NEW YORK -- Isaac Stern, the master violinist who saved Carnegie Hall from the wrecking ball, died Saturday. He was 81. Stern was one of the last great violinists of his generation and helped advance ...

I first met ISAAC STERN when I was a young pianist, just beginning to perform. I was so bowled over by the force of his personality and reputation that it was many years before I realized he was not 7 ...

Violinist Isaac Stern celebrated his 80th birthday Saturday night at the Kennedy Center by playing a Beethoven sonata and sitting second fiddle in the world premiere of a new piano quintet. Despite ...