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American Masters Jascha Heifetz: God’s Fiddler
Premieres nationwide Thursday, April 16 at 8 p.m. and Friday, April 17 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings)
Film Interviewees (in order of appearance)
Ivry Gitlis , Israeli violinist, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
Itzhak Perlman , child prodigy violinist
Arthur Vered , Heifetz biographer
John Anthony Maltese , Heifetz biographer, Albert Berry Saye Professor and head of the department of political science, University of Georgia
Ayke Agus , child prodigy violinist and pianist, Heifetz’ student, accompanist and longtime companion
Saulius Sondeckis , Lithuanian violinist
Galina Kopytova , Author, Jascha Heifetz: Early Years in Russia
Sergei Stadler , Russian violinist
Nathaniel Rosen , American cellist, former faculty member at the USC Thornton School of Music and the Manhattan School of Music
Ida Haendel , Polish child prodigy violinist
Seymour Lipkin , concert pianist, piano and chamber music faculty member of The Curtis Institute of Music and The Juilliard School, Artistic Director of The Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival and School in Blue Hill, Maine
Marvin Gross , Heifetz’s lawyer for the 40+ years Heifetz lived in Los Angeles
Sherry Kloss , violinist, Heifetz’ student; Heifetz left her his Tononi violin used at his U.S. concert debut at Carnegie Hall (1917) in his will
Endre Granat , leading concertmaster for the Hollywood film industry (Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Henry Mancini, Hans Zimmer, Academy Awards, Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards), Heifetz’ student
Yukiko Kamei, violinist, Heifetz’ student, assistant and played in chamber music performances with Heifetz and Gregor Piatigorsky
Jeffrey Solow , American cello virtuoso, played chamber music with Heifetz’ students, past president of the American String Teachers Association, president of the Violoncello Society, Inc. of New York
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