Itzhak Perlman performed at the United Nation’s 2020 International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust ceremony on Monday, January 27, 2020.

The event’s theme “75 years after Auschwitz — Holocaust Education and Remembrance for Global Justice” focuses on the continued importance of collective action against anti-semitism and other forms of bias 75 years after the Holocaust, and seeks to ensure respect for the dignity and human rights of all people everywhere.

The 2020 United Nations Holocaust Memorial Ceremony was held in the General Assembly Hall, 75 years to the day since the liberation of Auschwitz Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration and extermination camp, in operation from 1940 until 1945.

Melissa Fleming, Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications hosted the ceremony featuring António Guterres, Secretary-General; Tijjani Muhammad-Bande (Nigeria), President of the seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly; Christoph Heusgen, Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations; Danny Danon, Permanent Representative of Israel; Vassily A. Nebenzia, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation; Cherith Norman-Chalet, Acting Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States; Castro Wesamba, Chief of Office, United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect; and Dan Pavel Doghi, Contact Point on Roma and Sinti Issues with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe/Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.

The ceremony is available to view on at webtv.un.org.

The Spokesman Review

“Superstar” is practically an understatement when applied to Perlman. The renowned Israeli musician taught himself to play the violin using a toy fiddle until he was old enough to study at the Shulamit Conservatory and the Academy of Music in his native Tel Aviv.

He gave his first recital at age 10 and moved to America at 13 to study at the Juilliard School.

After his studies, a career that has taken him around the world and back again has followed. He has released 11 albums, including 2015’s “The Perlman Sound,” as well as three with pianist Andre Previn and one with jazz pianist Oscar Peterson. He also teaches and conducts.

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They love Itzhak Perlman in Davis, CA!

This past weekend a sold out audience enjoyed Itzhak Perlman’s personal stories, career highlights, jokes and music during his ‘An Evening With Itzhak Perlman’ performance at the Mondavi Center in Davis, CA.

While Perlman’s sold-out recitals have been delighting local audiences for more than a decade, this evening will be different – an opportunity to get to know the man behind the music as he speaks from the stage, illustrating his stories with music and multimedia. Classical music’s most prominent ambassador, Perlman has been granted a Kennedy Center Honor, a National Medal of Arts, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and a Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation’s highest civilian honor, by President Barack Obama.

Itzhak Perlman’s recording of the Beethoven Violin Concerto with Carlo Maria Giulini and the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Beethoven String Trios with Pinchas Zukerman and Lynn Harrell is available as part of a box set of Beethoven’s Complete Works, out now on Warner Classics.
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