Concert with the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio
We just want to say one more BIG thank you to our wonderful friends and mentors, Sharon Robinson, Jaime Laredo and Joseph Kalichstein! We had the amazing opportunity to play a couple of concerts with them last month (at the Chamber Music Society of Detroit and at the Gilmore Keyboard Festival). We were so honored to be the first recipients of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio award and this was just one of the amazing things that's happened as a result. I've been listening to their recordings since I was a kid, but to be on-stage with them was a totally new and special experience. Now we're just wondering if we can convince someone to write a piece for double-trio!
We were joined in the concert by Gail Williams, a wonderful horn player and also an avid marathon runner! I've always been so impressed by the dedication and commitment it takes to train for and run marathons (my boyfriend, Aaron, has also run a few himself). I hope that sometime I'll be able to attempt such a thing myself. But in any case, I loved Gail's beautiful sound and watching her confident, relaxed approach to what is commonly conceded to be the hardest instrument to play.
But of course none of this would have been possible without the vision of Lois Beznos, the president of the Chamber Music Society of Detroit. It was Lois who dreamed up the idea of having an award for piano trios and who worked tirelessly with Sharon Robinson to design the perfect award (including 20 concerts at the best chamber music series in the US, a debut cd, a 2 week educational residency, and these amazing collaborative concerts). Here's a picture of us with Lois and Willa Walker (left) and Karen Isble (right) of the Chamber Music Society of Detroit. Willa was the mastermind behind our 2-week educational residency program in the Detroit area schools.
And the last thank you goes to the amazing Jerry Beznos, Lois's husband, who was the photographer for the more professional looking photos on this post ;-)
posted by julie @ 5:02 PM
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Beautiful entry and pictures, Julie! And the joint concerts were fantastic! However, I have to admit that a few months ago I suggested to Joseph Kalichstein (when we went to see him after a Kalichstein Laredo Robinson concert) that they ought to commission a piece for double piano trio, and his reaction was that that was a truly frightening thought. Also, I hate to suggest that you are pandering to your twin sister's current romantic interest (who just happens to be a french horn player) by suggesting that the french horn is the most difficult instrument. Of course you know that that really isn't the case. Just ask Jaime Laredo or Kim Kashkashian--they will tell you that, of course, the viola is the most difficult instrument!
Ichabod
Just a side note - Gail was telling us that the International Horn Society decided that the name of the instrument is now "horn" and no longer "french horn". It is true that the instrument originated in France, but at this point there is nothing particularly French about it. I should also note that this decision was made in the 1960s, and so there was nothing particularly political about it (at least not as relates to events of the 21st century).
Well now Julie made me curious. Based on the websites of the Boston Symphony, the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony and the Boston Philharmonic--the so-called "Big Six"--the instrument is in fact referred to as the "horn".
Aloysius
HEY THIS IS WILLA WALKER'S DAUGHTER ABBY! Well you probably don't remember, anyway i was searching my mom on the enternet at school (where i am right now) and finding her picture on your blog was a nice surprise!well just wanted to thank you
-Abby Walker
(Willa Walker's 12 year old daughter!)
Of course we remember you, Abby! Thanks so much for your comment! Glad you liked the picture. Please say hi to your mom.
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