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...Haydn concerto, I remember distinctly. I was so impressed that right after that concert I started to practice and I said if someone at that age can be that good I really want to know how far I can push myself. I knew then that I would be a pianist...
...used to dream of living my life as a pianist. From the age of four, through many emotions, I studied the piano. Living room recitals, adjudications, auditions, playing with the Seattle Symphony, and a solo recital taught me that I am a performer. Nothing has yet compared to the high of giving food music to others...
...building and testing of the first atom bomb is one of the century's great stories. So it takes a bit of nerve to turn this modern Promethean tale into a popular thriller, especially if the hero is a Pueblo Indian Army sergeant who is also a prizefighter, jazz pianist and catnip to the ladies...
When he arrived in Moscow last week, a Soviet official asked to see some identification. "My face is my passport," replied Vladimir Horowitz, 81, returning to his homeland for the first time since he fled to the West 61 years ago. The pianist, who is to perform two concerts in Moscow and Leningrad under a new U.S.-Soviet cultural exchange, was reunited with his niece Elena, 70, and visited relatives and old friends including Elena, daughter of Composer Alexander Scriabin, who had idolized Horowitz since her youth. While authorities have given the maestro a less than warm welcome, Horowitz clearly...
...fabulous young man, a talented pianist, and a gifted teacher of music," Martha H. Davis, co-master of Winthrop House said yesterday. "I can't think of anyone who met him who didn't like...