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Died. Gina Bachauer, 63, piano virtuoso whose powerful romanticism won her international acclaim; of a heart attack; shortly before a performance in her native Athens. A student of Sergei Rachmaninoff's, Bachauer found her budding career postponed by World War II. She abandoned concert halls for military outposts, giving more than 600 recitals of classics and boogie-woogie for Allied troops in the Middle East. A commanding woman in appearance as well as technique, Bachauer made her U.S. debut in 1950, drawing only 35 listeners. Critics, however, were quick to praise her spirited interpretations of a wide variety...
...management field. Last May, shortly after he was fired as Hurok's president, Gold announced the formation of his own firm, ICM Artists Ltd. Since then, the agency has signed up such onetime Hurok clients as Violinists Isaac Stern and Pinchas Zukerman; Pianists Claudio Arrau, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Gina Bachauer and Daniel Barenboim; Cellist Leonard Rose; Conductors Erich Leinsdorf and Julius Rudel; and Dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov. Zukerman switched, he explained, because "Shelly Gold is more than a manager to me. He's a close friend. I get a lot from Shelly, a lot more than the 20%." Added Stern...
After last week's Carnegie Hall concert (also on the program: Pianist Gina Bachauer), weary Conductor Barbirolli faced the audience. Said he: "My dear friends, you can imagine that it is not without great emotion that I return . . . You have made me a very happy man. God bless you." Whereupon Sir John stepped down and threw his arms around the concertmaster...
Mozart: "Coronation" Concerto (K. 537) (Gina Bachauer, New London Orchestra, Alec Sherman conducting; Victor). A composition that has some of Beethoven's grandeur and relentlessness, which is fully realized by Pianist Bachauer. Recording: clear...
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