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Arts &Life

MUSICAL COLLABORATION

The husband and wife duo of conductor David Robertson
and pianist Orli Shaham join the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra in an eclectic program of music, including Ravers
jazz-influenced Piano Concerto in G
Major, 10:45 a.m. and 8 p.m. Friday
and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25-26,
at Orchestra Hall in the Max M.
Fisher Music Center.
The Israeli-born Shaham, who
moved with her family, including her
brother acclaimed violinist Gil
Shaham, to New York to study at
Orli Shaham
Jiiilliard, has been called a "fabulous
pianissimo" by the New York Times.
She is the recipient of the Gilmore Young Artist Award and
an Avery Fisher Career Grant.
Tickets are $32-$114. (313) 576-5111 or www.detroit-
symphony.com.

GERSHWIN ON THE COUCH

There's more great music at the Max this weekend as Pro
Musica Society presents an intriguing look at George
Gershwin in a unique recital and discussion by Richard
Kogan, M.D., a Harvard-trained psychiatrist and concert
pianist, 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, at the Music Box Recital
Hall, located in the Max M. Fisher
Music Center.
Kogan, who is affiliated with Weill
Cornell Medical College in New York
City as director of its Human Sexuality
Program, appeared with Pro Musica two
years ago in a sold-out concert dissecting
the psyche of Robert Schumann (one of
the most interesting concerts I've ever
Dr. Richard
attended!).
Kogan
This time around, Dr. Kogan will pro-
vide insights into the motives and mean-
ings behind Gershwin's music, which he'll perform, including
an excerpt from Porgy and Bess.
An afterglow with light refreshments
and a chance to meet the artist follows
the performance. Tickets are $40 each;
call the DSO box office at (313) 576-
5111.

DUTCH GENRE PAINI1NG

Gerard ter Borch:
"Young Man
Reading a Letter."

Gerard ter Borch (1617-81) is one of
the most beloved painters of the 17th-
century Dutch "Golden Age." An acute
observer of the world around him, the

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artist focused on portraiture and scenes
from everyday life.
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He developed a unique ability to
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ric, especially the satin dresses worn by
some of his subjects, and excelled at capturing the psycholog-
ical interactions between individuals. Although his subjects
seem outwardly realistic, they project a sense of mystery, ele-
vating his works of Dutch genre painting, like those of
Vermeer, to a level of perfection.
The Detroit Institute of Arts mounts an exhibit of his
work — the first presentation in North America exclusively
of works by ter Borch —Feb. 27-May 22. U-M Professor of
Art History Celeste Brusati lectures on "Satins, Secrets and
the Seductions in the Paintings of Gerard ter Borch 1 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 27.
Tickets include museum admission: $12 adults/$6 ages 6-
17/free for DIA members and children 5 and younger. Order
tickets online at
wwwdia.org; for group sales, call (313) 833-1292.

THE PIANO LADY

Detroit-area songwriter Wendy Rollin. received ASCAP
Special Awards for Children's Music in 2001 and 2002. Her
Music is My Friend CD is a favorite in
homes and classrooms, and The Family
Jukebox encourages families to sing along
with her songs, to dance together (to a
tango, a polka, a waltz) or even wi
to the tune of "Loose Tooth Blues.
Rollin gears her music to children ages
4-10, but the whole family is welcome to
sing and dance together when she per-
forms 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 27, at the Ark
in Ann Arbor. Doors open at 12:30 p.m.
Wendy Rollin
Tickets are $7. (734) 761-1451 or
www.theark.org. For more about Rollin and her music, go to
www.wendyrollin.com.

`PHANTOM' RETURNS

Gary Mauer, who most recently starred as the Phantom in
the Broadway production of The Phantom of the Opera,
headlines the cast as the Andrew Lloyd Webber smash musi-
cal heads to the Masonic Temple Theatre for a four-week
run, March 2-27.
Performance times are 8 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays, 2 and 8
p.m. Saturdays and 2 and 730 p.m. Sundays. Special week-
day matinees take place 1 p.m. Thursday, March 3, and
Wednesday, March 23. There will be no matinee on Sunday,
March 27. Tickets are $18-$72.50. For tickets, call (248)
645-6666 or go to wwwNederlanderDetroit.com or
www.ticketmaster.com . ❑

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ARTS

Winds and Strings — Detroit
Chamber Winds & Strings presents
nine woodwind and string ensembles:
Beethoven's String Trio in G Major, Op.
9 No. 1, Elliot Carter's Eight Etudes and
a Fantasy and Louis Spohr's Grand
Nonetto, Op. 31. Birmingham Temple,
Farmington Hills. 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb.
27. 2:15 p.m. preview "Before the First
Rehearsal — The Story of Sheet
Music." $25, $22 seniors 60 and older,
$10 students. (248) 559-2095 or
wwvv.detroitchamberwinds. org.

Young Musician Contest Winner —
Cellist Erik Asgeirsson, soloist for
Edouard Lalo's Concerto for Cello in D
minor with Birmingham-Bloomfield
Symphony. Also on the program:
Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Liszt and music
from films. Temple Beth El, Bloomfield
Township. 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 27. $25
adults, children free. (248) 645-2276.

Aida — Opera Verdi Europa, the tragic
love story between an Ethiopian slave
girl and her Egyptian captor. Macomb
Center, Clinton Township. 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 3. $42-$35. (586)
286 2222 or wwwmacombcenter.com .

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Directions in Music — Jazz legends
Herbie Hancock on piano, Roy
Hargrove on trumpet and Jewish tenor
saxophonist Michael Brecker perform
with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
Orchestra Hall. $85-$18. (313) 576-
5111 or
www. detroitsymphony.com

A Midsummer Night's Dream —
Actors from the British stage join musi-
cians from the orchestra and choir of
the Age of Enlightenment for this semi-
staged concert presentation. Hill
Auditorium, Ann Arbor. 8 p.m. Friday,

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