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When you play a concerto with a small orchestra, you don't feel it is as important as Carnegie Hall. You try to work out all the little problems. Once that's all done, trust comes in.
Itzhak Perlman
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Itzhak Perlman
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 31
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