Navah Perlman

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Navah Perlman
Genres Classical
Occupation Pianist
InstrumentPiano
Years active1986 - present [1]
LabelsEMI Classics, Oxingale Records
Website Navah Perlman at IMG Artists

Navah Miriam Perlman is a concert pianist and chamber musician. Her parents are violinists Toby and Itzhak Perlman.

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Education and career

Perlman performed as a soloist with the Greater Miami Youth Symphony Orchestra in 1984, and the Los Angeles American Youth Symphony Orchestra in 1985. [2] and made her professional debut at age 15 with the Charleston West Virginia Symphony Orchestra in 1986. [3]

Perlman graduated from Brown University in 1992, [4] having switched her major from music to art. She also studied at Juilliard. [5]

In addition to her solo piano career, she frequently performs chamber music, including with violinist Philippe Quint and cellist Zuill Bailey as the Perlman/Quint/Bailey Trio. [6] She is the Artistic Director of LPS Pro Musica in Lake Placid, New York.

Personal life

At age 19, she began showing symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. [7] As of 2008, she and her husband Robert D. Frost have four children. [8]

In 2020, with live music performances cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Perlman began a career in cake baking. She launched her business, with the name Frosted by Navah, in December of that year, specialising in artistic designs such as buttercream flowers. [9] [10] The business remains successful as of 2025, with demand consistently exceeding the rate at which Perlman produces the cakes. [11] [12]

Discography

References

  1. ↑ "Navah Perlman brings memories of a life in music to Spokane". August 31, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Perlman, 13, shows talent runs in family". Miami Herald. April 24, 1984. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
  3. ↑ "Perlman Daughter Debuts". Ocala Star-Banner. May 5, 1986. Retrieved 2012-06-16.
  4. ↑ "Navah Perlman, Robert D. Frost". New York Times . June 15, 1992. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
  5. ↑ Blankenship, Bill (November 4, 2001). "Trio presents new work at Lied Center". Topeka Capital-Journal . Retrieved 2009-07-10.
  6. ↑ "Navah Perlman (Piano) - Short Biography". www.bach-cantatas.com. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
  7. ↑ "Pianist Navah Perlman opens Springs symphony season". The Gazette (Colorado Springs). September 11, 1998. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
  8. ↑ Peterson, Kristen (February 15, 2008). "Pianist - punchy, witty, clever, and funny, yes. Dull, no". Las Vegas Sun . Retrieved 2009-07-10.
  9. ↑ Rahmanan, Anna (March 14, 2022). "This New Yorker makes gorgeous cakes that look like real flowers". Time Out New York. Retrieved September 1, 2025.
  10. ↑ Ringler, Rachel (December 10, 2021). "How Jewish musician Navah Perlman Frost pivoted to designing cakes". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved September 1, 2025.
  11. ↑ Zwick, Tracy (November 25, 2024). "From Concerts to Cupcakes: How an UWSer Became a Baking Virtuoso; 'I Took Myself Seriously'". West Side Rag. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  12. ↑ Scala, Lauren (February 19, 2025). "Sugar in Bloom". NBC New York. Retrieved September 1, 2025.