Ivry Gitlis

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Ivry Gitlis
Ivry Gitlis at home (Paris, 2010)
Background information
Birth name	Yitzhak-Meir Gitlis
Born	(1922-08-25)25 August 1922 Haifa, Palestine Mandate (now Israel)
Died	24 December 2020(2020-12-24) (aged 98) Paris, France
Genres	Classical
Occupation(s)	Violinist, pedagogue
Instrument(s)	Violin
Years active	1937–2019

Ivry Gitlis (Hebrew: עברי גיטליס;‎ 25 August 1922 – 24 December 2020) was an Israeli virtuoso violinist and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. He performed with the world's top orchestras, including the London Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, and Philadelphia Orchestra.