Filter By Subjects
Huberman, Bronislaw Jewish musicians History Perlman, Itzhak 1945- Perlman, Itzhak 1945- Juvenile literature Tizmoret ha-filharmonit ha-Yiśre'elit. Violinists Violinists Biography Violinists Biography Juvenile literature Violinists Poland Biography World War, 1939-1945 Jews RescueFilter By Subjects
Huberman, Bronislaw Jewish musicians History Perlman, Itzhak 1945- Perlman, Itzhak 1945- Juvenile literature Tizmoret ha-filharmonit ha-Yiśre'elit. Violinists Violinists Biography Violinists Biography Juvenile literature Violinists Poland Biography World War, 1939-1945 Jews RescueSummary: Itzhak Perlman's violin playing transcends mere performance to evoke the celebrations and struggles of real life. Alison Chernick's film looks beyond the sublime musician, to see the polio survivor whose parents emigrated from Poland to Israel, the young man who struggled to be taken seriously as a music student when schools saw only his disability. As charming and entrancing as the famous...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC ITZNewman, Tracy
Summary: Before becoming one of the greatest violinists of all time, Itzhak Perlman was simply a boy who loved music. Raised by a poor immigrant family in a tiny Tel Aviv apartment, baby Itzhak was transformed by the sounds from his family’s kitchen radio—graceful classical symphonies, lively klezmer tunes, and soulful cantorial chants. The rich melodies and vibrant rhythms spoke to him like magic,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PERHuberman, Bronislaw
Summary: Tells the story of violinst Bronislaw Huberman and his attempts during Hitler's rise to power to relocate Jewish musicians to Palestine to form what would later become the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2013