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"My father found time to be a father
despite the demands of his work:' says
the clarinetist, who enjoys celebrating
major Jewish holidays with family. "He
was away a lot but was always there
when I needed him.
"Our family vacations, sometimes
in Europe and sometimes with his sib-
lings in London, were wonderful, and
I have tried to create similar times for
my kids. •
"My children were old enough to
relate to my father before he passed
away, and it was a great joy for me to
see them all together. Being a virtuoso
in language, he loved to play Scrabble,
and he played with his grandkids.
He even let them beat him once in a
while."
The dominant music in Eban's work
is Western classical in the vein taught
by his first teacher, who became a
world-renowned klezmer artist. Eban
has played some klezmer but does not
improvise. His daily personal practice
mixes set routines with new works for
Family Man
"I decided to settle in the United States motivation.
"I would like each of my students
after all those years with the Israel
to
play correctly and know the tech-
Philharmonic," Eban says. "With Israel
niques
of sound production and finger
being somewhat remote, we had to
techniques:'
Eban says. "I also want
for
a
long
time
to
pay
the
orches-
tour-
each
one
to
have
a particular, personal
tra's way with concert revenue.
stamp for the music and let the clari-
"My wife, Rachel, and I decided it
net become a voice for their individual
would be nice if I took a year Off and
spent more time with our two children. [talents]." 0
While I spent a year at Eastman, I saw
how nice it was to be home with them
Eli Eban performs 8 p.m.
more in the evening and sought out
Saturday,
April 22, at the
the job in Indiana."
Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty,
Eban particularly enjoys the two
in Ann Arbor.
months of residency spent during •
$10-$39. (734) 994-4801.
summers at Chatauqua. He app- reciates
The clarinetist also will play
the beautiful surroundings while being
at the AASO's Matinee Musicale
in an environment where his wife, a
Daytime Series for seniors 1:30
physical therapist, and two children
p.m. Friday, April 21, at the
can join him in a way not available on
Jewish
Community Center of
the tour circuit.
Washtenaw County in Ann Arbor.
Eban, whose son and daughter are
Tickets, available at thadoor,
in college, bases his fathering on his
are $7. (734) 994-4801 or
own father, who was appointed Israel's
(734).994-4801.
first ambassador to the United Nations
while also serving as his country's
ambassador to the United States.

good education in Israel and later at
the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia."
Eban, who became principal clari-
netist of the Israel Radio Symphony
soon after his graduation from Curtis,
was invited by Zubin Mehta to join the
Israel Philharmonic, where he spent •
some 15 seasons.
He also accepted solo engagements,
including work with the English
Chamber Orchestra, the City of London
Sinfonia, the Camerata Academica
Orchestra of the Salzburg Mozarteum,
the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra,
the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra
and the Louisville Orchestra.
The clarinetist was visiting profes-
sor at the Eastman School of Music
before joining the Indiana University
facility. His summers are spent per-
forming-and teaching at the Sarasota
Music Festival and playing principal
clarinet in the Chautauqua Symphony
Orchestra.

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