American musician

Isaac Stern

Western classical music

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American musician

Genres

Western classical music

Awards Received

Léonie Sonning Music Prize

Wolf Prize in Arts

Kennedy Center Honors

Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)

Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance

National Medal of Arts

Presidential Medal of Freedom

Polar Music Prize

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

Gramophone Award for Lifetime Achievement

Library of Congress Living Legend

Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Music

Member of, past and present

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Stern at his 60th birthday concert at Lincoln Center, 1980

Isaac Stern (July 21, 1920 – September 22, 2001) was an American violinist.

Born in Poland, Stern came to the US when he was 14 months old. Stern performed both nationally and internationally, notably touring the Soviet Union and China, and performing extensively in Israel, a country to which he had close ties since shortly after its founding.

Stern received extensive recognition for his work, including winning the Presidential Medal of Freedom and six Grammy Awards, and being named to the French Legion of Honour. The Isaac Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall bears his name, due to his role in saving the venue from demolition in the 1960s.