Word: filmanowicz
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...Mozart and Beethoven are so well known as to make inevitable a comparison, with professional standards. The musicians in the Mozart were Edward Filmanowicz and Ronald Hathaway, violins; Frederick Shoup, viola; and Charles Forbes, 'cello. The performance understandably lacked the polish ideally desired; the minuet movement was rather ragged and the first violin had some intentional difficulties. But the Beethoven performance was better than many I have heard from alleged superiors. Robert Freeman handled the exacting piano part with total ease, and Forbes displayed a consistently smooth tone and sure technique...
...completely different approaches to violin playing characterized yesterday's concert at Aams House. The first was that of Harvard's Edward Filmanowicz, who played sonatas by Beethoven and Faure with superb piano accompaniment by Robert Freeman. Filmanowicz was fiery and exciting, and brought out all the dramatic aspects of the music. His tone was somewhat ascetic at times, but his sense of pace and climax brought the music to life...
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