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Jorge Bolet plays Liszt in Atlanta 1987
RARE VIDEO: Jorge Bolet plays Liszt in Atlanta. The first six minutes of Liszt, Harmonies poétiques et réligieuses, S.173: Bénédiction...
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Jun 71 min read
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Arthur Rubinstein quotes Godowsky
In a BBC television interview in 1968, Bernard Levin asked Rubinstein if it helped for the audience to have a technical knowledge of the...
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Jorge Bolet, Cuba's Answer to Liberace!
Res Gestae: The Stony Brook School Yearbook 1955 records a rectal by Jorge at his old high school on Long Island (Class of 1934) on 14...
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Jun 231 min read
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Alfred Brendel (1931-2025)
The great Austrian pianist, Alfred Brendel died at his home in Hampstead, north London on 17 June 2025. I was privileged to hear him many...
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Jorge Bolet, Hong Kong (March 1987)
Jorge Bolet, Hong Kong (March 1987). Two clippings from the South China Morning Post.
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Jun 101 min read
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Jorge Bolet, Amsterdam (May, 1935)
Bolet Played the Piano—and Not Gently A tongue-in-cheek review from De Volk 9.5.1935. I include the Dutch below: though this ChatGPT...
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Jun 63 min read
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Jorge Bolet: Cape Town 1964
Check the relevant page for more detail on the orchestral concert on Thursday 22nd. On Tuesday 27 October, Die Burger reported on...
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Jun 52 min read
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Ludwig Lustig - a name new to me
Musical America , February 1950 notes that Jorge will have Ludwig Lustig (of Ludwig Lustig Artists' Management) as his personal...
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Jun 41 min read
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Jorge Bolet, Buenos Aires (1975)
Jorge Bolet, September 1975, Teatro Coliseo, Buenos Aires. (Newly added to website) After Brazil, Jorge played in Buenos Aires,...
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Students of Jorge Bolet
A very incomplete list, which I've just started. Feel free to add - using the Contact page (I've excluded those students in...
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May 271 min read
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Bad Day at Red Rock(s)
Red Rocks Festival of Music, August 1955
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May 251 min read
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What is "Jorge Bolet" in Japanese?
What is "Jorge Bolet" in Japanese?
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May 241 min read
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Jorge Bolet performs in Hawaii
Jorge Bolet stayed at the Moana Hotel on Waikiki beach, October 1962 In October 1962, Jorge performed in Honolulu. A local newspaper...
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May 211 min read
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When did I first hear Jorge Bolet?
In 1983, I was in the audience of a masterclass in what was then called the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now the Royal...
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May 192 min read
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Last recordings: Berceuse (Chopin), Jorge Bolet
One of the very last recordings Jorge Bolet made (of Chopin's Berceuse). In November 2024, Donald Manildi wrote in the International...
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May 181 min read
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Jorge Bolet en español: sitio web
Jorge Bolet en español: sitio web
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May 151 min read
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Mario Vargas Llosa
"What?! He had no connection with Jorge, as far as I know." No, but my interest in Latin America includes not only Jorge Bolet (who...
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Apr 161 min read
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"Liszt or Chopin? Or both?"
Did Jorge Bolet play Chopin as well as he did Liszt? A video uploaded to YouTube, hence the bit about "comments" at the end
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Bolet on audiences
Saturday, 14 November 1981: recital in Kobacker Hall, Bowling Green State University, Ohio (Mendelssohn, Schumann Fantasy ,...
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Apr 71 min read
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Got questions about Jorge Bolet? Let AI Chat Answer Them for You!
Got any questions? Let "Jorge Bolet AI Chat" answer them for you! This is a promotional video for YouTube. You will find the...
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