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America's first great piano virtuoso was a darkly handsome, intense young New Yorker named William Kapell. He had it all: a staggering technique, passion and an artistic instinct that pierced to the heart of every piece. In 1953 he died in a plane crash at 31. All that remained were his legend and a handful of recordings. Then in 2004 a trove of new Kapell performances surfaced, recorded at home by Australian department-store salesman Roy Preston from radio broadcasts of Kapell's final tour. A selection of those recordings is now being released in a two-disc...
...Juan Carlos Valdes Fernandez ’11, Miller and Campbell are the cornerstones of the weekly event. Miller discovered early in his college career that the Harvard atmosphere was not a music-friendly one, and without enough events like Acoustic Tuesdays, pursuing his passion would be harder than imagined. “It’s a phenomenon with Harvard jazz musicians; the music just dies with people here,” Miller says. “It might be something spiritual or the lack of time but it sucks...
...passion for grassroots change remained distinct from his academic career: after graduating, Rahn enrolled at the California Institute of Technology to pursue a doctorate in theoretical physics. DeBergalis stayed on for an extra year at what he calls his “really good trade school,” earning a master’s degrees in computer science before starting his career at Cambridge-based technology companies. CHANGING LANES
...director. For the second year in a row, the company decided to have their production professionally directed. They knew they found their man in Shelley Bolman. “Shelley’s [application] just immediately stood out because he wrote about the play with such enthusiasm and passion. A great part of that was this new idea he had.” says co-producer Tara L. Moross ’09. Bolman’s “new idea” was to set Shakespeare’s classic tale of mistaken identity and pursuit of love...
...personal style. But increasingly, Democrats have been worried about how well that style will wear if Obama gets the nomination and has to face even tougher attacks at the hands of Republicans. "Sometimes, he sounds like he is writing a Ph.D.," said one adviser. "He has to show some passion...