University Park, Pa. -- Violinist Itzhak Perlman returns to Penn State for the first time in 14 years to perform a recital with pianist Rohan De Silva at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, in Eisenhower Auditorium.
Hear an exclusive podcast interview with Perlman at http://www.cpa.psu.edu/previews online.
Section one and two tickets for the Center for the Performing Arts presentation are $61 and $51 for adults, $36 and $26 for University Park students and $43 and $33 for people 18 and younger. Buy tickets online at http://www.cpa.psu.edu or by phone at (814) 863-0255. Outside the local calling area, dial (800) ARTS-TIX. Tickets also are on sale at four State College locations: Eisenhower Auditorium, Penn State Tickets Downtown, HUB-Robeson Center and Bryce Jordan Center. A grant from the Penn State Student Activities Fee Funds makes University Park student prices possible.
De Silva, a native of Sri Lanka and, like Perlman, a faculty member at The Juilliard School in New York City, frequently performs with the violinist. The pianist has performed with other violin virtuosos, including Joshua Bell, Midori, Gil Shaham, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and Pinchas Zukerman.
Perlman has earned 15 Grammy Awards, the most recent for "The American Album" with Conductor Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Artistic Viewpoints, an informal discussion featuring violinist James Lyon, a Penn State professor, is offered in Eisenhower Auditorium one hour before the performance and is free for ticket holders. Artistic Viewpoints regularly fills to capacity. Seating is available on a first-arrival basis.