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Israeli-American Violinist, Conductor & Teacher • Born 1945 • European Classical & Klezmer Music
Fast Facts
- Grew up in Tel Aviv, Israel, with his parents who moved there from Poland
- Spoke Yiddish as a child
- Wanted to learn violin after hearing it on the radio
- Performs with major orchestras around the world
- Also plays klezmer music, a style from Jewish people in Eastern Europe
- Was the violin soloist in the soundtrack to the film Schindler’s List
- Walks with crutches or rides a motorized scooter because of leg paralysis from the disease polio
- Speaks about the rights of people with disabilities
