December 14, 1946 (1946-12-14) (age 77) Zürich, Switzerland
Spouse
Barbara Haskell
Children
4
Education
University of Chicago (BA) Harvard University (MA, PhD)
Occupation
Scholar, Conductor, Educator
Website
www.leonbotstein.com
Leon Botstein (born December 14, 1946, in Zürich, Switzerland) is a Swiss-born American conductor, educator, and scholar serving as the President of Bard College.[1][2]
^Profile: Leon Botstein, Hadassah Magazine, "Botstein is a proud secular Jew not ambivalent or defensive about his identity. In I Am Jewish: Personal Reflections Inspired by the Last Words of Daniel Pearl (Jewish Lights), he writes: "In Judaism, learning is prayer, for it celebrates the human capacity for language and thought." He waxes nostalgic for the days of "exceptional Jewry," arguing that "Jews have entered the indistinguishable middle class…. We are no longer the people of the book; we are a people of ordinary vulgarity. The real tragedy of American Jewry—and Israel—is that we've used privilege to become absolutely ordinary.""
^Depalma, Anthony (October 4, 1992). "The Most Happy College President: Leon Botstein of Bard". The New York Times. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
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Salzman (1984–1991). Since 1993, The Musical Quarterly has been edited by LeonBotstein, president of Bard College and principal conductor of the American Symphony...
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influence but also as an example of musical dramaturgy and self-expression. LeonBotstein argues the music of Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner also left their imprints...
Loesser (1990), p. 145 Kuerti (1997). Botstein (2004) in Chronique de ma vie, ISBN 978-2-207-25177-5) Sources Botstein, Leon (2004). "Beethoven's Pupil" Archived...
daughter, Jill, was living with LeonBotstein, now the president of Bard College. The Franconia board appointed Botstein, then 23, as president of the struggling...
1978 to 1985. Notable pupils of his include Yevgeny Kutik, Mira Wang, LeonBotstein, Daniel Han, Rachel Vetter Huang, Na Sun, Ikuko Mizuno and Elizabeth...
Post-Keynesian and Marxian Economics. The board of directors includes LeonBotstein, the president of Bard College; Bruce C. Greenwald and Joseph Stiglitz...
Ravitch, Jonathan Kozol, Michelle Fine, Karen Lewis (labor leader), LeonBotstein, Lani Guinier and Nancy Carlsson-Paige. FairTest alleges that a standardized...
incarceration. At Franconia College (whose president at the time was LeonBotstein) he transitioned from music to theater under the mentorship of Ronald...
when 23-year-old LeonBotstein became the youngest college president in the country. After securing $800,000 in federal grants, Botstein oversaw new construction...
Ravitch, Jonathan Kozol, Michelle Fine, Karen Lewis (labor leader), LeonBotstein, Nancy Carlsson-Paige, Lani Guinier, John H. Jackson, and Barbara Madeloni...
and Leonard Bernstein. Her biography of Bernstein was, according to LeonBotstein, the first attempt at a critical account of his life and work. Born...
Musical Quarterly, vols. 82–83 (1998), with articles by J. Sposato, LeonBotstein and others, for expressions of both points of view; and see Conway (2012)...
recognition in England came somewhat late for Smyth, wrote the conductor LeonBotstein at the time he conducted the American Symphony Orchestra's US premiere...
Seiber, performed by the American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by LeonBotstein, with Collegiate Chorale Singers". James Joyce Quarterly. 47 (3): 478–484...
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