Additionally, he developed and patented Toothfinder, a device to identify the presence of teeth in newborns and infants.ĭr. Lewitus is the author of What Does the Sign Say?, a children’s book recipient of the Moonbeam Award in 2008 that has sold over 18,000 copies. He served as Chief of Pediatrics at Marlborough Hospital and later became an active board member and Pediatric Medical Director with the MetroWest Physicians Organization. He completed his pediatric residency in New York and was a practicing pediatrician in Massachusetts for over 35 years until his retirement in 2016. Lewitus is a graduate of the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, where he received his medical degree in 1976. He was born in Lima, Peru to a family of artists-his father, Hans Lewitus, was a professor at the Lima Conservatory of Music and a founding member of the Peruvian Symphony Orchestra, and his mother, Eva Heller de Lewitus, is a retired photographer.ĭr. Lewitus is an entrepreneur with deep roots in the world of classical music and the arts. Currently, she also teaches as Adjunct Faculty at the Keyboard Department of the Frost School of Music – University of Miami.ĭr. Gegprifti is on the faculty of the Superior Academy of Music, the Frost Preparatory Program, and the Frost Young Musicians Camp. She is one of the founding members of Kaleidoscope MusArt, a non-profit organization based in Miami, dedicated to bridging the gap between canonical classical music and rarely heard or recently composed works while prominently featuring living composers and emerging artists. A graduate of the Boston Conservatory at Berklee (B.M.) and Indiana University (M.M.), she completed her D.M.A. Gegprifti has pursued her piano studies under the guidance of Valbona Kasaj, Dario de Rosa, Maureen Jones, Alberto Miodini, Igor Cognolato, Max Levinson, Evelyne Brancart, Naoko Takao, and Santiago Rodriguez. Gegprifti has also appeared as a lecturer at the University of North Texas, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico – San Juan, and Heidelberg University – Ohio. Noted performances include appearances with the National Radio Television Orchestra of Albania and the Indian Hill Orchestra, chamber concerts in Italy, Slovenia, and Puerto Rico, as well as artist residencies at the “Vivace Vilnius International Summer Festival,” International Portogruaro Festival “A tempo,” the Conservatory of Cuenca, and the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo in Ecuador. Co-founder | pianist Inesa Gegprifti has performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout Europe, U.S.A, and South America.
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