Founder & Artistic Director

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Dr. Joan Thomson Kretschmer, Artistic Director and founder of the Lyric Chamber Music Society of New York, attended Smith College, graduated from Barnard College, and received her M.A. and Ph.D. in musicology from Columbia University, where she was a Clarence Barker Fellow. She has been a music critic for The New York Post.. (Read more) 

 

Babu Uthaman is Certified Public Accountant licensed in the States of New York and California, and is also an Enrolled Agent with the Internal Revenue Service. He has over 15 years of experience helping foreign and US corporations and individuals with their tax compliance and reporting. He has been with Lyric since 2016. 

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In January of 2004, Reggie Bahl heard a moving performance by a young but struggling chamber music group that would change the course of his life. After serious soul searching and with no knowledge of the industry, he began to familiarize himself with classical music, and soon after quit a lucrative corporate job to start his own.... (Read more)

 

Steve is a classically trained violinist, mandolinist, and composer as well a photographer. Being a musician he especially enjoys concert photograpy and also does documentary and landscape work.

 

Aimee Toner is a flutist, educator, and non-profit arts administrator. She is a graduate with a Master of Music from the New England Conservatory, and is also a graduate of Barnard College, majoring in Ethnomusicology and Economics. Aimee is dedicated to the accessibility of classical music, and has expressed this passion through her work in development and fundraising.

 

Antonio started his career as a software engineer in Brazil, before embracing a new career in film-making after spending a year studying in film school. He has produced more than 500 short films, interviews and documentaries, including his current TV show called Music for All which airs on the Manhattan Neighborhood Network. 

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