Internationally renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman has performed with major orchestras at the world’s preeminent concert halls. He has marked moments in history with his music — including President Barack Obama’s inauguration and Queen Elizabeth II’s state dinner at the White House — and he has performed alongside many of the world’s other great musicians, like cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

On Saturday night, on Brown’s campus, Perlman graced a rapt Providence audience with his talent as he performed for a full house in the University’s Lindemann Performing Arts Center — as the soloist for the second of four pieces performed during the building’s inaugural public concert.

During brief introductory remarks, Navah Perlman Frost, Perlman’s daughter and a member of Brown’s Class of 1992, nodded to her father’s many accolades and offered a moment of levity before his performance.

“While I am privileged to call him my father, I grew up thinking of him as a regular dad,” Perlman Frost said. “In fact, it was reported to me that when I was in first grade, my classmates and I were talking about what our parents did for work.

“Only ever seeing my father when he was at home and not working, I proudly said, ‘My father watches TV,’” she quipped, as the audience laughed and applauded.

Following his daughter’s humorous and sweetly humbling introduction, the Grammy and Emmy Award-winning musician joined the Brown University Orchestra on stage and dazzled concertgoers during the ensemble’s 25-minute performance of composer Max Bruch’s “Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor.”

Swept up by the performance and the energy in the hall, audience members rose to their feet and gave a roaring, 2-minute standing ovation following Perlman’s debut performance in the brand-new performance space.

Sandhya Shukla, whose son Kiran Klubock-Shukla is a Brown University junior and a violinist with the Brown Orchestra, traveled to Providence from Charlottesville, Virginia, with her husband and 13-year-old son to witness history. Not only was her son getting a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to perform with Perlman at the brand new arts venue — it was also his chance to fulfill a dream of performing “Symphony No. 9 in D Minor” by Ludwig van Beethoven, with a full orchestra.

“It was so moving,” Shukla beamed as the house lights went on at the end of the concert.