel), and the Stradivarius wood samples had traces of sulfer, chlorine and boron, which isn't normally found in wood. The wood preservative(and probably the tens of thousands of hours of playing time) working together are most likely the reason for the Stradivarius and Guernieri unique tones.

    • @RehabProjectSRCB
      @RehabProjectSRCB ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@Thekingpenguin947 The sound will move through the wood in different ways in denser wood. If the wood is denser as in slow growth trees it will vibrate differently as the sound waves pass through the rings, for instance sound waves move slower through denser objects, which would cause more resonance. And since a violin is a resonance chamber that could definitely have an effect on the violin/violas quality. As well as 350years, seasoned wood and time and players breaking it in.

    • @oreodog
      @oreodog 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      All? Source

  • @javierherrera9450
    @javierherrera9450 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was exactly 1 month old when this aired!!

  • @JU5TINPDX
    @JU5TINPDX 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    8:46 amazing how many people in the audience “got” his Mozart joke… we have lost so much culture since this was recorded…

    • @reidwhitton6248
      @reidwhitton6248 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He mentioned budget cuts for the arts. It's taken its toll over the years.

    • @aprilshowersstormtrooper
      @aprilshowersstormtrooper ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Can you please explain the joke?

    • @gregknipe8772
      @gregknipe8772 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      culture is a fluid concept. help April with her question below. I am 63 and don't know the answer either. if wealthy people supported the classical arts as they have for centuries, we would not be talking about public budgets being cut - we'd be naming our generous entrepreneurs. artist certainly can't cover the bills of their work.

    • @JU5TINPDX
      @JU5TINPDX ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@aprilshowersstormtrooper he was talking about how the people studying his violin wanted to “knock” it or hit it to see how it responded…
      Mozart composed an incredibly famous piece called “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” (“a little night music” in English). The german word for night is “nacht” which sounds the same as “knocked”

    • @M_SC
      @M_SC ปีที่แล้ว

      And gained so much it’s well worth it. What a sexist, homophobic, racist culture it was.

  • @nhdad3439
    @nhdad3439 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It would be awesome to grab the violin in the pawn shop

  • @lechenaultia5863
    @lechenaultia5863 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Only this genius could call a Stradivarius a fiddle and get away with it ❤

  • @williamgregory1848
    @williamgregory1848 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    “More than I would guess?”
    “Yes.”
    That wit 😂

  • @frederickwise5238
    @frederickwise5238 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The secret has been determined to be the way the trees grew during the period of the Maunder Minimum.

  • @rus1078
    @rus1078 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    He has a little trouble at the top of the fingerboard? But his high register playing is so beautiful. 😮😂

    • @MatthewChristianMurray
      @MatthewChristianMurray ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It’s less easy for him than the lower registers, meaning he’s probably had to practice it more and thus, counterintuitively, become more skilled up there.

    • @rus1285
      @rus1285 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@@MatthewChristianMurray ahhhhhh. Training, training, training. 😀

  • @lindaross783
    @lindaross783 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    He's charming

  • @fromthepeanutgallery1084
    @fromthepeanutgallery1084 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Funny guy.

  • @stephenjablonsky1941
    @stephenjablonsky1941 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It was interesting that he did not know what "axe" meant to other musicians, but that's OK, he is the best.

    • @M_SC
      @M_SC ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I never heard that before. I’ve played the violin for many years.

    • @stephenjablonsky1941
      @stephenjablonsky1941 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@M_SC Apparently, "axe" is a term used by all musicians except violinists.

    • @stevepotfora7461
      @stevepotfora7461 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Axe is a slang term used by American jazz musicians to describe their instrument. Perlman was always a classical musician and probably only rarely even met a jazz musician and even then, out of respect, they would not use slang.

    • @S0ngsyngr
      @S0ngsyngr 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      New term to me as a singer-

    • @stephenjablonsky1941
      @stephenjablonsky1941 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@S0ngsyngr I have to assume you are not a jazz singer

  • @peretzgarcik
    @peretzgarcik ปีที่แล้ว +1

    At first I thought it was Jorge Costanza a.k.a. Jason Alexander

    • @M_SC
      @M_SC ปีที่แล้ว

      George. Jorge is pronounced horhay

  • @tvviewer4500
    @tvviewer4500 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    @04:25 his hands are huge wow

  • @liamnevilleviolist1809
    @liamnevilleviolist1809 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What you're looking for is at - 9:09

  • @jeffs7915
    @jeffs7915 ปีที่แล้ว

    Today, he would need to address the Kardashians. Now, that's culture.

  • @MICKEYISLOWD
    @MICKEYISLOWD 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You can make a violin sound as good as a Strad! They just say all this because of sentiment. I have listened to many high end violins and they all sound remarkably similar. In fact blind tests show there isn't any real difference. They say the same thing with guitar and it is all not true whatsoever. Strad made superior Violins for his time but even then there were other very high end violins which are just as good today. When we are talking about the violin were are only talking about the body as the neck can be replaced and even the fingerboard and bridge gets replaced many times over 300 yrs of course.

    • @artistwintersong7343
      @artistwintersong7343 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Actually, the entire point went by you. Well, I do mean his respectfully. I really do. Said not with a mean voice but the player knows the difference. That is what he said, that after a certain point we cannot tell but the player can. I just wanted mention that maybe as a vital and essential point to add to your comment.

    • @shlebmo
      @shlebmo ปีที่แล้ว +6

      If you’ve heard the man play you might take him at his word. I play guitar on a top level but I’ll tell you the best guitar player that ever played pales by comparison to the amount of emotion this man can get out of his instrument. In fact I’ve decided that the violin is the most emotional instrument I’ve ever heard upon hearing him. Have some respect. This guy is like Jimi Hendrix or Guthrie Govan to the 100th power

  • @gonzalojosevb
    @gonzalojosevb 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I watched the video because I admire Pearlman's talent and character, but wasn't there a better title for this video? Very sensationalist for an irrelevant anecdote.

  • @yesseldiaz1330
    @yesseldiaz1330 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Omg ,his hands are to big😅

  • @michaelbodine6142
    @michaelbodine6142 ปีที่แล้ว

    what's a Rabid dog to do? about 17 shots, no matter the animal with rabies...which is worse among rodents and cave dwellers.