Itzhak
Proper noun
Meaning
Itzhak
A male given name from Hebrew, variant of Isaac
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Examples
He recalls, “(Itzhak) Perlman said, ‘Can you come over, because Daniel Barenboim is here and we’d love to play some chamber music.’
I don't need to read about Jack Welch and Itzhak Perlman to get the idea.
In fact, one of the main characters in “Zrubavel,” a 12-year-old Ethiopian boy named Itzhak, is nicknamed “Spike Lee” because of his penchant for documenting neighborhood residents — sometimes not so favorably — with his inexpensive video camera.
They are those of some of the greatest contemporary performers in classical music: Kathleen Battle, Placido Domingo, Renée Fleming, Itzhak Perlman, Anna Netrebko and Evgeny Kissin, among scores of others.
Solo players (whether playing alone, with a piano or with an orchestra) play mostly standing up (unless prevented by a physical handicap such as in the case of Itzhak Perlman ), while in the orchestra and in chamber music it is played seated.
In 2014 Itzhak Ayalon, an Israeli agricultural consultant, was contacted by phone by a US intermediary who said he was acting on behalf of authorities in Abu Dhabi.