He played Carnegie Hall at 13 and counts violinist Itzhak Perlman among his musical mentors.

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"YOU ARE ABOUT TO call overseas using RSL Communications' Delta Three Internet network, " squawks the speakerphone in Itzhak Fisher's office.

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"You are about to call overseas using RSL Communications' Delta Three Internet network, " squawks the speakerphone in Itzhak Fisher's Manhattan office.

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DeLay was a Perkins-like figure who trained an amazing roster of late-twentieth-century virtuosos, including Itzhak Perlman, Nigel Kennedy, Midori, and Sarah Chang.

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So I called Itzhak Perlman to find out what he thought.

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At the same time, CPC is facing a lawsuit from a 50% partner on the Domino project, filed by the Katan Group, led by Itzhak Katan.

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Mr Ben-Itzhak said that, as the ability level of children increased, more needed to be done to educate them on how best to use their new skills.

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Itzhak Perlman, for instance, arrived at Juilliard, in 1959, at the age of thirteen, and studied there for eight years, working with both DeLay and Ivan Galamian, another revered instructor.

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But it was Schindler's List, in which he played the accountant, Itzhak Stern, that has perhaps given Ben Kingsley his greatest challenge, having to deal with the horrors of the Holocaust.

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Contrast that to four years ago, when the inaugural ceremony included Aretha Franklin but also classical musicians such as cellist Yo-Yo Ma, violinist Itzhak Perlman and others, and the Hollywood types were largely saved for the evening's balls.

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"Itzhak, the line is not good!"

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