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Leon Botstein (born December 14, 1946 in Zürich, Switzerland) is a Jewish-Americanconductor, scholar, and the President of Bard College".
Botstein is the music director and principal conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra (ASO) and conductor laureate of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra (JSO), where he served as music director and principal conductor from 2003-2010. He is also the founder and co-Artistic Director of the Bard Music Festival. He is a member of the Board of Directors of The After-School Corporation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding educational opportunities for all students. He also serves as the Board Chairman of the Central European University.
Botstein is the author of Jefferson’s Children: Education and the Promise of American Culture and Judentum und Modernitaet. He graduated at age 16 from the High School of Music and Art in New York, and earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. from Harvard University in music history. He credits David Landes and Harold Farberman as his mentors.
Leon Botstein, Conductor / President of Bard College President Leon Botstein of Bard College steps boldly into the fray to answer one of the most enduring human questions: What is art? This discussion spills over into debates about art's value to society ---- whether access to the arts is right as basic as education or health care, and whether it should be assessed and supported by government or left to the "invisible hand" of the free market. President Botstein explains why it is essential to ask these questions and offers a sturdy basis for evaluating them. He goes so far as to suggest that engaging with art can give our lives meaning and purpose. The Floating University Originally released September 2011. Additional Lectures: Michio Kaku: The Universe in a Nutshell http://www.youtu...
President Leon Botstein of Bard College asks and answers the age-old question "What is art?"
In his recent book In Defense of a Liberal Education, Fareed Zakaria of CNN considers a question with a long and complex history: what is the value of a liberal arts education today? Leon Botstein, as president of Bard College for the last forty years, has intimately considered the question and put his answers into practice. Zakaria and Botstein, two astute commentators on education and its role in society, engage in a discussion moderated by Sam Tanenhaus, former editor of the New York Times Book Review. Presented on December 4, 2015, by GC Public Programs and the Center for the Humanities.
The conductor was inspired to study music after his mother, a pianist, tragically lost her hearing.
Students at Bard College interviewed on their opinion of Twerking. Special Guest: Leon Botstein, Bard College President Directed and Edited by Ashley Sheppard AQuinceFilms© http://www.youtube.com/user/AQuinceFilms?feature=watch Interviews by Ashley Sheppard, Aja Corliss & Maia Petrova Check BoTV Bard Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BoTVBard Tumblr: http://botvbard.tumblr.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/BOTVBard NOTE: Music was NOT created by BOTV or AQuinceFilms. All Rights are reserved to the original artist. FOR CREATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY! NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED!
Host Harry Kreisler welcomes Leon Botstein, President of Bard College and conductor and music director of the American Symphony Orchestra. Botstein traces his dual career paths and compares leadership in an orchestra and in a liberal arts college. He recalls his innovations as a conductor emphasizing the need to place music in its intellectual, political and social context. Botstein focuses on the challenges of higher education, identifying the elements of an ideal curriculum and programs that foster creativity. He concludes with a critique of the American education system and identifies the essential feature of meaningful reform. Series: "Conversations with History" [5/2011] [Education] [Show ID: 21340]
Leon Botstein, President of Bard College addresses Bard College at Simon's Rock graduates during the 2015 commencement exercises.
Leon Botstein, President of Bard College, discusses how his “new high school” and “early college” ideas benefit American students. (Taped 05-06-10) In May 1956, Richard D. Heffner, American historian, broadcaster, and University Professor of Communications and Public Policy at Rutgers, began a weekly public television series called The Open Mind. Well ahead of its time, the program has welcomed hundreds of interesting and influential persons from all fields to speak freely and to share their thoughts and ideas with a broad audience. Watch more of The Open Mind at CUNY TV: http://www.cuny.tv/show/openmind
Resisting Complacency, Fear, and the Philistine: Modernization, Tradition, and the University