Itzhak Perlman and Rohan De Silva to Perform at Walt Disney Concert Hall, 1/21

WHAT: Renowned celebrity violinist Itzhak Perlman graces the Walt Disney Concert Hall stage with his talented recital partner, pianist Rohan De Silva, Wednesday, January 21, at 8 pm. The performance is part of the LA Phil's 2014/15Colburn Celebrity Recitals series and one of many joint appearances by Perlman and De Silva this season.

The program begins with the duo performing Beethoven's Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 8 in G major, Op. 30, No. 3, one of the three sonatas of Op. 30 dedicated to Tsar Alexander I, whom the composer admired. Next is Grieg's Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45, the most popular of the composer's three violin sonatas. Following intermission, Perlman and De Silva perform Ravel's Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major, a work inspired by the composer's love of jazz and blues. Additional works are to be announced from the stage.

The Colburn Celebrity Recitals series for the 2014/15 season present virtuoso performances by world-renowned artists. Remaining recitals for the season are: pianist Sir András Schiff (February 18 and March 4); pianist Murray Perahia (March 15); pianist Lang Lang (March 22); and pianist Hélène Grimaud (April 14).

Undeniably the reigning virtuoso of the violin, 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 his irrepressible joy for making music. The 2014/15 season takes Perlman to both new and familiar major centers throughout the world, including two special and much-anticipated appearances in New York. In the fall of 2014, he performed opening-gala concerts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel in a tribute to John Williams, with the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Ottawa and Pinchas Zukerman, and with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Jaap van Zweden. In addition to his performance in Los Angeles, he and longtime collaborator, pianist Rohan De Silva, make recital appearances in Boston, Toronto and San Francisco; Perlman especially looks forward to returning to Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center for his first New York recital appearance in seven years. His conducting appearances include the Israel Philharmonic with Daniil Trifonov as soloist, Houston Symphony, and Seattle Symphony. Perlman continues to celebrate the rich tradition of Jewish and klezmer music this season with a 20th-anniversary return of his highly popular In the Fiddler's House program in a much-anticipated appearance at Carnegie Hall in March 2015.

Rohan De Silva's partnerships with violin virtuosos Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Cho-Liang Lin, Midori, Joshua Bell, Benny Kim, Kyoko Takezawa, Vadim Repin, Gil Shaham, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Julian Rachlin, James Ehnes, and Rodney Friend have led to highly acclaimed performances at recital venues all over the world. With these and other artists he has performed on the stages of 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, La Scala in Milan, and in Tel-Aviv, Israel. De Silva's festival appearances include Aspen, Ravinia, Interlochen, Seattle Chamber Music, Manchester, Schleswig-Holstein, Pacific Music Festival, and the Wellington Arts Festival in New Zealand. He has performed chamber music in Beijing with the American String Quartet and has appeared in recital worldwide with Itzhak Perlman. In 2014/15, De Silva appears with Perlman in cities across North America, including New York, Boston, Hartford, Toronto, Nashville, San Francisco and La Jolla, among others.

Complete program:

BEETHOVEN Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 8 in G major, Op. 30, No. 3

GRIEG Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45

RAVEL Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major

Additional works to be announced from the stage

For full artists biographies, please visit: laphil.com

WHO: ITZHAK PERLMAN, violin

ROHAN DE SILVA, piano

WHEN: Wednesday, January 21, 2015, at 8 PM

WHERE: WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL

111 S. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles

HOW TO PURCHASE:

Single tickets for the Los Angeles Philharmonic's 2014/15 season at Walt Disney Concert Hall are currently available. To purchase, please visit LAPhil.com, the Walt Disney Concert Hall Box Office or any Ticketmaster outlet. To order by phone with credit card, please call the Walt Disney Concert Hall Box Office at 323.850.2000, or Ticketmaster at 800.745.3000. For more information, please call 323.850.2000.

CONTACT: Sophie Jefferies, 213.972.3422, sjefferies@laphil.org

Lisa White, 213.972.3408, lwhite@laphil.org