CULTURE | Yo-Yo Ma performs benefit concert
The concert was attended by over 2,000 audience members. Max Vinetz ’18 said he thought Ma “did an amazing job of filling the hall with one instrument, and creating a body of sound during the Bach Cello Suite.”
更多The concert was attended by over 2,000 audience members. Max Vinetz ’18 said he thought Ma “did an amazing job of filling the hall with one instrument, and creating a body of sound during the Bach Cello Suite.”
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Harvard Arts Medal
Damian Woetzel KSG ‘07 will receive the 2015 Harvard Arts Medal on April 30.
2015 Harvard Arts Medal recipient: Dancer and arts leader Damian Woetzel KSG ‘07
Arts Medal Ceremony
Thursday, April 30, 4 PM
Farkas Hall
10-12 Holyoke Street, Cambridge
Thursday, April 30, 4 PM
Farkas Hall
10-12 Holyoke Street, Cambridge
Damian Woetzel KSG ‘07 is director of the Aspen Institute Arts Program, which under his leadership aims to further the value of the arts in society, focusing on education, social justice, economics, and diplomacy. He has created events and programs furthering this work in venues varying from the National Performing Arts Center in Beijing, to the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park, the home of Shakespeare in the Park. In addition to his role at the Institute, Woetzel is a producer and director of dance and music performances, including the artistic directorship of the Vail International Dance Festival.
Woetzel was a Principal Dancer at New York City Ballet from 1989 until his retirement from the stage in 2008. At NYCB, he danced virtually the entire leading male dancer repertory, and had works created for him by Jerome Robbins, Eliot Feld, Twyla Tharp, Susan Stroman, and Christopher Wheeldon, among others. Woetzel also frequently performed as a guest star with companies including the Kirov Ballet and American Ballet Theatre, and starred in numerous television broadcasts and as the Cavalier in the Time Warner movie version of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker. Woetzel has also choreographed a number of ballets for NYCB and other companies.
Read the announcement in the OFA News blog.
About the Ceremony
Damian Woetzel KSG ‘07 is the first dance artist to receive the Harvard Arts Medal. The medal will be awarded by Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust at a ceremony on Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 4 PM at Farkas Hall, 10-12 Holyoke St. The ceremony, presented by the Office for the Arts at Harvard and the Board of Overseers of Harvard College, will include a discussion with Woetzel moderated by actor John Lithgow ‘67, Master of the Arts at Harvard and host of the event.
This is the official opening event for ARTS FIRST, Harvard University’s annual festival showcasing student creativity in the arts, April 30-May 3.
Admission to the Ceremony is free but tickets are required, available in person at the Harvard Box Office at Smith Campus Center, 1450 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, or by calling 617.496.2222 or visitingwww.boxoffice.harvard.edu (phone and online ticket orders are subject to service fees). Ticket distribution for Harvard affiliates (2 per person, with valid ID) begins Tuesday, April 21; ticket distribution for the public (2 per person) begins Thursday, April 23. Some remaining tickets may be available at the door one hour prior to event start time.
History
The Harvard Arts Medal was established in 1995 to recognize excellence and demonstrated achievement in the arts by a Harvard or Radcliffe alumnus/a or faculty member. The medal is given to an individual who has achieved distinction in the arts and who has made a special contribution to the good of the arts, to the public good in relation to the arts, or to education. It is awarded by the Office of Governing Boards and the President of Harvard at the recommendation of a committee of faculty, alumni and administrators, which is convened by the OFA.
Past Recipients
2014 Margaret Atwood AM '62, Litt.D. '04
2013 Matt Damon '92
2012 Tommy Lee Jones '69
2011 Susan Meiselas EdM ’71
2010 Catherine Lord '70
2009 Fred Ho '79 (awarded Fall 09)
2009 John Ashbery '49 (awarded Spring 09)
2008 Joshua Redman '91
2007 John Adams ’69 MA ‘72
2006 Christopher Durang ‘71
2005 Maxine Kumin ‘46
2004 Yo-Yo Ma ‘76
2003 Mira Nair ‘79
2002 William Christie ‘66
2001 Peter Sellars ‘80
2000 John Harbison ‘60
1999 David Hays ‘52
1998 John Updike ‘54
1997 Bonnie Raitt ‘72
1996 Pete Seeger ‘40
1995 Jack Lemmon ‘47
2013 Matt Damon '92
2012 Tommy Lee Jones '69
2011 Susan Meiselas EdM ’71
2010 Catherine Lord '70
2009 Fred Ho '79 (awarded Fall 09)
2009 John Ashbery '49 (awarded Spring 09)
2008 Joshua Redman '91
2007 John Adams ’69 MA ‘72
2006 Christopher Durang ‘71
2005 Maxine Kumin ‘46
2004 Yo-Yo Ma ‘76
2003 Mira Nair ‘79
2002 William Christie ‘66
2001 Peter Sellars ‘80
2000 John Harbison ‘60
1999 David Hays ‘52
1998 John Updike ‘54
1997 Bonnie Raitt ‘72
1996 Pete Seeger ‘40
1995 Jack Lemmon ‘47
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