Joseph Kalichstein was an American classical pianist who performed in the concerto, solo recital and chamber music repertoire.
He also taught at Juilliard for almost 40 years.
In 1981, Kalichstein together with Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson formally established themselves as the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio.
He was born on January 15, 1946, in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.
Kalichstein was trained at Juilliard School in New York in 1962.
He won the Young Concert Artists’ Award in 1967, and in 1968 he appeared with the New York Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein, playing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, a concert that was nationally televised.
In 1969, he received a master’s degree from Juilliard, and that same year won the Leventritt Competition.
Kalichstein was appointed Artistic Advisor for Chamber Music and Artistic Director of the Fortas Chamber Music Concerts, by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 1997.
In 2003, he was appointed to Juilliard’s newly established Edwin S. and Nancy A. Marks Chair in Chamber Music Studies.
Joseph Kalichstein Death Cause
According to reports, the famous pianist Joseph Kalichstein died from pancreatic cancer.
Kalichstein passed away on Thursday, March 31, 2022, at the age of 75.
His obituary and memorial service have not yet been announced by the family.