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If you enjoyed the video<\/a> of Robert Levin’s electrifying commencement address to the 2009 graduating class at the Curtis Institute of Music<\/a>, you can now peruse a transcript of the speech.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s a must-read for anyone considering going into the music field, or about to enter the music field.\u00c2\u00a0 Most amazingly – this speech was extemporaneous!\u00c2\u00a0 Levin’s not just an amazing classical improviser, it seems!<\/p>\n

Many thanks to Jennifer Rycerz, Public Relations Manager at Curtis, for making this available.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to download the speech in pdf format.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you enjoyed the video of Robert Levin’s electrifying commencement address to the 2009 graduating class at the Curtis Institute of Music, you can now peruse a transcript of the speech.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s a must-read for anyone considering going into the music field, or about to enter the music field.\u00c2\u00a0 Most amazingly – this speech was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[115],"tags":[1674,1676],"class_list":["post-2832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-curtis-institute-of-music","tag-robert-levin"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-JG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2693,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/14\/robert-levins-fierce-urgency-of-now-for-classical-music\/","url_meta":{"origin":2832,"position":0},"title":"robert levin’s fierce urgency of now for classical music","author":"Charles Noble","date":"June 14, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Robert Levin, the acclaimed pianist\/scholar who appeared with the Oregon Symphony a few seasons ago, gave a commencement address at the Curtis Institute of Music this year.\u00c2\u00a0 I found it to be a very inspirational message, one given with urgency - describing the countdown clock on classical music as being\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "composition"","block_context":{"text":"composition","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/composition\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/38620_1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":846,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/03\/12\/great-chamber-music-online\/","url_meta":{"origin":2832,"position":1},"title":"great chamber music online","author":"Charles Noble","date":"March 12, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Violinists Bella Hristova and Joel Link; cellists Margo Tatgenhorst Drakos and Yu-wen Wang; and violists Vicki Powell and Roberto D\u00c3\u00acaz perform at the Curtis Institute [click to enlarge]. 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