Leon Botstein
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"Leon Botstein" is a Swiss-born naturalized United States/American conducting/conductor, scholar, and the President of Bard College.

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When you have a great building, you are inspired to do something great. For us, the building had the immediate impact of raising the aspirations of everyone involved in the arts.