90 is Great
As Emily mentioned in her last post, we celebrated Leon Kirchner's 90th birthday. We performed both of his piano trios in Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum the week before his actual birthday. The terrific composer himself made the trip up to Boston from New York City for the concert, and even Yo-Yo Ma was even in attendance! We snuck in a photo after the concert:
He looks tickled to be surrounded by three young women, doesn't he?After the Boston concert, the Bruskin parents, some of our most loyal fans, threw us a wonderful party at their house. Great food and drink were enjoyed by all! Here's Leon and his girlfriend, Sally Wardwell during a toast at the party.
Jeremy Denk, a wonderful pianist, also joined in the festivities. Seems like he enjoys a good turkey leg once a in a while! He looks almost possessed by the delicious cooking of Debby Bruskin! (He also has a blog which is fantastic.)
Back in New York, on his actual birthday, we celebrated the composer with a concert at Columbia University's Miller Theatre.
Isn't turning 90 grand? I hope I can make it that far!
posted by Donna @ 1:29 PM
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You guys seem to have a new shtick--celebrating big birthdays of famous composers! Carter at 100, Kirchner at 90! Who is coming up next?
By the way it looks as if Mrs. Bruskin is a superb cook, no?
Also by the way, I think you ought to forward a copy of this blog entry to Jeremy Denk!
Finally, I should add that both of your Kirchner concerts--at the Gardner in Boston and at Miller Theater in New York City--were superb!
Matthias
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