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...itself but rather as a means for other more human-related goals,” said Samer M. Haidar ’08-’09, a friend of Koh’s. “He believes it’s his duty as a musician to use music as this kind of conduit—dialogue between people...
...role originated by Patricia McBride was aided by James Whiteside’s able partnering. Whiteside later appeared in “Ein Von Viel,” a modern ballet choreographed by Sabrina Matthews whose main innovation was bringing a grande piano onstage and a brilliant musician, Freda Locker, to sit at it.The piece d’occasion fared much better. Set to Chopin, “Rhyme”—a world premiere choreographed by Viktor Plotnikov—began with slow, silent movement, with the dancers captured in spotlights like snapshots. This set the stage...
...Classmates packed all three floors of the John F. Kennedy, Jr. Forum for the performance: a tradition that they started at the class’s 15th reunion to help honor musician Peter S. Ivers ’68, who had been murdered in March of that year...
Knights are rare enough these days, but add the labels of composer, musician, and conductor to that honor and the combination becomes practically unheard of. But Sir André Previn, who was knighted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 1996, has just these distinctions. As a guest at Harvard this past Monday, Previn shared personal insights about music as well as anecdotes and advice with the community in an intimate setting.A crowd of approximately 80 people gathered in the Kirkland Junior Common Room for a master class with Previn as part of the Learning From Performers series sponsored...
...first woman to conduct a mainstage production with the San Francisco Opera summarized her career path on Friday with a quote from Harvard Musician in Residence Isaiah A. Jackson III ’66: “You can’t plan the important things.” Hosted by the Harvard College Women’s Center and co-sponsored by the Office for the Arts at Harvard, Sara E. Jobin ’91 spoke with a group of students over lunch as part of the Alum-inating! program, a speaker series that brings a prominent alumna...