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Died. Amparo Iturbi, 70, José Iturbi's younger sister and a piano virtuoso in her own right; of a brain tumor; in Beverly Hills. Though overshadowed by her brother, Amparo carved out a successful career with orchestras in the U.S. and abroad; she won special acclaim for her interpretations of Granados' difficult "Goyescas...
Williams is also a virtuoso of more sublime happenings. There was the time he and a camera crew drove into the Mojave Desert just before dawn. As the sun rose over the horizon, a skywriting pilot named V. E. Noble received a radio signal and began tracing a stem, leaves and petals to form history's largest "sunflower." But the fierce glare frustrated attempts to record the $5,000 gambol on film. Explains Williams, eyes aglow: "The idea wasn't to see it, really. The idea was for people to hear about...
...defunct European quartet called the Guarneri (after the 18th century Italian violinmaker). Despite its distinguished sponsorship, the quartet's success is the result of its own special musical resources. First Violinist Arnold Steinhardt, 32, a tall (6 ft. 3 in.), darkly handsome bachelor, is a Los Angeles-born virtuoso and 1958 Leventritt Competition winner. Second Violinist John Dalley, 33, and Violist Michael Tree, 46, are both talented sons of well-known violin teachers. Cellist David Soyer, 43, the quartet's unofficial spokesman, is also its most musically seasoned member; his experience ranges from dance bands to Toscanini...
...basics. Their movements forsake the glide-and-leap patterns of ballet in favor of a staccato stomping in which the heel, rather than the toe, becomes the pivot for the action. Unlike Russia's Moiseyev folk ballet, whose dancers' athletic leaps are relatively close to the virtuoso tradition of formal dance, the Folklorico's characteristic moments find the troupe bouncing in position like so many bright-colored jumping beans...
Stylistically, Picasso runs the gamut from the murky chiaroscuro of Rembrandt to a spidery line that Steinberg could be proud of. Technically, the prints are a virtuoso performance in which the artist often combines various techniques-etching, aquatint, drypoint-on the same plate...