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...cigar once he was safely beyond such a fate himself. At 44, he is now at the top not only professionally -- considered in the same breath with Steve Martin and Robin Williams -- but personally as well, uncommonly secure in a business where ego tremors routinely register 9.8 on the Richter scale. He has lived in the same house in Pacific Palisades, Calif., for 12 years, been married to the same woman for 22. He has scarcely missed a volleyball game of either daughter: Jennifer, 19, who is now studying acting in London; and Lindsay, 15. An exciting Saturday is when...
Monday's earthquake was the most powerful to strike Egypt in recent history. It measured 5.9 on the Richter scale and caused an estimated $150 million in damage...
...classical music buffs who are tired of the same old generic sounds of Richter, Brendel, Horowitz or Gilels, Ugorski promises to be a real treat...
When Heinrich Neuhaus the great piano teacher of Gilels and Richter, heard Ugorski play at the age of 17 he said, "Not talented as a pupil, does not absorb influences. But a gifted pianist." Ugorski worked his way up to an appointment as a professor at the Leningrad Conservatory. He worked there until 1990, when he finally emigrated to Germany...
...classical music buffs who are tired of the same old generic sounds of Richter, Brendel, Horowitz of Gilels, Ugorski promises to be a real treat...