Navah Perlman
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Navah Perlman is a concert pianist. Her parents are violinist
s Toby and Itzhak Perlman
.
Perlman performed as a soloist
with the Greater Miami Youth Symphony Orchestra in 1984, and made her professional debut at age 15 with the Charleston
Symphony Orchestra in 1986.
Perlman graduated from Brown University
in 1992, having switched her major from music to art
. She also studied at Juilliard.
, and battled it for the next 5 years.
As of 2008, she and her husband Robert D. Frost have four children.
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
s Toby and Itzhak Perlman
Itzhak Perlman
Itzhak Perlman is an Israeli-born violinist, conductor, and instructor of master classes. He is regarded as one of the pre-eminent violinists of the 20th and early-21st centuries.-Early life:...
.
Perlman performed as a soloist
Solo (music)
In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...
with the Greater Miami Youth Symphony Orchestra in 1984, and made her professional debut at age 15 with the Charleston
Charleston, West Virginia
Charleston is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha Rivers in Kanawha County. As of the 2010 census, it has a population of 51,400, and its metropolitan area 304,214. It is the county seat of Kanawha County.Early...
Symphony Orchestra in 1986.
Perlman graduated from Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
in 1992, having switched her major from music to art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
. She also studied at Juilliard.
Personal life
At age 19, she began showing symptoms of rheumatoid arthritisRheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, systemic inflammatory disorder that may affect many tissues and organs, but principally attacks synovial joints. The process produces an inflammatory response of the synovium secondary to hyperplasia of synovial cells, excess synovial fluid, and the development...
, and battled it for the next 5 years.
As of 2008, she and her husband Robert D. Frost have four children.
Piano works
- Piano Works 2000 EMIEMI RecordsEMI Records is the flagship record label founded by the EMI company in 1972 and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia label. The EMI label was launched worldwide...
- The Rose Album 2002 Oxingale Records
- Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-3, 6-8; Ballet Arrangements 2009 EMI Classics
External links
- Navah Perlman at IMG ArtistsIMG ArtistsIMG Artists LLC is a top universal performing arts management corporation that was acquired by International Management Group in 1984. Chairman and CEO of IMG, Mark McCormack, bought out Hamlen/Landau, a small, New York based artist-management music agency, founded by Charles Hamlen and Edna...
- Navah Perlman at last.fmLast.fmLast.fm is a music website, founded in the United Kingdom in 2002. It has claimed 30 million active users in March 2009. On 30 May 2007, CBS Interactive acquired Last.fm for UK£140m ....
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