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Israeli-born virtuoso violinist Ivry Gitlis, who has held numerous charity concerts in Japan after the mega-quake and tsunami in northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011, died Thursday in Paris, media reported French. He was 98 years old.
Born in 1922 in northern Israel, Gitlis was considered a child prodigy and entered the Paris Conservatory at age 11, graduating two years later.
Violinist Ivry Gitlis. (Gamma-Rapho / Getty / Kyodo)
Starting his full professional career after WWII, Gitlis performed with many famous conductors in the United States in the 1950s.
While many foreign musicians canceled their appearances in Japan after the natural disasters of 2011 and the nuclear meltdown in Fukushima, Gitlis continued to give concerts, including performances in evacuation shelters.
He also played a violin specially made from tsunami wood debris.
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