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Renowned pianist and music professor Robert D. Levin ’68, a freshman when Yannatos first arrived, speaks enthusiastically about the profound impact Yannatos has had on music at Harvard...
...brought such devotion to this institution,” Levin says. “He has brought such idealism to working with the cycle of young musicians ever renewing itself who come into Cambridge and play in the most incandescent and inspiring manner year in and year out and show people why the HRO is not only the oldest orchestra in America, but it is also at the very, very top of university orchestras anywhere. So his mark on this orchestra will be felt for a very long time...
...Levin says that Yannatos’ work has extended beyond Harvard and had an effect on the conservation of classical music at large...
...live in a market economy and it’s all supply and demand, and we assume that if there is no demand for classical music it’s all going to go away,” Levin says. “But the idealism of these students suggests that it will not allow it to go away. And it shows how important figures like Dr. Y really are, because by channeling the energy and the idealism of these students he gives this activity a prestige, a relevance, a here and now, a charisma that ultimately legitimizes and galvanizes...
...That's a lot of money we can be using for wildlife conservation.' RACHEL LEVIN, spokeswoman for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, on why the agency won't spend $300,000 to fix a duck stamp that mistakenly lists a phone-sex number instead of a number to re-order stamps...