Israeli-American violinist Itzhak Perlman playing in New York in 2009. Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Osmo Vänskä conducts the Minnesota Orchestra in Havana, Cuba in May 2015. Yamil Lage/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Israeli violinist Itzhak Perlman in 2009, playing his Stradivarius during a rehearsal with musicians from the Simón Bolívar National Youth Orchestra in Caracas, Venezuela. Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Itzhak Perlman, who turns 70 on Monday, has been playing the violin for 67 years. Don Hunstein/Warner Classics hide caption
The "stupendous" pairing of Elmo and Gustavo Dudamel on 'Sesame Street' this week. Courtesy of Sesame Street hide caption
A Young Perlman 'Rediscovered'
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