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Kaler spent a
month per-
forming in
Israel in 1994
and had sched-
uled another
concert tour for
last May.
"We had to
cancel the trip,"
he says. "It was
right after the
Kaler plays Bernstein
bombings in
Netanya."
Kaler and his wife, a Russian-born vio-
linist he met when he was concertmaster
and she assistant concertmaster of the
Rochester (N.Y.) Philharmonic, "cele-
brate Shabbat and the major holidays."
"We are trying to revive our Judaism
on some level," he says, mentioning
that his wife is learning Hebrew.
The family also includes three sons,
ages 15, 5 and 2. The oldest son, from
his previous marriage, plays violin; the
second just began cello lessons.
As an orchestral soloist, Kaler has
appeared with all major Russian
orchestras, as well as with internation-
al ensembles including the Dresden
Philharmonic, Montreal Symphony,
New Japan Philharmonic, Danish
Radio Orchestra, San Diego
Symphony and many more.
He's also an acclaimed solo recitalist
and chamber musician. Among his
recordings is a CD of sonatas by
Prokofiev, Ysaye and others that is,
according to the American Record Guide,
so beautiful it makes you ache."
He has performed only once in
Michigan, playing Mendelssohn's
Violin Concerto in E minor with the
Detroit Symphony Orchestra in
March 1993.
But Kaler has another Michigan
connection — he performs on a violin
custom-made for him by Joseph
Curtin Studios in Ann Arbor.

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On The Podium

The music director of the Ann Arbor
Symphony, Arie Lipsky, is an accom-
plished cellist as well as conductor and
also can find his way around the flute.
He illustrates his pre-concert lectures
with musical examples on both instru-
ments.
Lipsky's past as a young flute stu-
dent came back to haunt him recently
when flutist Shaul Ben-Meir, owner of
Flute World in Farmington Hills,
came backstage to meet him after an
Ann Arbor Symphony concert.
"Wait, I already know you,"' he
remembers saying to Ben-Meir.

42nd
Street

Maestro Lipsky: Holocaust survivors' son

"'You were my first flute teacher in
Haifa when I was 7 years old."'
Lipsky is the son of Holocaust sur-
vivors. His father, who became an
electrical engineer in Israel after the
war, brought his violin to Auschwitz.
"He was in a band that played for
Nazi officers. Every time they played,
they got a piece of bread," Lipsky said.
After he retired in Israel, his father
began playing violin and viola once
again. He practices every day and per-
forms in several ensembles in Israel.
In addition to his role as maestro of
the Ann Arbor Symphony, Arie Lipsky
is music director of the Ashland
Symphony in Ohio. He is married and
the father of a 27-year-old son who lives
in Israel and a 10-year-old daughter.
His next performance as a cellist will be
at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6, at the
Jewish Community Center of Washtenaw
County, where, along with pianist Martin
Katz and Ann Arbor Symphony
Concertmaster Stephen Shipps, he'll play
string trio music by Dvorak.
Three days later, on Saturday, Nov.
9, he'll lead the Ann Arbor Symphony
in a semi-staged performance of Bizet's
beloved opera, Carmen.
Lipsky also chairs the music depart-
ment at the Chautauqua Institution, a
summer learning community in west-
ern New York state.
Which role does he enjoy most —
performer, conductor or teacher?
"It depends on the time of day," he
says. "I see an orchestra as an extended
instrument with its own unique char-
acteristics." ❑

The Ann Arbor Symphony per-
forms 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19,
at the Michigan Theater, 603 E.
Liberty, Ann Arbor. A pre-concert
lecture at no additional charge by
music director Arie Lipsky will
take place at 7 p.m. Concert tick-
ets: $10-$33. For information,
contact the Ann Arbor
Symphony, (734) 994-4801, or
on the Web: www.a2so.com

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