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AM Jascha Heiftez Film Interviewees FINAL Press Contact: Natasha Padilla, WNET, 212.560.8824, [email protected] Press Materials: http://pbs.org/pressroom or http://thirteen.org/pressroom Websites: http://pbs.org/americanmasters , http://facebook.com/americanmasters , @PBSAmerMasters , http://pbsamericanmasters.tumblr.com , http://youtube.com/AmericanMastersPBS , http://instagram.com/pbsamericanmasters , #AmericanMasters 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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