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Villa Egoki, Fuenterrabia
Finally! After hearing about Jorge's home in Spain during 1960s-1980s, I get an address. I've been looking for this since 1983 when JB...
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Jan 202 min read
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Bolet on Cuba and Poland
An interview with the Leidsch Dagblad  (5 December, 1983) became quite animated. There was a big feature, with Charles van der Leeuw...
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Jan 202 min read
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Bolet & Brahms in Belfast 1983
Well this is a find indeed - how have I missed this! I heard this on the radio in March 1984 (I'd only discovered Jorge Bolet the year...
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Jan 171 min read
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Bern, Switzerland 1988
A gem of a review, but from Bern not Lucerne (as advertised)
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Jan 111 min read
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A gem of a review from Switzerland
Monday 11 April, 1988, Bern Casino Hall, Bern, Switzerland. 'When you heard him play, this guest from overseas, you got the impression...
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Jan 101 min read
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Alejo Carpentier reviews Bolet 1953
Early in the new year, Bolet had been on tour in Central America/Caribbean. A passenger manifest shows that he arrived in San Juan,...
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Jan 104 min read
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Sgambati
Mattheus Smits recalls: 'After finishing my professional music education in Holland, I decided to continue my piano studies with a...
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Jan 92 min read
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Mattheus Smits recalls Bolet & J.Marx
After leaving music conservatory [in Utrecht], I continued my piano studies in 1972 with the Dutch pianist Mr. Johan Ligtelijn, who had...
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Jan 73 min read
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Happy Birthday, Alfred Brendel!
I'm not just a fan of Jorge Bolet. Another great interest is Alfred Brendel, who today on 5 January 2025 is celebrating his 94th...
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Jan 52 min read
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Attilio de Vitalis
A name you don't hear in Jorge's usual biography! Jorge had begun piano lessons with sister Maria. Â (He said in an interview in 1943...
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Jan 31 min read
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Happy New Year 2025
What better way to end 2024 - at least in the musical world of Jorge Bolet - than by being reminded (via the words of Donald Manildi in...
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Dec 28, 20241 min read
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New videos of Jorge Bolet's career
A.I. technology is moving on at a rapid pace - I'm amazed at what I'm seeing - and I've produced a series of three new videos with what I...
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Dec 2, 20241 min read
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Decca issues 26 CD set
All Jorge Bolet's recordings for the company from 1977-1990, including Chopin Nocturnes and Berceuse, never before issued, have appeared...
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Nov 27, 20241 min read
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Jorge Bolet in Latin America
This is very much work-in-progress, but I thought I'd try to gather together all that I know so far about Jorge's performances in South...
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Nov 2, 20241 min read
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Solidarity/Solidarność
On 19 October 1984, in the Filharmonia Narodowa, Warsaw, Jorge Bolet played Liszt. That very evening, Catholic priest and chaplain of...
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Oct 31, 20242 min read
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"If it's Tuesday, it must be Szczecin..."
Online Polish newspapers have revealed a few more of their secrets about Bolet's tour in May/June 1961. New cities and dates have been...
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Oct 30, 20241 min read
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A rainy-season in Namibia: 1976
Jorge Bolet's recital in Windhoek, South West Africa was actually on 2 February, not 6th, so there is some mixup in his datebook. The ...
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Oct 29, 20242 min read
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Jorge Bolet: Buenos Aires review 1979
In ClarÃn , 25 July, 1979, Jorge D'Urbano - who had reviewed Jorge's first appearance in Argentina in June 1955 - wrote: 'Jorge Bolet is...
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Oct 19, 20242 min read
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Teatro Colón
Jorge Bolet's only appearance in the fabled opera house in Buenos Aires was on Saturday, 21 July 1979. The programme consisted of...
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Oct 17, 20241 min read
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"Musical Pumpkin Spiced Lattes"
The Piano Files on Patreon has posted a little challenge. Jorge Bolet plays 'In Autumn' in recordings from 1952 and 1987. "To celebrate...
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Oct 11, 20241 min read
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