Renowned musicians to receive arts and humanities medals
University Park, Pa. -- The 2009 Institute for the Arts and Humanities Medals for Distinguished Contributions to the Arts and Humanities will be awarded to world-renowned pianist Emanuel Ax, violinist Itzhak Perlman and cellist Yo-Yo Ma on March 30.
(Media-Newswire.com) - University Park, Pa. -- The 2009 Institute for the Arts and Humanities Medals for Distinguished Contributions to the Arts and Humanities will be awarded to world-renowned pianist Emanuel Ax, violinist Itzhak Perlman and cellist Yo-Yo Ma on March 30.
The medals will be presented by Penn State president Graham Spanier, immediately following the musicians' sold-out concert starting at 7:30 p.m. on March 30 in Eisenhower Auditorium at the University Park campus. The three outstanding musicians make their world premiere performance as a trio as part of the Center for the Performing Arts 2008-2009 season.
The IAH Medal for Distinguished Contributions to the Arts and Humanities was established in 2006. The purpose of the medal is to honor individuals whose work has helped define the best of our times and to stimulate a dialogue that reaches beyond traditional disciplinary limits.
The medal recognizes the accomplishments of those individuals whose work in the arts and in the humanities has furthered public awareness of the importance of scholarship, literature and the arts and has reached a wide public audience while maintaining the highest standards of scholarship, creativity and originality.
Previous IAH medal recipients include Salman Rushdie ( novelist, essayist: 2006 ), Daniel Libeskind ( architect: 2007 ) and Mario Vargas Llosa ( novelist, essayist, political activist: 2008 ). Click here for more information on the IAH medal.
Exclusive interviews with each of the three musicians can be heard as podcasts on Previews, the Center for the Performing Arts multimedia magazine.
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