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David Krakauer brings varied
repertoire to Metro Detroit venues.

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Suzanne Chessler
Contributing Writer

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avid Krakauer has appeared
many times before Michigan
audiences, using his clarinet
to update the sounds of klezmer or to
present more classical traditions.
This summer, after a trip to Rome,
he has four area engagements and
calls upon both interests.
Eastern Bloc Party!, transforming
music of Eastern European Jewish
heritage into a contemporary presen-
tation, will be performed June 24 in
the Music Box at the Max M. Fisher
Music Center in Detroit.
Krakauer will focus on Anasa:
Concerto for Clarinet by George
Tsontakis on three occasions: June
26 at Congregation Shaarey Zedek
in Southfield; June 27 at Pease
Auditorium in Ypsilanti, where the
program will celebrate the centenary
of the venue at Eastern Michigan
University; and June 29 at Seligman
Performing Arts Center in Beverly
Hills.
All three concerts, led by JoAnn
Falletta, music director of the Buffalo
Philharmonic Orchestra and the
Virginia Symphony Orchestra, will
feature musicians from the Detroit
Symphony Orchestra and also spot-
light Prokofiev's Romeo 6 Juliet.
"I've been playing klezmer for 20
years, and the whole trajectory of my
career has been to mix different con-
temporary influences into the music:'
Krakauer told the Jewish News in plan-
ning for an earlier visit.
"There always was a search for mak-
ing klezmer relevant and modern, not
holding up some sort of museum piece.
"This is great music that has its roots
in the past of descendents of Eastern

European Jewish immigrants, and it
has the potential to grow and change.
When I'm adding jazz, funk and hip-
hop into the mix, I'm working to make
a really contemporary klezmer music
that exists in the present"
At his first concert, Krakauer will
be joined by a DSO string quartet and
James Simonson on bass. Simonson,
whose early training was in Detroit,
has toured across countries and
recorded with a broad range of artists.
In the world of classics, Krakauer,
57, has worked with the Tokyo String
Quartet, the Orquesta Sinfonica
de Barcelona and the Brooklyn
Philharmonic Orchestra. He has
taught clarinet chamber music at
the Manhattan School of Music, the
Mannes College of Music, the Bard
College Conservatory of Music and
New York University.
Krakauer's most recent recording
project is The Big Picture, which fea-
tures music from movies with Jewish
themes, including "Body and Soul"
from Radio Days, "The Family" from
Avalon and "People" from Funny Girl.
"I'm always looking for passion in
music and trying to find the best way
to express myself' Krakauer said. "I
think that klezmer music is so direct
and vocal that it certainly has influ-
enced the way I play the classics:'
Tsontakis, a Greek-American
composer and longtime friend of
Krakauer, has written about his piece
that Krakauer will be performing:
"Anasa is the ancient Greek word
for breath but also infers a kind of
`rest' or 'pause: To me, there is also a
breath-of-life sense to the meaning of
the word; and at the start of the work,
I envision our soloist passing such a
life-giving breath to others around
him as they receive it:'

ROMEO & JULIET

JoAnn Falletta, conductor
David Krakauer, clarinet

DEBUSSY Petite Suite

GEORGE TSONTAKIS Anasa: Concerto
for Clarinet

PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet

Thurs., June 26 at 7:30 p.m.

DSO in Southfield

Congregation Shaarey Zedek
27375 Bell Rd.

Sun., June 29 at 3 P.M.

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David Krakauer will perform with bassist James Simonson and a DSO
string quartet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 24, at the Music Box in the Max
M. Fisher Music Center, 3711 Woodward, in Detroit; $15 advance/$25
at door/$49 VIP reserved seating with complimentary beverage. He'll
appear with the DSO at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 26, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell Road, in Southfield; at 8 p.m. Friday, June
27, at Pease Auditorium, 494 College Place, in Ypsilanti; and at 3 p.m.
Sunday, June 29, at the Seligman Performing Arts Center, 22305 W.13
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