Klarinet Archive - Posting 000278.txt from 2004/01

From: Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] American move to the Boehm system
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 08:10:22 -0500

Musician wrote:
> -------------------------------------------
> Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
> Subject: Re: [kl] American move to the Boehm system
>
> But here, the opinion of an indiviual who went from one system to the
> other and can contrast them in more meaningful ways eliminates a great
> deal of bias. Now what I would like to hear is someone who went from a
> Boehm system to an Oehler system. Did not the prinipal player in the
> LA
> Phil do that?
>
> Dan
> ------------------------------------------
>
> Yes, Michele Zukovsky does play the Oehler system. She changed over a
> long time ago, got the LA job with it and considers the system to be
> "good luck" for her.
>
> Does she encourage her students to do it? No, not that I am aware of
> (I didn't study with her, I work w/her online music).
>
> btw:
> She never took a lesson on the system from someone who played it
> either! Studied for years and years with her dad Kalman Bloch.
>
> David Blumberg
> http://artists.primetones.com/michele_zukovsky

David, I knew her father who was the clarinetist with the LA Phil before
Michelle later assumed the position. He was a student of Bellison and
also was part of Bellison's clarinet orchestra which goes back to the
1930s. If I am correct, he is still alive.

I presume that Michelle's father was not responsible for her interest in
the Oehler system. He was strictly a Boehm player and would have had no
reason to influence his daughter towards the selection of a new clarinet
system.

Also, unless my information is inocrrect, Michelle's switch to Oehler
was in mid-career and while she was already principal with LA and
playing Boehm for a number of years. I'm also informed that the switch
was initiated as a result of a suggestion from Zubin Mehta. Michele's
husband is also a clarinetist though he plays a Boehm system.

My only interest in bringing her up was because there was an interesting
posting about an individual who switched from Oehler to Boehm and I waa
curious to understand the motivation behind someone who did exactly the
opposite.

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Dan Leeson
leeson0@-----.net

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