Having performed with every major orchestra and at concert halls around the globe, Perlman was granted a Presidential Medal of Freedom―the nation’s highest civilian honor―by President Obama in 2015, a National Medal of Arts by President Clinton in 2000, and a Medal of Liberty by President Reagan in 1986. Perlman has been honored with 16 Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Kennedy Center Honor, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and a Genesis Prize.

In the 2024/25 season, Perlman celebrates the 30th anniversary of his iconic PBS special In the Fiddler’s House with performances across the country alongside today’s klezmer stars including Hankus Netsky, Andy Statman, and members of the Klezmer Conservatory Band. He is joined by an illustrious group of collaborators—Emanuel Ax, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and the Juilliard String Quartet―in a special Itzhak Perlman and Friends program appearing in select West Coast venues. He continues touring An Evening with Itzhak Perlman, which captures highlights of his career through narrative and multimedia elements intertwined with performance, and plays recitals across North America with pianist Rohan De Silva in their 25th-anniversary season.

Over the past 30 years, Perlman has been devoted to music education, mentoring, alongside his wife Toby, gifted young string players in the Perlman Music Program. With close to 800 alumni, PMP is shaping the future landscape of classical music worldwide.

Perlman has an exclusive series of classes with MasterClass, the premier online education company that enables access to the world’s most brilliant minds, as the company’s first classical-music presenter.