Word: zakrzewski
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...Making places where students can readily find each other might help the mental health problem,” Berenika D. Zakrzewski ’05 said. “I mean, look at Loker Commons, which is in a basement—I don’t know anyone who hangs out there...
...world-renowned pianist, Zakrzewski has already amassed quite a résumé. Born in Warsaw and raised in Ontario, she spent four years at the Professional Children’s School in New York and participated in Juilliard’s pre-college program. She frequently travels worldwide for concerts, but has found time to perform at Harvard as well: Harvard invited her to play at University President Lawrence H. Summers’ inauguration. “I was really part of Harvard’s history. It was a tremendous honor,” she says...
Petite, with pale skin and masses of blond hair, Zakrzewski could fairly be described as a diva and prima donna, rarely seeming to let down her stage image. “She adores the limelight and functions very, very well in lights of flamboyances,” says Zakrzewski’s mentor, Robinson Professor of Music Robert D. Levin ’68. “That’s something she take to naturally and always has.” Zakrzewski, a joint music and government concentrator, makes little effort to hide her appreciation for some...
Last month, Zakrzewski played one of Grammy-winning composer Krzysztof Penderecki’s original pieces before him. After practicing furiously all month for the performance, Zakrzewski says she was disappointed to learn that the performance fell on the night before the Harvard-Yale football game, her last at Harvard. However, there was no way a couple hundred miles were going to come between Zakrzewski and some good old-fashioned college debauchery. “I found a flight to New Haven—I didn’t even know New Haven had an airport...
...attempt is made to secure kosher food for Blaine G. Saito, the token Asian-American Hawaiian Jew. Berenika D. Zakrzewski remarks that despite being a New Yorker with many Jewish friends, she’s never had matzoh ball soup, so she’s looking forward to attending a Passover seder...