Woman’s Club Scholarship Fun-Raiser

The members of Malibu Woman’s Club invite the community to their upcoming fun-raiser featuring Malibu prodigy, 11-year-old Benjamin Krasner. A student at Webster Middle School, Benjamin plays a repertoire at the level of a Julliard graduate. He recently delighted members with selections by Beethoven and Bach at their monthly meeting. The event includes hors d’oeuvres, a buffet and desserts following the performance. 

Malibu Woman's Club celebrates 50 years of nurturing Malibu's leaders of tomorrow. The service club awards prizes to fifth graders in Malibu schools who compete in an essay contest. Ten or more scholarships a year for academic achievement, extracurricular activities, and community service are awarded to outstanding high school seniors residing in Malibu.

“Because each member places a high value on learning, the Woman’s Club members are looking forward to raising money to benefit our educational scholarship fund,” said member/event hostess Charlotte Ward.

Benjamin has won numerous music competitions at Liana Cohen Foundation Music Festival, Southern California Junior Bach Festival, Long Beach Mozart Festival, 2009 Glendale Piano Competition, Southwestern Youth Music Festival and the Helen Brown Music Competition. His first musical composition “Wow!” won the National PTA reflection competition.

Invited to Moscow by Vladimir Spivakov’s Fund to perform at the 2007 “Moscow meets Friends” International Festival, later, Benjamin performed at the Telluride International Jazz Festival. He became the youngest laureate in the International Young Musicians Competition “Passion of Music 2008” in Lincoln Center, NY. Benjamin was selected by Oprah’s Search for the World’s Smartest and Most Talented children in 2009. 

Benjamin's parents and grandparents emigrated as political refugees from Russia in 1987. His mother Ann, an internationally recognized artist, will exhibit many of her joyfully evocative paintings to benefit the fun-raiser.