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...WHRB, allowing Harvard students and members of the station’s greater Boston following to tune in.“We’re all really, really excited and really thrilled about this show,” says Susan I. Putnins ’08, singer and pianist for The Sinister Turns, as well as a DJ for WHRB. “Other students aren’t really involved in [WHRB], so I’m excited to have students involved other than those that are running it.”FILLING THE GAPThe event raises the issue...
...perhaps the most indicative highlight of the evening was when pianist Robert D. Levin ’68 wowed the audience with a celebratory improvisation, in which he assigned specific letters of the alphabet to the keys on the piano and composed a song using only the keys that corresponded with the letters in Faust’s full name...
...could also read during the inauguration festivities. “And I said, ‘Are you kidding?’” Faust exclaimed. The evening’s concert in Sanders featured a performance by the Kuumba Singers as well as individual acts by alumni. Pianist Robert D. Levin ’68 wowed the audience with a celebratory improvisation, in which he assigned specific letters of the alphabet to the keys on the piano and composed a song using only the keys that corresponded with the letters in Faust’s full name. Actor...
...Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet brought his world-renowned skills to bear in a compelling performance of “Piano Concerto in G.” The first movement was quick and clear, highlighting Ravel’s jazzier inclinations and showcasing the orchestra’s collective virtuosity as it navigated extreme contrasts in volume and abrupt changes in melodic quality. The second movement’s lilting waltz kept a surprisingly brisk pace, making Thibaudet’s rare indulgent suspensions all the more effective. He maintained a steady sense of rhythm into the frenzied third movement...
...former concert pianist, Natori still looks forward to reading the sales reports every week. "There's no better high than seeing something you've designed fly out of the stores...