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...orchestra performed three pieces: Aaron Copland's "An Outdoor Overture," Gabriel Faure's "Pelleas et Melisande suite, op. 60" and Edvard Grieg's "Piano Concerto in A Minor, op. 16." Vosgerchian, who is also the Naumburg Professor of Music, was featured as piano soloist in the final piece...
Another DeLay student, the sloe-eyed, Roman-born Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, has had a rapid ascent since her 1981 victory in the Naumburg International Violin Competition. Salerno-Sonnenberg, 27, is a mediagenic performer hailed by some for her intensity ("the Edith Piaf of the violin," a colleague has called her) and scorned by others for the eccentric collection of tics, twitches and transports that form her onstage persona. But there is no gainsaying her vivid stage presence, or the enthusiasm with which she imbues her performances. Other noteworthy women violinists include the Kavafian sisters, Ani, 39, and Ida, 35, both...
Another professor noted for exceptional teaching, Naumburg Professor of Music Luise Vosgerchian, explains her philosophy. "There are two ways of educating," she says. The first is for the professor to devote his or her life to research and then present the results to the students who can then "accept or reject it," she explains. The second method, the winner of one of this year's Levenson Awards for outstanding teaching explains, is to diagnose the extent of the student's knowledge and "then proceed to challenge the student...
This year's winners in the respective categories are: Naumburg Professor of Music Luise Vosgerchian, Assistant Professor of History Bradford A. Lee, and teaching fellow Debra Carlin...
Piano Recital--Wanda Paik, pianist; music of Beethoven Mozart, Cuopin and Prokofiev; Naumburg Room, Fogg Art Museum...