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...could only begin to suggest what the 1,800 foreign diplomats, Soviet film stars, composers, musicians and ordinary Russians witnessed on an extraordinary afternoon. At 4 p.m. Horowitz emerged from the wings to thunderous applause, cut it short with an impatient gesture, sat down at his personal 9-ft. Steinway, which had been flown in for the occasion, and for two hours held everyone spellbound...
...Horowitz comports himself with the regal mien of a 19th century monarch. He performs only on Sunday afternoons at 4. No matter where he is playing, he dines on Dover or gray sole flown in fresh that day. His wife, his housekeeper, his manager, his piano technician and a Steinway official all accompany him--as does, of course, his piano. The $40,000 concert grand, plucked by crane from the living room of his Manhattan townhouse, had its 12,000 parts cleaned and examined with a degree of care worthy of Air Force One. Its mahogany case was given coat...
...million dollars for TV and recording rights to his five-concert series. His extensive art collection--which included works by Rouault, Degas, Manet and Picasso--was sold off when the insurance became prohibititive, and replaced with a Japanese silk-screen painting and a Chinese mirror painting. The big Steinway commands the living room, when it is not on the road with him. Near by on the wall are four autographed photographs: Paderewski, Rachmaninoff, Puccini and Toscanini...
Kirkland’s practice rooms are available for performers of all skill levels. Pianists can tickle the ivories of the two pianos located in the practice rooms in the basement of Entryways B and C. After auditioning for resident music tutor Jonathan Kregor (kregor@fas.harvard.edu), the Bosendorfer and Steinway in the Junior Common Room are also free game...
...budding musicians, Winthrop boasts two formal rehearsal spaces, the Junior Common Room and the Tonkens Room, each with its own Steinway Grand Piano. Both rooms are openly accessible and flanked by a smaller practice room. Keys are available in the Superintendent’s office...