Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli violinist and teacher”. Today it says “israeli-american violinist”.
Measured, not asserted. Every count, date and revision on this page was taken from Wikipedia's own history and checked against the live article. The words quoted are theirs.
Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-03.
We saved snapshots of this article over twenty years; you are reading the 2005 one. Red dashes: removed from Wikipedia since.Pale dots: rewritten; the numbered note shows what it says now.Red text: written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot.1 tap a number or a side note to jump between them
The opening as it read in 2005
He is regarded as one of the great violinists of the late 20th century , and is certainly one of the most famous. In addition to performing, he has a substantial teaching career, and gives private lessons and master classes on violin and chamber music worldwide. Perlman was born in Jaffa . He contracted polio at the age of four, leaving him on crutches , and confining him to play the violin seated even today. He studied at the Academy of Music there. He moved to the United States to study at the Juilliard School , and made his debut at Carnegie Hall in 1963. Soon, Perlman began to tour extensively. He has made a large number of records, and from the 1970s began to appear on shows such as The Tonight Show and Sesame Street , as well as playing at a number of functions at the White House . He was also the soloist for the score of Schindler's List by John Williams , which subsequently won an Academy Award for Best Score. As well as playing and recording the classical music for which he is best known, Perlman has also played jazz and klezmer . Recently, he has also begun to conduct , taking the post of Principal Guest Conductor at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra . Perlman has received many honors, including Kennedy Center Honors in 2003. His version of Paganini 's 24 Caprices is among his best known recordings. Perlman plays on the famous Soil Strad violin.1
This is Wikipedia's own text, saved in our repository. Their copy of it is revision 17904683.
The opening as it stood in 2010 14 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Musical artist Itzhak Perlman ( ; born August 31, 1945) is an Israeli-American violin virtuoso , conductor , and master-instructor .He is widely considered to be one of the preeminent violin virtuosi of the 20th century.
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 370101675.
The opening as it stood in 2015 1 passage from the previous snapshot no longer appear
( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Musical artist Itzhak Perlman ( ; born August 31, 1945) is an Israeli-American violinist, conductor, and pedagogue .
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 668573642.
The opening as it stood in 2020 1 passage from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Musical artist Itzhak Perlman ( ; born 31 August 1945) is an Israeli-American violinist, conductor, and music teacher.Over the course of his career Perlman has performed worldwide, and throughout the United States, in venues that have included a State Dinner at the White House honoring Queen Elizabeth II , and at the Presidential Inauguration of President Obama .He has conducted the Detroit Symphony Orchestra , the Philadelphia Orchestra , and the Westchester Philharmonic .In 2015, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom .He has been awarded 16 Grammy Awards and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award , and four Emmy Awards.
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 965347244.
The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023 1 passage from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Israeli-American violinist (born 1945) Itzhak Perlman ( ; born August 31, 1945) is an Israeli-American violinist .He has performed worldwide and throughout the United States , in venues that have included a state dinner for Elizabeth II at the White House in 2007, and at the 2009 inauguration of Barack Obama . He has conducted the Detroit Symphony Orchestra , the Philadelphia Orchestra , and the Westchester Philharmonic . In 2015, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom . Perlman has won 16 Grammy Awards , including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award , and four Emmy Awards .
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 1174599872.
The opening as it stood in 2025
Israeli-American violinist (born 1945) Itzhak Perlman ( Hebrew : יִצְחָק פרלמן ; born August 31, 1945) is an Israeli-American violinist . He has performed worldwide and throughout the United States , in venues that have included a state dinner for Elizabeth II at the White House in 2007, and at the 2009 inauguration of Barack Obama . He has conducted the Detroit Symphony Orchestra , the Philadelphia Orchestra , and the Westchester Philharmonic . In 2015, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom . Perlman has won 16 Grammy Awards , including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award , and four Emmy Awards .
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 1296812865. This is our newest snapshot; the live article may have moved again since.
Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli violinist and teacher”. Today it says “israeli-american violinist”. Read the current article and compare.
2005
2010
2015
2020
Oct '23
2025
Counts in the opening at each snapshot. Green: the word gained ground. Red: it was cut. Grey: no change.
What Wikipedia says this is
Every article opens by defining its subject. This one was redefined since 2005, and today's defining sentence is their current revision.
Then
israeli violinist and teacher
Now
israeli-american violinist
Struck red text is no longer in the article; dotted amber text was rewritten. Every revision id links to Wikipedia's copy; the text shown is our own saved copy. Data: /data. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA; quoted for the record; not affiliated with Wikipedia.
