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MEDIA ALERT: Wednesday Feb. 1, 2012 Superstar Violinist Itzhak Perlman featuring Rohan De Silva at Royce Hall Feb. 16 Performing Schubert, Brahms and Prokofiev **Limited seats available*** Who : Violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman with renowned pianist and frequent collaborator Rohan De Silva. What : Itzhak Perlman enjoys superstar status rarely afforded a classical musician. Beloved for his charm and humanity as well as his talent, he is treasured by audiences throughout the world who respond not only to his remarkable artistry, but also to the irrepressible joy of making music that he communicates. This performance is sponsored by the E. Nakamichi Foundation. Complete Program : SCHUBERT Rondo Brilliant BRAHMS Sonata No. 2 BRAHMS Hungarian Dances (Nos. 9, 2 and 1) PROKOFIEV Sonata No. 2 in D. Major for Violin and Piano Op. 94. When : Thursday, February 16 at 8 p.m. (doors 7 p.m.). A limited number of tickets are still available at uclalive.org , the UCLA Box Office at 310.825.2101, or via Ticketmaster. Where: UCLA Live at Royce Hall. 340 Royce Drive, UCLA Campus. About: UCLA Live presents world-class performing arts with a global perspective, enhancing the experience by engaging, cultivating and developing artists and audiences. Born in Israel in 1945, Itzhak Perlman completed his initial training at the Academy of Music in Tel Aviv. He came to New York and soon was propelled into the international arena with an appearance on the “Ed Sullivan Show” in 1958. Following his studies at the Juilliard School with Ivan Galamian and Dorothy DeLay, Mr. Perlman won the prestigious Leventritt Competition in 1964, which led to a burgeoning worldwide career. Since then, Itzhak Perlman has appeared with every major orchestra and in recitals and festivals around the world. Mr. Perlman is a frequent presence on the conductor’s podium, and through this medium he is further delighting his audiences. A major presence in the performing arts on television, Itzhak Perlman has been honored with four Emmy Awards, most recently for the PBS documentary Fiddling for the Future , a film about the Perlman Music Program and his work as a teacher and conductor there. In February 2008, Itzhak Perlman was honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for excellence in the recording arts. His recordings regularly appear on the best- seller charts and have garnered fifteen Grammy Awards. Rohan De Silva’s partnerships with violin virtuosos Itzhak Perlman, Cho-Liang Lin, Midori, Joshua Bell, Benny Kim, Kyoko Takezawa, Vadim Repin, Gil Shaham, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, and Julian Rachlin have led to highly acclaimed performances at recital venues all over the world. With these and other artists he has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall and Alice Tully Hall, the Kennedy Center, Library of Congress, Philadelphia Academy of Music, Ambassador Theater in Los Angeles, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Wigmore Hall in London, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, the Mozarteum in Salzburg and La Scala in Milan and Tel-Aviv, Israel. He performs frequently with Itzhak Perlman and was seen with Mr. Perlman on PBS’ Live from Lincoln Center broadcast in early January 2000. Press Contact : Jessica Wolf 310.825.7789 or [email protected] Limited press seats available. Press Images: Available for download at http://www.uclalive.org/about/press-images .