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...every musician who wanted to pay tribute to the great man had been given a place on the program, we would still be listening to them now," said the organizer of a musical fête to honor Andrés Segovia, the world's most celebrated classical guitarist. The great man himself rose from the audience during intermission to accept a gold medal from the mayor of Madrid. "I have always had a great affection for this city," he joked. "But I love it even more so now." After the 3½-hour concert, the Andalusian-born Segovia...
...second stint at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (he first played there in 1931 for Herbert Hoover), the maestro wanted to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his U.S. debut. And so he did, last week, thundering out fortissimi to an audience packed with the likes of Isaac Stern, Andrés Segovia and Mstislav Rostropovich. Carter, recalling the cherished Horowitz recording he had as a midshipman, said of his guest artist: "A true national treasure...
...50th anniversary of a high note, Andres Segovia's first U.S. tour, and, as part of the celebration, the classical guitarist played before a sellout audience of 3,200 at San Francisco's Masonic Auditorium. "This guitar refuses to stay in tune," he complained, and later he apologized: "Tonight my guitar was not my sweetheart. It was my enemy." Segovia, 84, lives in Madrid where he is working on his four-volume autobiography. which he likes to think of as four movements of a sonata...
...season seven events out of the offerings. The remaining tickets are sold at box offices immediately before the event. Thus, a group such as the Guarneri String Quartet is already sold out, although the performance date is March 1977. But Pierce says, "Some events really surprise me--for example Segovia never sells well in subscription, but does at the box office. Fortunately, Boston is a city most major artists want to play, and I can afford to turn down artists' agents if I have...
Hurok was actively wheeling and dealing when he died last week at 85. He had lunched in midtown Manhattan with one of his most famous artists, Spanish Guitarist Andrés Segovia, then hopped into a car to go to a meeting with Banker David Rockefeller. On the way, a heart attack brought an end to the life of one of the most successful talent promoters in show business...