Itzhak Perlman Quotes


This young wine may have a lot of tannins now, but in five or 10 years it is going to be spectacular, despite the fact that right now it tastes like crude oil. You know this is how it is supposed to taste at this stage of development.


Citations

Perlman, Itzhak. "Interview with Itzhak Perlman." The New York Times, 12 Jan. 2003, p. AR5.

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Itzhak Perlman
Itzhak Perlman
  • Born: August 31, 1945
  • Nationality: Israeli
  • Profession: Violinist, Conductor, Music Teacher

Itzhak Perlman is an Israeli-American violinist, conductor, and music teacher. Over the course of his career Perlman has performed worldwide, and throughout the United States, in venues that have included a State Dinner at the White House honoring Queen Elizabeth II, and at the Presidential Inauguration of President Obama. He has conducted the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Westchester Philharmonic. In 2015, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He has been awarded 16 Grammy Awards, including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and four Emmy Awards.