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University Daily Kansan/Friday, January 20, 1989
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Arts/Entertainment
Isaac Stern returns for KU Concert Series
Kansan staff writer
by Kris M. Bergquist
It may be 42 years since he last performed at the University of Kansas, but Isaac Stern's reputation as a great football player has never been better.
"When Isaac Sawyer first began playing he had a unique style and his interpretation of music was very unusual." Ben Sayevich, assistant professor of violin. "He didn't play like an人eve. Now, people imitate him."
Stern will perform at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Hoch Auditorium. The concert, which also features pianist Robert McDonald, will be presented by the KU Concert Series.
Stern has performed for more than 50 years and has more than 100 recordings. He performed at KU in January 1947 as part of the KU Concert Course, the forerunner of the current Concert Series.
'He is a very great artist, one of the world's greatest masters.'
assistant professor of violin
"I was really very excited to be on the same stage with him," Sayevich said. "He is a very great artist, one of the world's greatest masters."
Sayevich played in a festival in Jerusalem when he was 14 years old. He was in the orchestra accompanying Stern.
He also headed the drive to save and restore Carnegie Hall in New York and is a founding member of the National Endowment for the Arts
Stern began his career in San Francisco, where he studied with Naum Blinder, concertmaster of the San Francisco Symphony. He debated with that orchestra in 1936; and in 1943, he made his New York debut with the
In 1984, Stern was the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors Award. He was the first recipient of the Albert Schweitzer Music Award and in June 1967, he received the American Symphony Orchestra League's highest honor, the Gold Baton.
New York Philharmonic. Since then, he has performed with the Philharmonic more than 80 times, more than any other violinist in history.
The Swarthout Society will dedicate Tuesday's concert to the memory of Evelyn M. "Evie" Brinkman. Brinkman was a member of the Swarthout Society Board from 1983 until her death in June 1980. The society is establishing the Evie Brinkman Education Fund to
create educational programs to supplement events in the Concert, Chamber Music and New Directions series.
"Evie Brinkman was a very, very active member of the board," said Charla Jenkins, public relations director of the performing arts. "This program may sponsor a lecture or some other event to stimulate interest and enhance the whole arts experience."
Stern's visit is partially financed by the Kansas Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Kansas University Endowment Association. Additional funding is provided by the KU Student Activity Fee and the Swarthout Society.
Tickets are $20 and $17 for the public; $10 and $8.50 for KU and K-12 students; and $19 and $16 for senior citizens and other students.
Incoqnito
Members of the KU opera workshop rehearse an adaptation of Mozart's romantic comedy, "Cosi Fan Tutte." This production, set in 1957 in New Jersey, tells of two young men who disguise themselves to test the faithfulness of their flanceses. The cast includes Troy Curtis,
Elkhart graduate student; Steven Rushing. Manhattan graduate student; Bethany Hodges, Osakaoosa junior; Laure Ronnebaum-Cumley, Olathe graduate student; James Smith, Lawrence resident; and Marcia Ziegler, Overland Park graduate student.
C A L E N D A R
TODAY
An exhibit of Raymond Eastwood's oil paintings will open at 6 p.m. and run through Feb. 15 at Roy's Gallery, 1410 Kasold Drive. Eastwood was a professor of art at KU from 1922 to 1968.
**The Riff Avenell Players" "McFarland's Quick-Chick. Coming of Ape in Topeka in the 1960s" will begin at 8 p.m. at Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St. Dinner begins at 6:30 p.m. for tickets to this rock musical call Liberty Hall at 749-1912.
■ The University of Kansas Opera Workshop will present Mozart's comical opera, *Cosin Faint Tute*, at 8 p.m. in Inge Theatre in Murphy Hall. Tickets are $4 for the public, $2 for KU students and $3 for senior citizens.
TOMORROW
A Performance Night featuring
the electroacoustic music group Schloess
Tegal and Tony Allard's performance
poetry reading will begin at 8 p.m. at
the Lawrence Arts Center, 200 W
Ninth St. Admission is $2 at the door
"McFarland's Quick-Chick," a rock musical, will begin at 8 p.m. at Liberty
Hall. Dinner is at 6:30 p.m.
"Cosi Fan Tutte" will begin at 8 p.m. in Inge Theatre in Murphy Hall
SUNDAY
■ "This End Up." an exhibit of multi-media work of Bruce McIntosh, will be open from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at the KU Art and Design Gallery in the Art and Design Building. McIntosh is an associate professor of design. The exhibit runs through Feb. 3.
*McFarland's Quick-Chick.* a rock musical, will begin at 7 p.m. *Dinner will not be served*. Call Liberty Hall at 749-1321 for more information.
TUESDAY
The final performance of "Cosi Fan Tutte" will begin at 2:30 p.m. in Inge Theatre at Murphy Hall.
The KU Concert Series presents violinist Stern at Stern in a p.m. Hoch Auditorium. Tickets are on sale at the Murphy Hall Box Office. For reservations, call 864-3992
THURSDAY
The Kansas Chamber Artists will give their first performance of the spring semester at 8 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall. Free
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