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...months later, at a chamber music concert, I got my answer. There he was, revealing himself to be an exceptionally talented violinist. Ronan Lefkowitz '75 is, as one member of the Music Department has put it, "an extraordinarily beautiful musician, a musician to be reckoned with...
Lefkowitz's true love is chamber music. He likes the individual responsibility as well as the interaction between musicians. "I like working with people on an individual basis, not in groups," he said. "I want some responsibility and a say in what goes on. You don't have that playing in an orchestra...
Music 180r, "Seminar in Performance and Analysis," is often used as an example of how performance can be integrated into scholarly studies. Students, who are admitted to the course after an audition, study chamber music through discussion and performance, using performance to supplement their understanding of the scholarly value of the works. Unfortunately, similar courses are few and far between in the University, and rarely available to more than the few devoted students who aggressively seek them out. And the strict intellectual framework of Music 180r reflects a common complaint against Harvard art courses; creative art is taught...
...Inventive bit of programming, a Mozart chamber work, the Clarinet Quintet, was also performed. Featured clarinetist David Kass was dazzling both technically and interpretively. With incredible breath control and unwaveringly beautiful tone, he gave the quintet a riveting emotional focal point. He was assisted by a fine string quartet with HRO concerto competition winner Lynn Chang as first violinist. Their sound was well blended, and if a lack of sensitivity to the light-hearted humor of the last two movements ended the piece on a dry note, the performance as a whole showed a unity and sincerity of interpretation...
...1920s he took charge of the company's European operations. In 1933 he bought the firm's franchise for Italy and moved his family to Milan and later to Rome, where they lived in a handsome old villa. For years he headed the American Chamber of Commerce in Italy and was the trusted bridge between the American embassy and Italian industry...