Saturday 2 July 2016

With $1 million Genesis Prize, violinist Itzhak Perlman eyes a more inclusive world

But as Perlman sat down to play this time in 1995, one of the strings on his violin broke. The audience assumed that Perlman would have to find another violin or another string for the one he was using — delaying the concert. Instead, Perlman waited a moment, closed his eyes and signaled for the conductor to begin. He played the entire concerto on just three strings.

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