YOUNG MUSICIANS OF TALENT NEED SUPPORT. LEFT ALONE WITH THEIR GIFT,WITHOUT THE INSTRUCTION AND MENTORING THAT ALLOWS THEM TO THRIVE, EVENTHE MOST EXCEPTIONAL YOUNG ARTISTS WILL STRUGGLE, AND MANY MAY FAIL TOACHIEVE THEIR FULL MUSICAL POTENTIAL. WITHOUT THIS NEXT GENERATION OFWORLD-CLASS MUSICIANS, THE MUSICAL WORLD AND ITS AUDIENCES WILL BE THEPOORER.THE PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM WELCOMES YOUNG MUSICIANS OF RARE AND SPECIALTALENT INTO A RICHLY SUPPORTIVE MUSICAL COMMUNITY. THROUGH INTENSIVESUMMER PROGRAMS, YEAR-ROUND MENTORING, AND ON OCCASION, ANINTERNATIONAL STUDY OR PERFORMANCE TOUR, THE PROGRAM OFFERSUNPARALLELED MUSICAL TRAINING FOR STUDENTS, AGES 12 TO 30, WHO PLAY THEVIOLIN, VIOLA, CELLO AND PIANO. WITH A FACULTY LED BY ITZHAKPERLMAN AND COMPRISING SOME OF THE MOST GIFTED MUSICAL TALENTS OF OURTIME, THE PROGRAM OFFERS AN ARTISTIC AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THATCHANGES STUDENTS LIVES FOREVER.