Philip Liston-Kraft, Piano

Philip Liston-Kraft is a graduate of Harvard College, Tufts University School of Medicine, and the Harvard Law School. In 2021, after concluding his career in law and medicine as a Senior Director at Biogen in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he obtained his M.A. in Germanic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University where he is presently a fourth-year doctoral candidate,focusing on medieval German medical and mystical texts. Philip received his musical training at New England Conservatory where he studied piano with Jeannette Giguere and Russell Sherman. At age 16, he performed the Liszt First Piano Concerto with the Boston Pops. With flutist Robin Hendrich, he has recorded the Boismortier Works for Flute and Harpsichord on the Northeastern University record label. He performed for many years with the “Lawyers in Love with Music,” based in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Philip especially enjoys returning to perform with Daniel Weiser in the Hanover area where he worked for the Rassias Center for many summers as a TA in French and German.