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DIED. SVIATOSLAV RICHTER, 82, Russia's incomparable piano-poet; in Moscow. Virtually self-taught until age 21, Richter treated the piano like a soul mate, listening for the romance of Schumann or the fury of Beethoven. Perhaps he could not match Horowitz's brilliance or Rubinstein's panache, but showmanship was never paramount to him. "I don't consider the public," he told TIME. "My only interest is my approaching encounter with the composer...
...fully functional Windows 95 computer fueled by 75 MHz of Intel Pentium power. This mini-notebook also features one of Toshiba's finest-quality color screens (albeit a tiny 5 in. wide) with a pointing device built into its panel. The only downside is a microkeyboard that requires Horowitz-like dexterity. Despite the Libretto's $1,999 price tag (vs. $500 to $700 for Windows CE clamshell handheld devices), Toshiba expects to sell thousands to space-conscious execs and techies who know smaller, faster, better is also cooler...
According to her Senior Thesis Adviser, Richard S. Horowitz, Remus was extraordinarily motivated about her academics. "Without any doubt, she was the most disciplined student I have ever taught here," he wrote in an e-mail...
...Horowitz attributes Remus's modest and community-minded perspective to her crew experience. "In some ways, I think her commitment to rowing--a sport which focuses on the group--has shaped her outlook in general," he wrote in an e-mail. "Much more than most, Dana appreciates the efforts that others...
...disconcerting was the absence of any notion of what the pieces were designed to convey; Helfgott played a lot of notes but not much music. The audience didn't mind. Each piece was greeted with a roaring standing ovation, the kind once accorded only to a Rubinstein or a Horowitz...