Writer and music historian Harvey Sachs has lectured at universities and cultural institutions worldwide; has held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the New York Public Library’s Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, and the National Endowment for the Humanities, as well as grants from the Canada Council; and holds an honorary doctorate from the Cleveland Institute of Music. From 2011 to 2013, he was the New York Philharmonic Leonard Bernstein Scholar-in-Residence. Mr. Sachs, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, lived in Europe—mostly in Italy—for over 30 years. He is a frequent contributor to the Sunday cultural supplement of Il sole 24 Ore, one of Italy’s leading newspapers, and is a former artistic director of Milan’s prestigious Società del Quartetto. In 2017 he received the title of Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia (Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy) from President Sergio Mattarella for his contributions to Italian culture.