Joseph Kalichstein (15 January 1946 – 31 March 2022) was an American classical pianist who performed in the concerto, solo recital and chamber music repertoire, the latter mainly with

Jaime Laredo Jaime Laredo (born June 7, 1941) is a violinist and conductor. He was the conductor and Music Director of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, and he began his musical career when he was five years old. Laredo was born in Cochabamba, Bolivia. In 1948 ...

and Sharon Robinson in the

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. He was also a professor at the

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Biography

Joseph Kalichstein was born in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

Mandatory Palestine Mandatory Palestine ( ar, فلسطين الانتدابية '; he, פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א״י) ', where "E.Y." indicates ''’Eretz Yiśrā’ēl'', the Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 ...

, in 1946. He studied piano with Joshua Shor in his native land. His talent came to the attention of the great Chilean pianist

Claudio Arrau Claudio Arrau León (; February 6, 1903June 9, 1991) was a Chilean pianist known for his interpretations of a vast repertoire spanning the baroque to 20th-century composers, especially Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt and Bra ...

, who arranged for Kalichstein to train at the

in 1962. There, he studied under

Edward Steuermann Eduard Steuermann (June 18, 1892 in Sambor, Austro-Hungarian Empire – November 11, 1964 in New York City) was an Austrian (and later American) pianist and composer. Steuermann studied piano with Vilém Kurz at the Lemberg Conservatory and Fer ...

and

Ilona Kabos Ilona Kabos (7 December 189327 May 1973) was a Hungarian-British pianist and teacher. Biography Kabos was born in Budapest in 1893 (some sources give her year of birth as 1894, 1898 or 1902). She studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music under ...

. He won the Young Concert Artists' Award in 1967, and in 1968 he appeared with the

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under

Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein ( ; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time, he was the first America ...

, playing

Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...

's Piano Concerto No. 4, a concert that was nationally televised. In 1969 he gained his master's degree from Juilliard, and that same year won the

Leventritt Competition The Leventritt Competition was a highly prestigious international competition for classical pianists and violinists. It was founded in 1939 by the Edgar M. Leventritt Foundation Inc. of Cold Spring, New York, in memory of jurist Edgar M. Leventrit ...

(the unanimous jury included

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, and

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). The Leventritt prize included performances with leading orchestras around the US; this included two concerts conducted by Szell, one with the

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and one with the

. Kalichstein also appeared with the

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under

André Previn André George Previn (; born Andreas Ludwig Priwin; April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019) was a German-American pianist, composer, and conductor. His career had three major genres: Hollywood films, jazz, and classical music. In each he achieved ...

in 1970, giving his first performance of

's Piano Concerto No. 5. He later collaborated with conductors such as

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and many others, with many of the world's greatest orchestras. In 1977 he performed with violinist

and cellist Sharon Robinson at the inauguration of U.S. President

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. They continued to play together, and in 1981 formally established themselves as the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio. The Trio was still touring in 2012, and has recorded most of the classic piano trio literature including the complete trios of Beethoven,

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, and

Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid- Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is sometimes grouped wit ...

, the complete chamber music for their instruments by

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, and also a number of new works written for them by such composers as

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, and

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. Kalichstein became a member of the Juilliard School faculty in 1983. In 1997, he was appointed Artistic Advisor for Chamber Music and Artistic Director of the Fortas Chamber Music Concerts, by the

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. In 2003 he was appointed to Juilliard's newly established Edwin S. and Nancy A. Marks Chair in Chamber Music Studies. He made many recordings, and regularly performed internationally. Kalichstein died on 31 March 2022, aged 76.Death of a much-loved US pianist, 76
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Notable students

Ran Dank Ran Dank (born April 3, 1982) is an Israeli classical pianist, who currently lives in New York, NY, USA. Early life Dank started playing the piano at the age of seven with Yaakov Krantz. He went on to work with Liora Peleg at the Givaataim C ...

* Tiffany Poon * Di Wu

References

External links

* , WNCN-FM, 22 April 1983
Photo: He completed two acclaimed tours of Southern Africa, 1976, 1978
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