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In the latter twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, Itzhak Perlman has been acclaimed as being among the leading violinists before the public, and, without doubt, has been the most visible of them in media venues, from recordings and radio broadcasts to television and film appearances.

No other concert violinist and few other serious musicians have achieved the widespread exposure and popularity attained by Perlman.