Lecture: Daniel Libeskind

Mr. Daniel Libeskind, a Polish-American architect born in 1946, is the founder of Studio Daniel Libeskind. As a child, Mr. Libeskind was a talented musician and performed on Polish television. In 1959, at 13 years old, Libeskind was the recipient of the American-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship to study music in Israel. He moved to New York with his family where he continued to foster his musical talent and performer. He later left the world of music to study architecture and received his professional architectural degree in 1970 from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City. He received a postgraduate degree in History and Theory of Architecture at the School of Comparative Studies at Essex University in England in 1972.

This lecture marks the 20-year anniversary of Daniel Libeskind's 1995 Raoul Wallenberg lecture.

Co-sponsorship of this lecture is made possible by the Jean & Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies and University of Michigan Museum of Art.

5pm reception in the Michigan Union Rogel Ballroom. Refreshments will be served.