David and Deanna Holtzman, Jerry Beznos, Barbara and Bernard Stollman
Julie Gurwin, Miriam Sandweis
Pianist Joseph
Kalichstein did double
duty as MC at the
dinner party.
Ed Klarman (standing ► , .--
Rosalind and Michael Grand\
Miriam Neuman Farber, Mark
Persitz, Barbara Klarman
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Cellist Sharon Robinson, Dte Stveril it
Private BIlhkiffg,"Piatistehmrph Kalichstein, CMS
president Lois Beznos, Violinist Jennifer Koh,
Violinist/Violist Jaime Laredo.
Paul and Lee Blizman
Fred Stevenson and
Judith Shewach-,
Stevenson
Richard and Carol
Blumenstein
Christine Blair,
Barbara and Ed Klarman
CMS staff, and
Frieda Applebaum
Jeff Nahan and Annette DePetris
Leonard
Mazerov
PHOTOGRAPHY AND STORY BY DIANA LIEBERMAN
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is a banner year for the Chamber Music
Society of Detroit — not only is it the
organization's 60th birthday, but for the
first time since its founding by Karl Haas
and his music-loving friends, the series has
been sold out by subscription.
After performing with the Kalichstein-
Laredo-Robinson Trio and violinist Jennifer
Koh, pianist Joseph Kalichstein served as mas-
ter of ceremonies for an afterglow dinner
party, held at the Detroit Country Day School
Learning Center.
"One of the most wonderful things about
Detroit's music-loverss is they care about the
future of music — and about the future of
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performers," Kalichstein said.
Under the leadership of president Lois
Beznos, Chamber Music Society (CMS) has
launched the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson
International Trio Award to further the careers
of less well-known but already established
violin-cello-piano ensembles. The award —
two seasons worth of guaranteed performance
dates with 20 presenters around the country,
including both the CMS and New York's
Carnegie Hall.
The Sept. 20 concert was sponsored by
Harold and Penny Blumenstein and their son,
Richard. Richard and Carol Blumenstein were
among the many well-wishers at the dinner;
Harold and Penny, in Aspen for a wedding,
sent a message that they were there in spirit,
if not in person.
Among those celebrating the start of anoth-
er great CMS season were Paul Blizman, CMS
board chair, and his wife, Lee; Marx-Layne's
Mike Layne and wife, Judy; arts administrator
Lisa Konikow, whose father, Dr. Zalman
"Tiny" Konikow, led the CMS for 27 years;
and Judith Shewach-Stevenson of West
Bloomfield, administrator of the Trio Award,
with her husband, Fred Stevenson.
"The CMS is a Detroit gem," said
Shewach-Stevenson. "In the future, it's going
to be an international gem."