Word: pianists
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Pianist Van Cliburn: he accomplished more than a corps of diplomats in finding at least one common ground on which it is possible to talk to the Russians...
Fanciers of Johann Sebastian Bach are a disputatious lot given to occult probings into the spirit of the Master. Some like their Bach feathery and ice-edged; some like him broad and deliberate. The undisputed queen of the "broad" Bach school is Chicago-born Pianist Rosalyn Tureck, who for the past five years has been building an impressive reputation in Europe's concert halls (TIME, July 29, 1957). Last week the New York Philharmonic provided J.S.B.'s Manhattan fans with a rare treat: an all-Bach program at which Pianist Tureck appeared as the first female conductor...
...rehearsals, where her basic conducting is done. Pianist Tureck hands out her own editions of the works to be played (no printed editions of the original Bach orchestral parts are available), explains to the orchestra what her artistic concept is and why she has called for specific details of phrasing, dynamics, tempo. The major problem, she finds, is "getting a new idea of Bach across" to orchestra men chiefly schooled in the romantic repertory of the 19th century. In describing her ideas, she avoids technical detail, often uses phrases like "Keep it broad!" Once, during rehearsal last week, she cried...
Small, intense Pianist Tureck, who has never formally studied conducting, began only two years ago, when she got the chance to do eight Bach concertos with Copenhagen's Collegium Musicum. Since then, she has successfully led the Philharmonia Orchestra in a series of concerts that sold out London's Royal Festival Hall. She still plays regularly under other conductors. But when she herself can boss the orchestra, she feels that she can come several steps closer to the real Bach...
Still cashing in on his Moscow triumph, Pianist Harvey Lavan Cliburn Jr. boosted his standard concert fee to $4,000 for an afternoon appearance at the University of Texas, charged $500 for letting students into his morning rehearsal, and picked up $6,000 more for an extra performance later. Delighted to be paying so much for their music, Texans named Van an admiral in the Texas navy...