A native New Yorker and gradu-
ate of Columbia College, Kalish, 72,
studied with Leonard Shure, Julius
Hereford and Isabella Vengerova.
He was the pianist of the Boston
Symphony Chamber Players for 30
years and was a founding mem-
ber of the Contemporary Chamber
Ensemble, a group devoted
to new music that flourished
during the 1960s and '70s.
Other artists with whom he
has shared fruitful partner-
ships are cellists Timothy
Eddy and Joel Krosnick
and, perhaps most memo-
rably, mezzo-soprano Jan
Natalia
DeGaetani, with whom he
collaborated for 30 years.
Kalish also is renowned as
an educator, especially for his master
class presentations. His discography
of some 100 recordings encompasses
classical repertory, 20th-century
masterworks and new compositions.
In 2002, he was the recipient of the
Chamber Music America's Service
Award for his exceptional contribu-
tions in the field of chamber music.
All single tickets for this opening-
night performance are $75. (248) 855-
6070 or www.ComeHearCMSD.org .

Folk Fan
Natalia Zukerman, the daughter of
classical musicians Eugenia and
Pinchas Zukerman, found her own
style when she took up slide guitar.
She prefers a mix of folk-jazz-blues
sounds in the songs she composes,
sings, plays and records. She'll dem-
onstrate her approach
7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept.
16, when she returns to
the Ark in Ann Arbor.
Opening for Zukerman
is the female folk duo
Nervous But Excited.
Zukerman, 32, tried
classical guitar as a
Zukerman
child but got more seri-
ous about contemporary
music in high school
and college. She also is involved in
painting projects.
"I love classical music, but it just
doesn't thrill me in the same way folk
music does," she told the Jewish News
before a 2005 appearance at the Ark.
"My parents always have supported
the things that make me happiest. My
parents do what truly makes them
happy, and I took them as examples."
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CANADIAN PREMIERE TOUR

25 years is a famous line from a
Seinfeld episode about homopho-
bia and political correctness that
became almost a national catch-
phrase: "Not that there's anything
wrong with that."

Film Notes

Opening this month in select loca-
tions (though not Detroit) is Ira
and Abby, written by and co-star-
ring Jennifer
Westfeldt
(Kissing Jessica
Stein). This indie
comedy about an
interfaith couple
(Ira is Jewish;
Abby, played by
Jennifer
Westfeldt, isn't)
Westfeldt
got a good pre-
release review
from Variety but, much to my
annoyance, it is currently sched-

uled to play in only a few theaters
in a few cities. So, make a mental
note to look for the DVD, which
will be out in a few months.
The supporting cast includes
Judith Light and Robert Klein as
Ira's parents and Jason Alexander
as the couple's psychiatrist.
New DVDs hitting store shelves
Sept. 11-25 include Judd Apatow's
comedy hit Knocked Up; Paul
Verhoven's big-budget tale of the
Dutch anti-Nazi resistance, Black
Book; and the 1981 TV miniseries
Masada, about the Jewish revolt
against the Romans.
Masada was a very good, if not
great, miniseries. Peter O'Toole is
terrific as the commander of the
Roman army, and Peter Strauss
holds his own as the leader of the
Jewish zealots. II

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