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...performing music since he was eight, when he began training as a classical pianist in his hometown of New York City. Later he attended Julliard pre-college, and took a year off after his freshman year at Harvard to decide whether classical piano was his calling—his quest took him from playing in cocktail lounges to studying at the Aspen Music Festival, and back to Cambridge...
...third time’s the charm. Or the fourth. Or, in the case of Harvard hard-court standout Hana Peljto’s quest for Ivy immortality, hopefully the fifth...
Hammitt, a professor of economics and decision sciences at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), received plenty of support from fellow faculty in his quest to attain his new post as director of the HRCA...
...death, his son takes over the salting duties. Yu had planned to go to the capital next month, but he claims that a local public-security official is paying him $2 a day to stay at home during the politically sensitive NPC period. However, Yu plans to renew his quest when the congress ends. "I will petition until I die," Yu vows. "After that, I know my son will continue until he, too, dies...
...create a distinctively Sydney sound. For this he'd like to add volume and depth to the strings' middle and low registers. "In orchestras around the world, we have 16 first violins and eight bass. It's a nonsense!" he proclaims. "It's absolutely unbalanced." Gelmetti's quest for a Sydney sound begins in earnest this week. For the Verdi Requiem, he's bolstered both the cello and double-bass desks, as the composer originally intended. "He's played with that a bit in Sydney and it's fabulous," reports Calnin, now with De Waart at the Hong Kong Philharmonic...