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Ronald E. Bornstein
Cole Porter Valentines: Amorous and Glamorous

Wednesday 14.02.2024

Summary

What Is This Thing Called Love? Some Cole Porter takes on desiring, finding and losing love, through songs performed on stage and in films, night clubs and recording studios from the 1930’s to the 2020’s by a variety of performers.

Ronald E. Bornstein

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Ronald E. Bornstein is an international lawyer who has practiced in New York, Paris, San Francisco, and London (where he currently resides). He is a member of Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, and a Lifetime Member of the Pacific Pension & Investment Institute (PPI). He was a Ford Foundation Fellow at the Academy of International Law at The Hague and a visiting Fulbright Professor at the University of Dakar. Ron holds a BS (econ) degree from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and a JD degree from its Law School.

Ron grew up in Manhattan and is a life long student of the “Great American Songbook” and American music from 1920 to 1970. He is also a Patron of the Musée d’Orsay and the British Museum where he sponsored its recent exhibition, “French Impressions: Prints from Manet to Cezanne”.