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5 unusual facts about Benjamin Zander


Benjamin Zander

In 1965 he won a Harkness International Fellowship and traveled to the United States for graduate work at Brandeis University, Harvard University and with Leonard Shure and Ernst Oster in New York.

Christopher Wilkins

In his hometown he had performances with orchestras like Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood estate and Boston Philharmonic Orchestra which was guided by Benjamin Zander.

New England Conservatory

The Youth Philharmonic Orchestra formerly headed by Benjamin Zander is arguably the most selective group at the school.

Samuel Robles

He has been called a "wonderfully engaging conductor" by Boston Philharmonic's Benjamin Zander.

Walter Zander

He married Gretl Magnus in Berlin in 1931, and they had three sons and a daughter, among them legal scholar Michael Zander and conductor Benjamin Zander.



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