The program includes Bach’s Sonata No. 3 in E Major, Strauss’ spirited Sonata for Violin and Piano in E-flat Major and Poulenc’s tragic Sonata for Violin and Piano.

Perlman and De Silva recently performed at the State Dinner for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, hosted by President George W. Bush and Mrs. Bush at the White House. The duo regularly tours Japan and in August 2002, their tour of the Far East included performances in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. In spring of 2006, they toured with Pinchas Zukerman with stops in Chicago, Boston, New York and Washington DC. Perlman’s recordings regularly appear on best-seller charts and have garnered 15 Grammy awards. His latest Grammy was awarded for the American Album with Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

The Los Angeles Philharmonic's Colburn Celebrity Recitals offer virtuoso performances by world-renowned artists. Remaining performances include: pianist Lang Lang (March 4, 2008), violinist Midori (April 13, 2008), violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter (April 8, 2008).

Undeniably the reigning virtuoso of the violin, ITZHAK PERLMAN enjoys superstar status rarely afforded a classical musician. Born in Israel in 1945, Perlman completed his initial training at the Academy of Music in Tel Aviv and went on to study at the Juilliard School. Following his studies there with Ivan Galamian and Dorothy DeLay, Perlman won the prestigious Leventritt Competition in 1964, which led to a burgeoning worldwide career. Since then, he has appeared with every major orchestra and in recitals and festivals around the world. From 2002 to 2004 Perlman was Music Advisor of the St. Louis Symphony where he made regular conducting appearances, and was Principal Guest Conductor of the Detroit Symphony from 2001 to 2005. During the 2007/08 season he conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the San Francisco Symphony, the New World Symphony and the Toronto Symphony. Internationally, Perlman has conducted the Berlin Philharmonic, the Concertgebouw Orchestra, the London Philharmonic, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Tonhalle Orchestra and the Israel Philharmonic. As soloist, he continues to visit major centers throughout the world. Highlights of his 2007/08 season include summer performances with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Mann Center and Saratoga Performing Arts Center and with the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood; recitals throughout Europe and the United States including London, Paris, Brussels, Zurich, Boston and Los Angeles; and a tour of Japan where he will be heard both in recital and with orchestra. Perlman also appears with students from the Perlman Music Program in a three-concert series at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. A major presence in the performing arts on television, Perlman has been honored with four Emmy Awards and has entertained and enlightened millions of TV viewers of all ages on popular shows as diverse as The Late Show with David Letterman, Sesame Street, and the Grammy awards telecasts.

In March 2006, a worldwide audience in the hundreds of millions saw him perform live on the 78th Annual Academy Awards telecast, playing a medley from the five film scores nominated in the category of Best Original Score. His most recent releases include an all-Mozart recording with the Berlin Philharmonic (EMI) with Perlman as both soloist and conductor, and a recording for Deutsche Grammophon for which he conducts the Israel Philharmonic.

Over the past decade he has become more actively involved in educational activities teaching full time at the Perlman Music Program each summer since it was founded and currently holding the Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Chair at the Juilliard School. Harvard, Yale, Brandeis, Roosevelt, Yeshiva and Hebrew universities are among the institutions that have awarded him honorary degrees, and he was awarded an honorary doctorate and a centennial medal on the occasion of Juilliard’s 100th commencement ceremony in May 2005. In December 2000, President Clinton awarded Perlman the National Medal of Arts. His presence on stage, on camera and in personal appearances of all kinds speaks eloquently on behalf of the disabled, and his devotion to their cause is an integral part of his life. -- www.laphil.com