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2020-12-24T17:14:00+00:00 In the August 2012 issue, 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 Jascha Heifetz 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. Wherever you go with him ...

4,030 shares In this photograph taken on August 9, 2011, Israeli violinist Ivry Gitlis performs during a rehearsal with Una Stella Baroque musical ensemble in Marseille, southern France. (Bertrand Langlois/AFP) PARIS, France — Israeli virtuoso violinist Ivry Gitlis has died in Paris aged 98, his family told AFP Thursday. As one of the modern greats of classical music, he not only performed with the best orchestras in the world but never stopped experimenting, seeking new fans far beyond the elite. Gitlis was as comfortable playing with the Rolling Stones or jazzman Stephane Grapelli a...

While in point of fact rosin dust could have hygienic implications for someone with severe respiratory issues, still, it seemed rather outrageous and compounded the sadness to think that he wanted to play but was not permitted to do so. Thank you for clarifying things, Mr. Isserlis, and our sympathies on the passing of your friend. One could see the increasing physical effort it was for him to play (one feared for both violin and bow) in those most recent videos (which caused so much difference of opinion amongst his admirers, but now that is all water over the dam and mean nothing).

0 shares Some 40 Israelis are feared to be carrying the new, more infectious strain of the coronavirus that originated in Britain, the Walla news website reports. The report says a Health Ministry lab has received genetic results that are different from those seen with the normal variant. There is no final confirmation yet. I'm proud to work at The Times of Israel I’ll tell you the truth: Life here in Israel isn’t always easy. But it's full of beauty and meaning. I'm proud to work at The Times of Israel alongside colleagues who pour their hearts into their work day in, day ou...

1 shares Hundreds of Israeli travelers who returned from the United Arab Emirates in recent days landed in Israel only to find out that their suitcases stayed in Dubai, Channel 12 news reports. The report says the reason is a malfunction at the Dubai airport. “I returned from Dubai on Tuesday, and I and half our flight simply haven’t gotten our luggage,” says traveler Nicole Roitman, adding that airport staff told her there was no point in making inquiries since “nobody will answer.” Additionally, hundreds of travelers who landed today from Dubai are refusing to be taken to co...