Overview

• The violinist remains an active performer with a schedule already filled well into the coming year.
• Television and crossover appearances broadened his reach, from Sesame Street and the U.S. anthem to a duet with Billy Joel, jazz, and klezmer.
• He contracted polio at age four, performs seated, and moved from Jaffa to New York at 13 to study at the Juilliard School.
• Collaborations include work with Plácido Domingo and Yo‑Yo Ma and with leading orchestras in Vienna and Berlin, earning Grammys and honorary doctorates.
• He now plays a 1714 Stradivari formerly owned by Yehudi Menuhin and mentors young musicians through a Shelter Island summer school with his wife.