Navah Miriam Perlman is a concert pianist and chamber musician. Her parents are violinists Toby and Itzhak Perlman.
Education and career
Perlman performed as a soloist with the Greater Miami Youth Symphony Orchestra in 1984, and the Los Angeles American Youth Symphony Orchestra in 1985,.1 and made her professional debut at age 15 with the Charleston West Virginia Symphony Orchestra in 1986.2
Perlman graduated from Brown University in 1992,3 having switched her major from music to art. She also studied at Juilliard.4
In addition to her solo piano career, she frequently performs chamber music, including with violinist Philippe Quint and cellist Zuill Bailey as the Perlman/Quint/Bailey Trio.5 She is the Artistic Director of LPS Pro Musica in Lake Placid, New York.
Personal life
At age 19, she began showing symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis.6 As of 2008, she and her husband Robert D. Frost have four children.7
Discography
- Prokofiev solo piano works, performing Four Pieces from Romeo and Juliet opus 75 (2009). EMI Classics CD 6 95590 2
- Piano trios by Schubert and Shostakovich, with cellist Zuill Bailey and violinist Giora Schmidt (2008). Telarc CD
- The Rose Album, performing David Popper's Requiem for Three Cellos and Piano opus 66, with cellists Matt Haimovitz, Sara Sant'Ambrogio, and Zuill Bailey (2002). Oxingale Records CD OX2002
- Piano Works, Debut, performing piano solos by Bach, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Chopin, and Prokofiev (2000). EMI Classics CD 5 74019 2
External links
- Navah Perlman at IMG Artists
- Perlman/Quint/Bailey Trio at IMG Artists
- Navah Perlman at last.fm
- Album Credits Allmusic
References
"Perlman, 13, shows talent runs in family". Miami Herald. April 24, 1984. Retrieved 2009-07-10. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_text_direct-0=0EB35F65D0E1783E&p_field_direct-0=document_id ↩
"Perlman Daughter Debuts". Ocala Star-Banner. May 5, 1986. Retrieved 2012-06-16. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gyETAAAAIBAJ&pg=4606,2990099&dq=navah-perlman ↩
"Navah Perlman, Robert D. Frost". New York Times. June 15, 1992. Retrieved 2009-07-10. https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/15/style/navah-perlman-robert-d-frost.html ↩
Blankenship, Bill (November 4, 2001). "Trio presents new work at Lied Center". Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved 2009-07-10. http://cjonline.com/stories/110401/ent_pianotrio.shtml ↩
"Navah Perlman (Piano) - Short Biography". www.bach-cantatas.com. Retrieved 2018-06-04. http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Perlman-Navah.htm ↩
"Pianist Navah Perlman opens Springs symphony season". The Gazette (Colorado Springs). September 11, 1998. Retrieved 2009-07-10. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_text_direct-0=0F34B916C6A8DDAE&p_field_direct-0=document_id ↩
Peterson, Kristen (February 15, 2008). "Pianist - punchy, witty, clever, and funny, yes. Dull, no". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved 2009-07-10. http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/feb/15/pianist-punchy-witty-clever-and-funny-yes-dull-no/ ↩