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Favorites, On AND Off the You Tube screen

Posted on February 6, 2017 by

This week reaped a set of Internet-channeled treasures along with an off screen, chance meeting with a Rosina Lhevinne student at a Berkeley bus stop. The first On Air stop-off was Seymour Bernstein’s riveting hour-and-44 minute long interview that covered … Continue reading →

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Mozart memories, reflections and revisits (Videos)

Posted on December 11, 2011 by

Andante: second movement, Mozart Sonata K. 545 played on my Steinway, 1917, M. **** My relationship to Mozart and his music began with the violin. At the Merrywood Music Camp in Lenox, Massachusetts, only a stone’s throw from Tanglewood, I … Continue reading →

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An ageless pianist and her historic concert (I was there)

Posted on December 7, 2011 by

This is the program that I preserved from the event. It was contained in a boxful of musical artifacts that my mother sent me. On March 28th, 1960, I was present at Madame Rosina Lhevinne’s Eightieth Birthday celebration concert held … Continue reading →

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