Leon Botstein

Leon Botstein (born December 14, 1946) is a Swiss-born American conductor, educator, historical musicologist, and scholar who has been the president of Bard College since 1975. Emails released in 2026 by the United States Department of Justice as part of the Epstein files show that Botstein carried on a relationship with financier and child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein between 2011 and 2018, which included a visit to Little Saint James, Epstein's private island. In response, Bard College hired WilmerHale to undertake an independent review of Botstein's connections to Epstein.

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