Ivry gitlis violinist interview

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The Violin Channel recently caught up with Israeli-born violinist, Ivry Gitlis | We sat him down for a fun game of VC 20 Questions – to help....

It feels like a betrayal to mark Ivry Gitlis’s 90th birthday.

When I met the great violinist in Paris, he railed against the idea: ‘People are so obsessed by age – it’s their problem. According to the rules I should be dead by now, but I don’t feel like it!’ He doesn’t act like it, either.

Gitlis’s light shines as brightly as ever.

Steven Isserlis is joined by Israeli virtuoso violinist and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Ivry Gitlis to talk about his life in music.

The veteran virtuoso gave a wide-ranging interview to Ariane Todes, on topics from teaching and managers to emotion, conflict and playing with his friend.

The Violin Channel recently caught up with Israeli-born violinist, Ivry Gitlis | We sat him down for a fun game of VC 20 Questions – to help.

VC recently caught up with legendary violinist Ivry Gitlis for a fun game of VC 20 Questions – to help gain some fascinating insight into the man behind the.

When conductors and managers happily say of a soloist, 'He's very reliable', it's really a terrible thing.

Wherever you go with him things happen – famous violinists turn up; ladies flirt; children offer their portraits of him; film directors phone. Gitlis has a way of engaging with people and with life that is as passionate as ever. ‘I’m not looking for things to happen and either they do or they don’t, but I don’t run away,’ he shrugs.

This, after all, is the man who, as well as making famous recordings of the classics, worked alongside Marcel Marceau, John Lennon, François Truffaut and poet Léo Ferré, a man who is forever connecting with people, be they taxi drivers, African orphans, rock stars or intellectuals.

As his friend the cellist Steven Isserlis