Word: perfectionists
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Young Pianos. A perfectionist with a penchant for turtleneck pullovers and gold-tipped Turkish cigarettes, Michelangeli has made only a few recordings because he has "never quite been satisfied with the quality of the sound." On tour he travels with his own Steinway ("Can you imagine Oistrakh playing with Stern's violin?") and personal piano tuner, 71-year-old Cesare Augustus Tallone. With a surgeon's knowledge of the piano's inner workings, Michelangeli treats his Steinway like a high-strung child, recently relinquished it to be overhauled, explaining: "It's still too young and hasn...
...Without (Music)-Introduces a perfectionist conductor with a twelve-tone name-Sergiu Celibidache-but without a country, an orchestra, or a recording contract to call...
Died. Gretchen Merrill, 39, six-time (1943-48) U.S. women's figure-skating champion, a pretty blonde perfectionist who lost her chance to win a world title when the Olympics were suspended for twelve years during and after World War II and, when they resumed in 1948, finished a disappointing eighth, after which she retired from competition; in Windsor, Conn., where she had been under treatment for emotional problems for the last three years...
...wobbly ways offstage, when it comes to his dancing, he is a man of steely dedication. He is a perfectionist, and has the arrogance of a perfectionist. Once, at a Kirov performance in France of Swan Lake, he slipped and fell in his first variation as the prince. Most dancers would have sheepishly carried on. Not Rudi. He stopped the orchestra, stalked offstage, rubbed rosin on his shoes and started all over again. He attends class every day without fail, will spend hours working on a step that is merely a preparation. Unlike some male virtuosos, who are notoriously...
...Groza, the dean of place kickers and top point scorer (with 1,404) in football history. At 40, Groza cuts a comical figure as he waddles onto the field -belly hanging over the waist of his practically padless pants. But the players don't snicker. A proud perfectionist who boots 30 or more field goals a day in practice, Groza hit on 15 out of 23 field goals last year...