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.