Harvard Department of Music

March 2013: Interview with Robert Levin

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COMING UP [RESCHEDULED FROM LAST SPRING]

Sunday, January 26,2014
3:00 pm
Sanders Theatre

ROBERT LEVIN IN RECITAL. This unique concert features works written for and premiered by internationally renown concert pianist Robert Levin. Straccia vecchia / Sauce 180 by Yehudi Wyner; Träume (“Dreams”) by Hans Peter Türk (premiere); Piano Sonata No. 2 by John Harbison; Preludes by Bernard Rands.

Free parking at Broadway garage.

Free tickets available at Harvard Box Office
beginning January 12.

Harvard Box Office

Robert Levin Prize in Musical Performance

Dear Music Lovers,

In recognition of Robert Levin’s unique contribution to musical life at Harvard on the occasion of his upcoming retirement in 2014, we are delighted to announce a fundraising campaign to support a prize that honors an outstanding student musical performer in each graduating year. The award will be called the Robert Levin Prize in Musical Performance.

Among his many accomplishments, it is difficult to know whether to give pride of place to Robert Levin’s pioneering reconstructions and completions of Mozart’s and Bach’s unfinished masterworks, or to his groundbreaking performances of Mozart and Beethoven piano concertos, complete with improvised cadenzas. No less important, Robert is also an outspoken supporter of new music. He manages, like no one else, to bring together scholarly pursuits and questions of musical performance at the highest level, and for twenty years, has inspired these qualities in his students at Harvard. We can think of no better way to honor his work than with this named prize.

Harvard offers numerous prizes to young artists, but none for its many talented musical performers. The Robert Levin Prize will fill an important gap and will ensure that music making at the highest level will continue to flourish at Harvard. Thanks to generous gifts made by James and Marina Harrison and Jay and Eunice Panetta, we are fortunate to have a stunning start for the fund. We hope that their generosity will encourage further contributions and that the Levin Fund will grow and flourish.

We are optimistic that many of you will recognize the importance of encouraging young performers at a critical time in their lives as musicians and lifelong music lovers and supporters. Please consider a gift to honor the work of Professor Levin. An envelope is provided here for your use.
Warmest thanks.

Alexander Rehding, Chair
Fanny Peabody Professor of Music

TO DONATE TO THE LEVIN PRIZE:

Online:
To make a gift by credit card to the Harvard University Prize in Musical Performance Fund in honor of Professor Robert Levin, please follow these three steps:
1. go to: http://alumni.harvard.edu/give and follow the instructions (Note - you do not need to be an alumni of the Harvard to participate!);
2. When selecting a school/affiliate to donate to, please choose “Other” from the dropdown menu; and
3. Enter a note in the “Comments/Other Designation” box with instructions that this gift should go to the “Harvard University Prize in Musical Performance Fund in honor of Professor Robert Levin.”

By check: If you would like to be a part of this effort, please send your check (made out to "Harvard University") to
Chair of the Music Department
Department of Music
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
Note that the donation is for “Musical Performance Fund in honor of Robert Levin” on your check's memo line.

The Robert Levin Prize
Department of Music
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138

phone: 617-495-2791
email: musicdpt@fas.harvard.edu

c 2013 President and Fellows of Harvard College