Bartok and Perlman

A fascinating encounter between violinists

In this new video, Prof. Fitzpatrick tells a story about meeting with Itzhak Perlman involving Bartok's violin concerto.

Released on March 12, 2025

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Video Transcription

So I was at the Aspen Music Festival and I was walking down the street and I ran into Perlman who saw me and said hello and I said hello back and he said, so Billy what are you working on? And I told him Bartok and Shadow and he said, want to play it for me? And I went, sure.

So we went up to his apartment and I started to play and after a little while he stopped me and goes, you know Billy, sounds like Sausages, you know, like Sausages, you know, wah wah wah, wah wah wah and he started to work with me and he did for about an hour, hour and a half.

I started so good, I was like so happy, I ran back home to my apartment and I went straight to my practice room and started practicing.

Two hours later, it was all gone.

Everything that he got me to do was gone.

I guess I did what he said but I had absolutely no idea what I was doing.
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