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  • 2018 Apr 26

    2018 Harvard Arts Medal Ceremony Honoring Writer COLSON WHITEHEAD '91

    4:00pm to 5:30pm

    Location: 

    Sanders Theatre

    Colson Whitehead
    Writer Colson Whitehead '91 Photo: Madeline Whitehead
    Presented By Office for the Arts and the Harvard Board of Overseers

    Author and Pulitzer Prize-winner Colson Whitehead ‘91 is the recipient of the 2018 Harvard Arts Medal, which will be awarded by Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust at a ceremony 4 p.m. Thursday, April 26, 2018, at Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy St., Cambridge. The ceremony, which is presented by the Office for the Arts at Harvard and the Board of Overseers of Harvard College, is the official opening of ARTS FIRST, Harvard University’s annual festival showcasing student and faculty creativity in the arts. The medal ceremony includes a discussion with Whitehead moderated by actor John Lithgow ’67, Art.D ‘05.... Read more about 2018 Harvard Arts Medal Ceremony Honoring Writer COLSON WHITEHEAD '91

  • 2018 Apr 27

    Pianist André Watts to perform Beethoven with Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra

    5:30pm

    Location: 

    Sanders Theatre

    André Watts
    Pianist André Watts will perform with the HRO on April 27 in Sanders Theatre. Photo: David Bazemore
    A concert featuring pianist André Watts, with the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, conducted by Federico Cortese.

    Presented by: Office for the Arts as part of the ARTS FIRST festival (April 26-29)

    Admission: Free and open to the public. Tickets available at 3:30 pm at the door on April 27.

    Legendary pianist and professor of music André Watts is the recipient of the 2018 Luise Vosgerchian Teaching Award, Harvard’s highest music award recognizing an outstanding educator. Watts will receive the award during a free concert and ceremony 5:30 p.m. April 27 at Sanders Theatre, where he will perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major (Emperor Concerto) with the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra under the director of Federico Cortese, senior lecturer on music at Harvard University.... Read more about Pianist André Watts to perform Beethoven with Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra