Mon Sep 24 2001 at 2:52:04
Isaac Stern is possibly the most well-known violinist of the 20th
century. In over sixty years as a professional musician, Stern has
worked with many great composers, and acted as a mentor for many younger
musicians including Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman and Yo-Yo Ma.
With more than
one hundred classical recordings, Isaac Stern is
the most recorded musical artist of our time.
Stern was born on July 21, 1920 in Kremnets, Russia (now
Ukraine). When Isaac was ten months old, his parents moved to San
Francisco to flee from the Russian Revolution. Isaac was first
trained in music (piano) by his mother at age seven and began taking