Funeral & Memorial

Morawetz passed away peacefully in his sleep in the evening of June 13, 2007.

A private, Jewish funeral for family and close friends took place on Sunday, June 17 at the Holy Blosson Temple, as per Morawetz' wishes, and was presided over by Rabbi Goldfarb and Cantor Maissner. Morawetz is buried next to his father in the Beth Tzedec Memorial Park cemetary. A shiva candle burned in his daughter's house for the week following the funeral.
Click here to read his daughter, Claudia's, tribute at the funeral.

Upon his death, the following obituaries were written:

June 15, 2007 The Toronto Star by Bruce Demara
June 16, 2007 CBC Arts
June 20, 2007 The Globe and Mail by Sandra Martin
July 12, 2007 The Jewish Tribune by Rick Kardonne
Sep. 17, 2007 The Independent by Martin Anderson

On Thursday, June 28, a Memorial Concert was held in Walter Hall in the Faculty of Music, followed by a reception in the lobby. The following is the program from the concert:

Morawetz, O.		Morawetz, O.
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (1980)		Chimney Sweeper (1946) Grenadier (1946)
Shalom Bard, clarinet Patricia Parr, piano		Mark Pedrotti, baritone Leslie De'Ath, piano

Anton Kuerti		Claudia Morawetz

Morawetz, O.		Morawetz, O.
My True Love Hath My Heart (1954) Elegy (1946) Piping Down the Valleys Wild (1946)		*Improvisations on Four Inventions by J.S. Bach (1992)(String Quartet #6)*
Monica Whicher, soprano Leslie De'Ath, piano		Jin-Shan Dai, violin Shane Kim, violin Jeewon Kim, viola Rachel Mercer, cello

Jan Matejcek		Suk, J.
		*Love Song*
		Antonin Kubalek, piano

Click here to read his daughter, Claudia's, tribute at the concert.

Concert review:

June 29, 2007. The Toronto Star by John Terauds

Left to right: Claudia Morawetz, Jan Matejcek, Antonin Kubalek, Anton Kuerti, Shane Kim, Shalom Bard, Patricia Parr, Jin-Shan Dai, Rachel Mercer, Jeewon Kim, Monica Whicher
Missing from photo: Mark Pedrotti, Leslie De'Ath