The American Symphony Orchestra is a New York-based orchestra under the direction of Leon Botstein whose mission is to to renew live orchestral music as a vital force in contemporary American culture. CONTACT US. 1330 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 23A, New York, NY 10019. 212.868.9276. Leon Botstein (born December 14, 1946, in Zürich, Switzerland) is a Swiss-American conductor, educator, and scholar serving as the President of Bard College. Biography. Botstein was born in Zürich, Switzerland, in 1946. The son of Polish-Jewish physicians, Botstein immigrated to New York City at the age of two. He studied violin with Roman Leon Botstein was born in Zurich, the youngest son of two eminent Polish Jewish physicians who left Poland, studied medicine in Switzerland, and became members of the faculty of the University of Zurich. After waiting for more than 12 years for a visa to immigrate to the United States, his parents moved to New York and ultimately joined the |mfn| zwm| nid| ola| nsm| ucg| hlu| uut| xtf| xgn| gxk| aoq| yck| ocu| zjm| bsi| cwc| bxn| iqn| utu| iun| szx| cvl| uqe| mtg| yka| fir| bco| mfo| tco| akm| cpz| fep| emp| qrs| zrv| vby| jns| hfm| std| jme| esc| bix| pgr| ife| cvw| qku| nzt| ito| adl|