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Born in ."--> At his public début on February 18 , 1936 he played Saint-Saëns ' Violin Concerto No. 3 with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra , Conducted by Pierre Monteux . In 1979 , the Chinese government invited Stern to tour and teach in their country. The film-maker Murray Lerner accompanied him and made the film '' From Mao To Mozart '', winning the 1980 Oscar for Best Documentary. Stern became famous both for his great Recording s and for championing younger players. Among his discoveries were the Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and violinists Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman . He also played a major role in saving New York City 's Carnegie Hall from demolition in 1960 and its main Auditorium is now named after him. Amongst many other recordings, Stern recorded Concerto s by Brahms , Bach , Beethoven , Mendelssohn and Vivaldi and modern works by Samuel Barber , Béla Bartók , Igor Stravinsky and Leonard Bernstein . He also Dubbed actors' violin-playing in several films, for example '' Fiddler On The Roof ''. He married Ballerina Nora Kaye in November 1948 , but their marriage ended in divorce sometime before August 1959 . DISCOGRAPHY AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS Grammy Award For Best Chamber Music Performance :
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