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ist. Leon Botstein =onducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl. (Michael =obinson Chavez, Los Angeles Times / January 14, 2009) By Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times =usic Critic EFTA_R1_01656797 EFTA02520203 August =8, 2013, 2:20 =.m. They laughed =hen Leon Botstein became president of Bar

dent of Bard College in 1975, at the very =dea that a 28- year-old could enliven a venerable New York liberal arts college. They laughed in 1990 when Botstein =tarted the Bard Music Festival, which had the appearance of a vanity =peration for his own seemingly dubious ambitions as a conductor. They =aughe

nt Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 8:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Message from Leon Botstein's office Dear =r. Epstein, President Botstein asked that I send you =his article from the L.A. Times. Best =egards, Catherine ♦ Catherine Susser =uiggi I PO Box 5000 Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12

From: President Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 8:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Message from Leon Botstein's office Dear =r. Epstein, President Botstein asked that I send you =his article from the L.A. Times. Best =egards, Catherine ♦ Catherine Susser =

565 Leon Botstein conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl. (Michael Robinson Chavez, Los Angeles Times I January t4, 2009) By Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times Music Critic August 28, 2013 2:20p.m. They laughed when Leon Botstein became president of Bard College in 1975, at the very idea

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estival, which continues to be, year after year under Botstein, the summer's most stimulating music festival. And so is the American Symphony, which Botstein has used to spearhead the kind of adventurous thematic programming that many other orchestras are now looking at as a way to remain relevant. Why,

s/culture/la-et-cm-secretary-of-culture-notebook- 20130120,0,162825.story latimes.com The case for naming a U.S. secretary of Culture Music critic Mark Swed says it's time we have someone in the Cabinet who can speak to our common identity: Arts and the humanities help us figure out who we are. By Mark S

poser John Adams put on “Doctor Atomic,” an opera about the creation of the atomic bomb. Sellars held heads of state in awe. My second nomination is Leon Botstein, president of Bard College in New York state. He is one of our few remaining public intellectuals and a renaissance man, which means he is a conducto

humanities colleges in the country by appealing to donors on all sides of the political spectrum. He's an egghead who goes on "The Colbert Report." Botstein makes things happen, and he makes them happen by persuading people to look beyond their preconceptions, to view society in broad and grand terms. He