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Cello Concert with John Kaboff

  • October 26, 2025 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

  • Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum

    575 3rd Street Northwest
    Washington, District of Columbia 20001
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Description

Concert Cellist John Kaboff will perform works by LGBTQ+ composer, Benjamin Britten, and Jewish composer, Ernst Bloch. Kaboff will discuss how both composers were inspired by the solo cello music of Johann Sebastian Bach and how these cello suites combine complex melody, rhythmical pulse, chord progressions by creating new and innovative rhythmical patterns and harmonic structure that extended the techniques of composers from prior centuries.

 

After the concert, we hope you'll visit our special exhibition LGBTJews in the Federal City and for an added bonus, at 1:45 pm join a 45- minute guided tour of LGBTJews in the Federal City! You can purchase your exhibition ticket here and tour ticket here.

 

John Kaboff has performed as concerto and recital soloist as well as chamber musician in Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Strathmore Hall, The United States Department of State, and the Embassies of France, Germany and New Zealand. Mr. Kaboff is a highly successful teacher in the Washington Dc metro area whose students have received numerous international awards and prizes and populate professional orchestras globally. Kaboff is a repeat guest artist at the Tennessee Cello Workshop, has chaired the Washington International Competition and regularly advises various arts organizations. His students have performed at the American Cello Congress and at World Cello Congress where they were featured in an internationally broadcast workshop with Yo-Yo Ma. They have also been regularly featured in the Classical Spotlight Showcase for Maryland Public Television. Kaboff has been the feature of numerous articles in such publications as the Washington Post and Baltimore Sun and is noted Yo-Yo Ma’s biography, Musicians with a Mission, as a remarkable teacher as part of his collaboration with Mr. Ma at the World Cello Congress. Mr. Kaboff studied with Janos Starker at Indiana University, William Pleeth at the Britten-Pears School in England and in Germany at the Kronberg Academy.

 

Image Credit: Photos courtesy of the performer. 

Date & Time

Sun, Oct 26, 2025 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Venue Details

Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum

575 3rd Street Northwest
Washington, District of Columbia 20001 Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum
Capital Jewish Museum

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