Mar 14 2024

Itzhak Perlman 1945-


Itzhak Perlman (伊扎克·帕尔曼; 1945- ) is an Israeli-American violinist, who was born in Tel Aviv on August 31, 1945. His parents, Chaim and Shoshana Perlman were both Polish Jew, moved from Poland to had immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in the mid-1930s; met there and eventually got married. At age 4, he contracted polio and walked with a crutches since. He had a toy violin at age 3, bought by his mother. The rest, is a history.