Word: rosen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...twelve hours of deriding his boss, Martin was tearfully reading a "resignation" speech. Steinbrenner, who has never been loath to meddle in clubhouse affairs (including making out lineup cards and giving pep talks as well as second-guessing his manager in print), left it to Yankee Vice President Al Rosen to induce Martin to resign...
...accuse Martin of mismanaging the club. Steinbrenner and new president Al Rosen have made several stupid trades, leaving Martin with an ever-shifting roster and not enough of what he needed: pitching. The constant hounding from players, and especially from Steinbrenner, made Martin a very unhappy man, and in the past few weeks his photos revelaed an appallingly haggard face. It was all too much...
...broad-ranging musician who has even played on rock records, Rosen won the Naumburg cello competition in New York last year. His new triumph was no surprise to his father, who accompanied his son to Moscow and predicted the outcome from the start...
...began taking lessons at nine from his older brother, now a violinist with the Houston Symphony, and used a violin made by his father, a carpenter. He debuted with the Hartford Symphony at 14, and won a Naumburg prize two years before Rosen, in 1975. Although Oliveira feels that competitions are too powerful a force in establishing musicians' reputations, he was still happy: "Such a prize gives a performer a tremendous boost. It opens up more engagements with finer orchestras, better recitals throughout the world...
Indeed it does. Offers are pouring in for Oliveira to perform with symphonies across the U.S. He can now command $3,000-$1,000 more than his precompetition rate. As for Rosen, he may be able to support himself as a soloist. Says he: "It is much more difficult for a cellist to have a soloist career than it is for a pianist or a violinist. It would be a fantastic achievement if I could do even a small thing to advance the cause of cellists...