Editing Ivry Gitlis (section)

===1960s===
In 1963, he was the first Israeli violinist to play in the Soviet Union. He gave a series of concerts under the cultural exchange program of the Soviet Union and Israel, starting in [[Vilnius]] (23 October 1963). His other concerts were given in Moscow, Leningrad, Kyiv and Odesa.<ref>[http://www.jta.org/1963/10/25/archive/israeli-violinist-gives-successful-concerts-in-soviet-cities Israeli Violinist Gives Successful Concerts in Soviet Cities], JTA Archive, 25 October 1963.</ref>

In 1968, he participated in [[The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus]] film project, performing "Whole Lotta Yoko" with [[Yoko Ono]] and [[The Dirty Mac]].

Many composers were fascinated by his sound and way of playing, among whom [[René Leibowitz]] who dedicated his Violin Concerto, Op. 50 (1958) to him; [[Roman Haubenstock-Ramati]] with "Sequences" for Violin and Orchestra (1958); [[Bruno Maderna]] writing "Pièce pour Ivry" (1971), which Gitlis never recorded commercially, but recorded live in Paris on 25 May 1983; [[Yannis Xenakis]] with "Mikka", which Gitlis premièred in 1972;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://iannis-xenakis.org/xen/works/work_46.html |title=Mikka - Catalog of works - Iannis Xenakis |website=iannis-xenakis.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507190620/http://www.iannis-xenakis.org/xen/works/work_46.html |archive-date=2018-05-07}}</ref> [http://www.sempremusica.com/charlesbernstein/index.html Charles Harold Bernstein] with two works for solo violin, inspired by Gitlis, "Rhapsodie Israélienne" and "Romantic Suite" (1984).