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    Dr Vartan Gregorian Honored with Piscator Award

    By MassisPost
    Updated: April 2, 2014

    NEW YORK -- Dr Vartan Gregorian, President of Carnegie Corporation, is
    awarded the Honorary Erwin Piscator Award 2014 in memory of Maria Ley
    Piscator. This honor recognizes Dr. Gregorian as an outstanding
    supporter of the performing arts and "for his extraordinary
    contributions to education, culture and arts in the United States,
    from his time at the University of Pennsylvania, to his legendary
    tenure at the helm of New York Public Library, his presidency at Brown
    University, and currently his position as President of Carnegie
    Corporation of New York." The second honoree was Broadway director and
    producer Harold (Hal) Prince who received the 27th Annual Piscator
    Award for his outstanding contributions to American theater and
    musical theater over the past six decades.

    The award ceremony held on March 25, 2014 at the Lotos Club in
    Manhattan, was presented by the performing arts nonprofit,
    "Elysium--Between Two Continents." The organization's goal is to foster
    "artistic and academic dialogue, creative and educational exchange,
    and mutual friendship between the USA and Europe, especially the
    German-speaking countries, through theatre plays, operas, concerts,
    lectures, and exhibitions."

    The award was created by the Elyseum's founder and artistic director,
    Gregorij H. von Leïtis. In 1985, he instituted the award to honor
    Piscator's artistic and humanitarian legacy and his lasting influence
    on theatre on both sides of the Atlantic. In particular, the German
    theater director and producer's development of "political theater, a
    forum for the individual's ability to effect change."

    http://massispost.com/2014/04/dr-vartan-gregorian-honored-with-piscator-award/



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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