Since relocating to the United States,
\Feltsman has enriched his career with
2conducting and teaching experiences.
For the past 10 years, he has held the
Distinguished Chair at SUNY New
Paltz, where he teaches a course in piano
literature, conducts a series of master
classes and instructs a limited number of
piano majors. He also serves as artistic
director for the university's Summer
Institute for Advanced Piano Study, an
,iitensive, month-long course for gifted
students called Piano Summer.
"Being a musician, conductor and
teacher is actually one activity, differ-
ent facets of sharing [musicianship]
with other people," says Feltsman, who
heads to Michigan from performing at
a festival in Austin and heads our to
direct Piano Summer starting July 12.
Initially recognized as a champion
of Russian music literature, Feltsman
has a repertoire that ranges from the
music of Bach to 20th-century com-
posers. He has embarked on a series of
recitals titled "Masterpieces of the
Russian Underground," which focuses
on 20th-century Russian composers
such as Schnittke and Volkonsk-y, and
has made numerous recordings, most
recently the sonatas of Beethoven.
"I've performed in Israel and recorded
concertos by Rachmaninoff with Zubin
Mehra and the Israel Philharmonic,"
Feltsman says. "Every time I go there, I
find a lot of joy and a lot of fim. Many
friends from my past life are there."
As Feltsman heads to outdoor
stages, he is very content.
"I'm at a very right place in a very
right time," he says. "I do what I love to
do. I have this privilege of playing for
the public and making a living out of it,
and I think that I'm very lucky." E

The Detroit Symphony
Orchestra at Meadow Brook
Music Festival's "Opening
Fanfare," at 8 p.m. Friday, July
9, with conductor Marin Alsop
and guest soloist Vladimir
Feltsman, includes Copland's
Fanfare for the Common Man;
Tower's Fanfare for the
Uncommon Woman for
Orchestra; Mozart's Piano
Concerto No. 23; Bizet's Carmen,
Suite No.1 and 2; and Britten's
Young Person's Guide to the
Orchestra (with fireworks). For
more about Aaron Copland, see
this week's "On the Bookshelf."
$8-$50. (313) 576-5111;
WWW. detroi tsymphon y. corn.

Master
Musician
A conversation with Pinehas Zukerman.

LINDA BACHRACK,
Special to the Jewish News

his summer, students
, from the Pinchas
Zukerman Performance
g
Program at the
Manhattan School of Music are
studying violin in Holon, Israel.
Zukerman, born in Tel Aviv in
1948, established the Israeli program
in the name of his first music
teacher, Ilona Feher.
Zukerman, recognized through-
out the world for his exceptional
artistic standards, is one of the mas-
ters of our time, equally respected as

a violinist, violist, conductor, peda-
gogue and chamber musician. On
Saturday, July 10, Zukerman will
perform Bruch's Violin Concerto No.
1 in G minor with the Detroit
Symphony Orchestra at Meadow
Brook Music Festival.
Today, Zukerman is music direc-
tor of the National Arts Centre
Orchestra of Canada in Ottawa. His
commitment to the education of
future classical music listeners and
performers is evident in the work he
.does through his company,
MasterVision International Ltd. The
venture has pioneered the use of
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Israeli-born musician Pinchas
Zukerman: enjoy it all — violin,
viola, conducting, teaching."

at Meadow Brook Music Festival

OPENING FANFARE
— With Fireworks

Friday, July 9, at 8 p.m. Marin
Alsop, conductor/Vladimir Feltsman,
piano.

BEETHOVEN OUTDOORS

Saturday, July 10, at 8 p.m.
Marin Alsop, conductor/Pinchas
Zukerman, violin.

BURT BACHARACH

Sunday, July 11, at 7:30 p.m. Marin
Alsop, conductor/Burt Bacharach,
piano and vocals.

Applegate, violin/Ramon Parcells,
trumpet/Kevin Good, trumpet.

MOZART - IN - THE - MEADOWS

Saturday, July 24, at 8 p.m. Jaime
Laredo, conductor/Arianna Goldina
and Remy Loumbrozo, duo
pianos/Emmanuelle Boisvert, violin.

A SONG.OF BROADWAY
Sunday, July 25, at 7:30 p.m. David

Alan Miller, conductor/Brent Barrett,
tenor/LisaWoman, soprano.

PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
— With fireworks

SYMPHONIC BLOCKBUSTERS
— With Fireworks •

Friday, July 16, at 8 p m. Neeme Jarvi,
conductor/Chuan
violin:

Friday, July 30, at - 8 'p.m. David Alan
Miller, condUctor/Eduardus Halim,
piano.

.

..BEETHOVEN'S EMPEROR
Saturday,-JUly 17, at 8= P.m.
Neeme Jarvi, conductor/Per
Tengstrand, piano.

GERSHWIN GALA
Sunday, July 18, at 7:30 p.m.
Neeme Jarvi, conductor/Geraldine
McMillian, soprano/Peter Lightfoot,
baritone/Matthew Herskowitz,
piano/Brazeal Dennard Chorale.

HANDEL AND VIVALDI
— With Fireworks
Friday, July 23, at 8 p.m. Jaime
Laredo, conductor and
violin/Emmanuelle Boisvert,
violin/John Hughes, violin/Geoffrey

-THE'PEANE48-:
Saturday, July 31, at 8 p.m.
David Alan Miller, conduc-
tor/Women of the University
Musical Society Choral
Union.

BIG BAND BASH!
Sunday, Aug. 1, at 7:30 p.m.
Jeff Tyzik, conductor/Dave
Mancini, drums.

TCHAIKOVSKY
SPECTACULAR

— With Fireworks
Friday, Aug. 6, at 8 p.m.
Jack Everly, conductor/

Konstanty Kulka, violin/University
Musical Society Choral Union.

TCHAIKOVSKY SPECTACULAR
— With Fireworks

Saturday, Aug. 7, at 8 p.m. Jack
Everly, conductor/Konstanty Kulka,
violin.

HOLLYWOOD BY STARLIGHT

Sunday, Aug. 8, at 7:30 p.m. Jack
Everly, conductor/Judy McLane,
soprano/Joseph Mahowald, bari-
tone/Meadow Brook Festival Singers.

For a complete schedule, check the DSO
Web site at www.detroitsymphony.corn.
Doors at Meadow Brook open one-and-a-
half hours prior to concerts for picnics
and early lawn seating. Subscription pack-
ages to DSO performances at Meadow
Brook Music Festival range from $40-
$185, with discounts available for chil-
dren under 18, and can be purchased at
the DSO box office. (313) 576-5120.
Individual tickets, ranging from $8-$50
are available at the Palace, Pine Knob and
DSO box offices and all Ticketmaster
centers. Charge by phone at (248) 645-
6666 or online at www.ticketmaster.com .

7/2
1999

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