Paul Kohn and family
and Quality Kosher Catering

would like to express our sincerest

York and Ilona Kabos in London as
a Fulbright Scholar, has appeared
internationally with orchestras such
as the Berlin Philharmonic, London
Symphony and the Moscow State
Symphony.
"I've performed in Israel a couple
of times — in Tel Aviv and in
Jerusalem:' he says.
"In the United States, I've done a
program called `Jewish-American
Composers: which is primarily made
up of works by Gershwin, Leonard
Bernstein and Aaron Copland, all
who wrote significant piano music.
I've done this at several synagogues
with concert rooms or concert series:'
Siegel, married and the father of a
grown daughter and son, is based in
New York and stays away from travel
when he is not working. He enjoys
spending time with books, films and
dinner with friends.
The pianist's summer reading
includes a text on the Holocaust by
Sir Martin Gilbert, a good friend, and
a biography of Emma Thompson,

the English actress, whose work he
admires.
The upcoming performance sea-
son joins Siegel with other artists
celebrating the 200th anniversary of
Chopin's birth, which actually takes
place in 2010.
"Chopin, who is one of the most
popular and greatest composers of
all time, wrote almost all of his music
for the solo piano," Siegel explains.
"He never wrote an opera, string
quartet or symphony.
"I'm celebrating Chopin in almost
all of the cities where I do the
Keyboard Conversations, and we will
look at the different works of the
composer and the different aspects
of his life.
"The opening program, 'Chopin
for Lovers, has the compositions
inspired by the different women in
the composer's love life, and I don't
have to fudge a bit. There are abso-
lutely direct correlations between
each piece of music and the particu-
lar woman who inspired it." ❑

appreciation for all the good wishes and

prayers during Paul's recent bout

with altitude sickness.

We are happy to assure the entire community

that during Paul's recovery,

Quality Kosher Catering

is operating at full capacity.

We look forward to assisting you

with your catering needs as we have

done for the past 30 years.

QUALITY
KOSHER

Hear "Gershwin Galore" 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 26, at the Meadow
Brook Music Festival on the campus of Oakland University in Rochester.
$15-$50. (313) 576-5111; www.palacenet.com .

Bay Watch from page C7

William Kunstler: Disturbing
the Universe
William Kunstler, a civil rights and
anti-war attorney who also represent-
ed accused murderers and terrorists,
brought dramatic experiences into the
lives of his two youngest daughters,
Sarah and Emily, now in their early
30s and teamed as filmmakers.
The sisters, who faced the notoriety
of sensational trials and stunning vic-
tories — many that reached back to
the years before their births — bring
their personal drama to the public
through historic footage and inter-
views in the movie about their dad,
who died in 1994.
"We've resurrected my father as a
character and created this vehicle to
look at his life and get some sense of
who he was and the choices he made':
explains Sarah, who graduated from
Yale University with a bachelor's degree
in photography and went on to com-
plete a degree at Columbia Law School.
"We decided to make who we were
an asset to the film. Being Bill's daugh-
ters gave us permission to ask ques-
tions that almost could be more critical
than an outsider's could have been."

Filmmakers Emily and Sarah

Kunstler document the life of their

civil rights/anti-war attorney-father

in William Kunstler: Disturbing the

Universe.

As the sisters were researching which
cases to feature, they visited Michigan
and spoke with Judge Damon Keith
about a decision involving the White
Panthers and phone tapping. That seg-
ment ultimately was omitted.
"We included the negative attention
our father got from the Jewish com-
munity when he took a very unpopu-
lar case involving the murder of Rabbi
Meier Kahane," says Emily, who holds
a degree in film and video from New

Bay Watch on page C10

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