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The Tokyo String Quartet —
including a Jewish
from Ukraine- begins
CMSD's 2000--2001 season.
SUZANNE CHESSLER
Special to the Jewish News
IV he Tokyo String Quartet,
formed 30 years ago by four
Japanese students attending the
Juilliard School in New York, has
changed members over the years
and now includes a Jewish violinist
born in Ukraine.
Mikhail Kopelman, who joined
the group in 1996 after immigrat-
ing to the United States to escape
antisemitism, will appear with the
group Sept. 16 at the Seligman
Performing Arts Center at Detroit
Country Day School in a concert
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Tokyo String Quartet: Clockwise
from top: Clive Greensmith,
Kikuei Ikeda, Mikhail Kopelman
and Kazuhide Ison2ura.
sponsored by the Chamber Music
Society of Detroit.
The program includes
Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 1,
Op. 49, Hugo Wolf's Italian
Serenade and Beethoven's String
Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 127.
"I think it's a very interesting
program because it's very different,"
says Kopelman, invited to join the
quartet by the previous violinist,
Peter Oundjian, who had to leave
as the result of a hand injury
think the audience in Michigan is
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the right rime. Konikow's method of
operation was appropriate for his era —
he sustained the organization practically
by force of will and personality. But his
love and dedication weren't enough.
The board was without a defined
structure: There was no staff; no pre-
cise plans for the future; the group
had little security or financial reserves
— there was, in fact, a budget deficit;
and there were no fundraising efforts
and few volunteers. In general,
CMSD's future was uncertain.
"The society was a very informal
arrangement involving a small group
of devoted friends," said longtime sup-
porters Marjorie and Erwin Simon of
Huntington Woods (she's currently on
the board).
"Then came Lois Beznos. Her low-
key, soft-spoken manner concealed a
dynamo of determination and action
which has brought the organization to
its present high level of cultural
achievement.
Beznos organized working commit-
tees; enlarged and revitalized the board
and set regular meetings; began
corporate fund-raising; obtained
volunteer professional assistance in
legal, accounting and marketing
matters; reached out to younger
members; and added pre- and
post-concert social events.
CMSD headquarters now is in
a modern office on Northwestern
Highway in Farmington Hills,
and Beznos has two full-time staff
members: Barbara Ramundo,
development director, and Karen
Isble, administrative director.
"We depend mainly on donors,
not just ticket sales," Beznos
pointed out. "We're a self-sustain-
ing, cultural institution belonging
to the entire community, both
individual and corporate."
Barbara Klarman of
Southfield, who once studied piano
with Karl Haas, is an attorney who has
been associated with CMSD since
1961 and has been a board member
for five years. She reasoned that the
organization "just had to change"
because the economics of the business
changed, including rising musician
fees and higher rental costs of halls.
We had to reorganize and improve in
order to remain a viable organization."
Klarman said one of the group's
newest challenges is to get more young
people involved, which is being done
noiv through group sales and new mar-
keting efforts. "One of our problems is
that most of the young members of
yesterday are now the older members
of today. We need an influx of newer,
"