Hoff-Barthelson Music School Spring Benefit

255 Mamaroneck Road,Scarsdale NY 10583

01 May, 2022

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Come celebrate with us at Hoff-Barthelson's Spring Benefit! HBMS 2022 Spring BenefitSunday, May 1, 2022 5:00 pm - VIP Reception* Center for Jewish Life at the Westchester Reform Temple (*For tickets at the Benefactor level and up.)6:30 pm - Concert and Celebration of Honorees Main Sanctuary, Westchester Reform TempleHonoring Rie Matsumoto and Robert Schwartz Featuring internationally renowned violinist Cho-Liang Lin With special appearances by HBMS students and alumni. 8:00 pm - Dessert Reception* Social Hall, Westchester Reform TempleFunds raised will ensure that Hoff-Barthelson can continue to provide comprehensive music education of the highest caliber, offer generous financial aid, and deliver dynamic community programs. About Rie Matsumoto and Robert Schwartz Hoff-Barthelson Music School is thrilled to honor faculty members Rie Matsumoto and Robert Schwartz for their extraordinary contributions to the School over the past four decades. A member of our faculty since 1989, pianist Rie Matsumoto received her B.M. and M.M. from The Juilliard School as a student of Sascha Gorodnitzki. Further piano studies were with György Sándor and Miyoko Nayaka. She studied chamber music with Joseph Fuchs. Ms. Matsumoto has appeared in chamber ensemble performances at the Beethoven Society, SUNY/Purchase with the Philharmonia Virtuosi and on WQXR Classical Radio. Ms. Matsumoto teaches both piano and chamber music and serves as Adult Chamber Music Coordinator at HBMS. Robert Schwartz, who first joined our faculty in 1980, has had a long and diversified career as an instrumental string teacher and music director in the Fort Lee, Bronxville, Lakeland Central, Pelham, and Scarsdale Schools. He has guest conducted many all-county orchestras throughout New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. His cello studies were with Martha Messing, Avron Twerdowsky, Avron Coleman, Harvey Shapiro, Antonio Janigro and George Ricci. Mr. Schwartz has performed in music festivals in Aspen, Colorado; Bournemouth, England; Lyon, France; and Glassgow, Scotland.  He was a cofounder of the Laurentian String Quartet in residence at Sarah Lawrence College with performances in the United States and Europe. Maestro Schwartz has been a cello instructor, chamber music coach and Director of the Hoff-Barthelson's Young People’s Symphonette and Chamber Orchestra for over 35 years. About Cho-Liang Lin Born in Taiwan, Cho-Liang Lin began playing violin at age five. At twelve, he moved to Sydney to further his studies with Robert Pikler, a student of Jenő Hubay. After playing for Itzhak Perlman in a master class at age thirteen, he decided he wanted to study with Mr. Perlman’s teacher, Dorothy DeLay. At fifteen, Lin traveled alone to New York, auditioned for The Juilliard School and spent the next six years working with Ms. DeLay. Lin debuted his concert career in 1980 performing the Mendelssohn Concerto with the New York Philharmonic and Zubin Mehta. He has since performed as soloist with virtually every major orchestra in the world. His busy schedule on stage around the world continues to this day. His wide-ranging interests have led him to diverse endeavors. At the age of 31, his alma mater, The Juilliard School, invited Lin to join their faculty. In 2006, he was appointed professor at Rice University. He is music director of La Jolla SummerFest and the Hong Kong International Chamber Music Festival. In his various professional capacities, Cho-Liang Lin has championed composers of our time. His efforts to commission new works have led a diverse field of composers to write for him. The list includes John Harbison, Christopher Rouse, Tan Dun, John Williams, Steven Stucky, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Bright Sheng, Paul Schoenfield, Lalo Schifrin, Joan Tower, and many more. Lin performs on the 1715 Stradivari named “Titian” or a 2000 Samuel Zygmuntowicz. His albums have won Gramophone’s Record Of the Year, Grammy nominations, and Penguin Guide Rosettes.  Special Thanks To Our Host Committee2022 Benefit Co-Chairs Dalya Khan and Preet Bharara Dana Matsushita and David Siegel 2022 Benefit Host Committee Carrie Lederman Barotz, MD, Susan Boccardi and Marc Susswein, Madhu & Rajan Chari, Sheela and Suresh Chari, Rakhshan and Junaid Chida, Kenneth Cole, Edan and Robert Dionne, Seth Greenberg, Erin Foster and Jeff Blatt, Cathy Friedman and Thomas Feyer, Nancy and David Gavrin, Darlene and Warren Haber, Suzie Hahn, Dorothy and Victor Han, Ritsuko and Keishi Hotsuki, Janet Korins and Joseph, Kaufman, Rhonda Kost and Alfred Spector, Ling and George Liu, Rebecca May and Fernando Rivas, Diane and Steven Parrish, Marci and David Raab, Sindhu and Sanjay Rajpal, Nancie and Steven Schnur, Janet Sikirica and Greg Barton, Wendy Sheldon and Michael Chun, Janice and Ira Starr, Anne-Catrin Uhlemann and David Fidock, Elaine and Alan Weiler, Carolyn Zhu, Mark and Stacey Zoland. Many thanks to Seth Greenberg's Just Desserts for sponsoring our dessert reception! Funds raised from the School’s generous and caring community of parents, students, alumni, trustees, and individuals enables Hoff-Barthelson to deliver music education of the highest caliber, advance faculty development and teaching excellence, offer financial aid and scholarships, and provide dynamic music programming in the community. Your support of our 2022 Spring Benefit will honor and celebrate the creativity, dedication, passion and impact of Rie and Robert’s extraordinary teaching, mentorship and leadership. For more information, please contact Mary Ann Riad at [email protected] or 914-902-0712.