Background
Kraut, Harry John was born on April 11, 1933 in Brooklyn. Son of Harry and Margaret Grace (Pflaum) Kraut.
Kraut, Harry John was born on April 11, 1933 in Brooklyn. Son of Harry and Margaret Grace (Pflaum) Kraut.
AB, Harvard University, 1954. Postgraduate, Harvard University, 1956.
Assistant to manager Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1958-1968, associate manager, 1968-1971. Administrator Tanglewood Music Center, Lenox, Massachusetts, 1962-1971. Executive vice president Amberson, Incorporated, New York York City, from 1971.
President Arts Planning and Design, Inc., Key West, Florida, from 1988, Pacific Music Festival Foundation, New York City, from 1991. Executor Estate of Leonard Bernstein, from 1990. Advisor Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, 1985-1990, Pacific Music Festival (Sapporo), from 1990, Festival Bourgogne, from 2000.
Director Performing Arts Centers, Key West, Florida, from 2002. Member advisory board London Symphony Orchestra, since 1995, New York Festival of Song, New York City, since 1992, EOS Orchestra, New York City, since 1998. Trustee Peabody Conservatory, BAlt., 1983-1987.
President Harvard Glee Club Foundation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1958-1969.
Served with United States Army, 1956-1958. Member Academy television Arts and Sciences (Emmy award 1978, 88), Harvard Musical Association, Tennessee Williams Society (secretary 2003^).