The Juilliard School

Школа исполнительского искусства в Нью-Йорк

Today was such a powerful, stirring day. After my dear friend and partner in music, Dick Hyman recei...ved his Honorary Degree from President Polisi of the Juilliard School, another recipient, actor Stephen Henderson gave a touching, but very humorous speech. His following messages will always stay with me: "you have two birthdays, one on which you were born, and another, the day you figure out why", and, "if you are going to perform differently in Boise than in Lincoln Center, then you don't deserve either place", and finally, ''don't get it right, get it true." My eyes welled up with tears again when at lunch I saw Mrs. Mennin, the widow of President Peter Mennin of our time. I was filled with so much love and emotion that I could not overcome the urge to go to her table. "Mrs. Mennin, I am an alumna from President Mennin's years, and I just want to say thank you, we always admired you, sitting in that balcony, listening to every single concert, always looking so beautiful and elegant. You were there when I played the Chopin Concerto, but of course you won't remember me, but again, thank you and President Mennin so much." She looked deep into my eyes smilingly and said:''Oh, thank you, thank you, bless your heart."
Meral Guneyman, Class of 1977
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