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...only do these vital virtuosos continue to perform, but most also teach, providing a critical link to a celebrated musical past. Bass player Homer Mensch, 89, learned orchestra playing from conducting greats Arturo Toscanini and Leonard Bernstein. Sandor grew up studying piano at Budapest's Liszt Academy with Bela Bartok, one of the 20th century's greatest composers. "[Bartok] listened to you and then played whatever you were trying to play," says Sandor of his teacher. "Technique is a difficult thing to put into words...
Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music, one of the country's most prestigious conservatories, has nearly 50 alumni over 70 who still teach and perform on concert tours. "When Isaac Stern turned 70, we told him he was old enough to teach at Curtis," jokes the school's director, Gary Graffman, who at 75 remains a concert pianist...
...main concern is that we keep this opposition party out of power." After the Panorama program aired in Britain late last month, Zimbabwe's government denounced its content as "lies" and Western propaganda designed to misrepresent the political situation in Zimbabwe. The government said the camps were used to teach youths patriotism, discipline and entrepreneurial skills. "National Youth Service graduates have no record of violent behavior," said a statement from the ministry. "No youth, not even one, has ever been coerced to join the National Youth Service," it added. Zimbabwe's Youth Minister, Ambrose Mutinhiri, dismissed allegations that girls...
Vendler said America’s refusal to teach the arts could undermine attempts to study the humanities fields that surround...
Toussaint G. Losier ’04 is a social studies and Afro-American Studies concentrator in Leverett House. He is a member of the Harvard Haitian Alliance, a group which is sponsoring a teach-in tonight at 7 p.m. in the Parlor Room of Phillips Brooks House...