Word: feltsman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Vladimir Feltsman finally got to Carnegie Hall last week. Eight years ago, Feltsman, the Moscow-born son of a prominent Jewish pop composer, was considered one of the Soviet Union's most promising young pianists. Then he applied to the authorities for an emigration visa. Suddenly his engagements were canceled, his recordings yanked off the radio. Even a private performance at Spaso House, the U.S. Ambassador's official residence in Moscow, was marred when the piano was mysteriously vandalized before the concert. Apart from a few performances, mostly on battered uprights in remote villages, Feltsman was a musical nonperson...
...cause, however, was taken up by several prominent Americans, among them Secretary of State George Shultz; five months ago Feltsman and his family were abruptly given permission to leave. In short order, the State University of New York College at New Paltz handed Feltsman a teaching post at $80,000 a year, the powerful Columbia Artists agency lined up more than 50 engagements, and there was a concert at the White House. Almost as quickly as he had fallen into disfavor, Feltsman, 35, soared to international celebrity...