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Having struggled with this balance, I have learned much from Buswell??s insight. Looking back on his student years, he recollects that “your art becomes somewhat more questioning than assertive. Your self-assurance becomes less solid, in a healthy way.” He eventually learned to put the pieces back together, calling his experience “a digestive process. Once you can redevelop your own artistic personality, you come out much stronger and confident...
This confidence shone throughout Buswell??s chamber music recital at NEC’s Jordan Hall last Sunday night, which I and many other of his students attended. His ambitious and eclectic program, which included Stravinsky’s tongue-in-cheek Duo Concertante for Violin and Piano, Mendelssohn’s angst-ridden Piano Trio in C-Minor, Enesco’s Sonata No. 2, and Beethoven’s fiery Sonata No. 7, never showed a hint of musical timidity. Buswell first chose the Enesco, a lesser-known piece, and later added the other three works...
...Buswell??s formidable skills were developed during his Harvard years, where he made his musical presence known on campus. In addition to performing with both the Bach Society Orchestra and the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, Buswell was a founding member of Music 180r, a popular performance class still offered in the Music department, notable for its intensity and faculty star Robinson Professor of Music Robert D. Levin ’68. As I navigate a similar path through Harvard’s classical music scene, I can still see the effects of his time here. During his junior year...
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