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On Sunday at the JCC in Oak Park, mother and
son duo Carol and Steven Honigberg will premiere
a piece written for the United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.

On Sunday, in addition to the
music that captures the deep sadness
of the times, there will be a represen-
tation of the artists who ultimately tri-
ianist Carol Honigberg and
umphed despite those times.
cellist Steven Honigberg
Sonata for Piano and Cello by
recently made a record-setting
Shostakovich, a
recording.
non-Jewish com-
Their release of
poser influenced
Beethoven's corn-
by Jews, dates
plete works for cello
from 1934 and is
and piano on the
fraught with the
Albany label is the
pain of the told
first such project by
truth. Capriccio
a mother and son
by Lukas Foss,
duo.
who
escaped
The two feel
Berlin
in 1937, is
very comfortable
a
light-hearted
performing togeth-
piece written after
er, but they also
he became a natu-
feel very comfort-
ralized American.
able working apart.
Polonaise
for Cello
Based in
by
and
Piano
Chicago, she
Chopin
celebrates
appears interna-
the master whose
tionally as a soloist
Cellist
Steven
Honigberg
and
pianist
melodies were for-
and chamber musi-
Carol Honigberg will introduce Robert
bidden in Poland
cian while holding
Stern's "Hazkarah — In Memoriam"
when the Nazis
a teaching position as part of a JCC Encore Series concert.
took over. John
at Roosevelt
Williams'
theme
University. Based
takes
a
new
turn
from Schindler List
in Washington, D.C., he also per-
with
its
transcription
for
cello.
forms as a soloist and chamber musi-
"Any collaboration can be special,
cian while maintaining a position with
but
I've found that my son is one of
the National Symphony Orchestra
the
easiest
people to perform with
and serving as director of the United
because
he's
a solid musician and very
States Holocaust Memorial Museum's
dependable,"
says Carol Honigberg,
Chamber Music Series.
who recently toured to Prague,
The two soon will introduce a new
Warsaw, Berlin and Leipzig with the
work by composer Robert Stern —
Chicago Chamber Orchestra. She soon
Hazkarah — In Memoriam. Before
will
appear with two very different
bringing it to audiences at the
groups,
a chamber ensemble whose
Washington museum, they will per-
members
perform with the Chicago
form it as part of the Jewish
Symphony
Orchestra and a jazz trio.
Community Center (JCC) Encore
The
pianist,
whose grandfathers
Series Sunday, April 11, at the Jimmy
were both cantors, started with her
Prentis Morris Building in Oak Park.
instrument at age 6, the same age her
"Each work we're playing will be tied
son
started with cello. She was encour-
in to the Holocaust, and I will introduce
aged
by her father, a doctor who
each piece so the audience will have a
played
the violin. She studied with pri-
better understanding of it," says Steven
vate
teachers
before earning her mas-
Honigberg. He previously has per-
ter's
degree
at
Northwestern University.
formed at the JCC's D. Dan & Betty
Although all four of the pianist's chil-
Kahn Building in West Bloomfield and
dren were encouraged to study instru-
at the "Brunch With Bach" program at
mental music, Steven Honigberg was the
the Detroit Institute of Arts.

SUZANNE CHESSLER
Special to The Jewish News

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