The Eighth Sonata There are only two performance that I know of (no doubt there are a few more). 3 December 1948 Carnegie Hall, NYC The programme of his 6th appearance here included: Beethoven's Rondo Op. 51/1 in C Schubert's A minor Sonata D.748 Prokofiev's Sonata No. 8 in B flat major Op. 84 Chopin's Ballade in G minor Op.23, Berceuse, and a Saint-Saëns Waltz. 27 April 1949 Havana, Cuba (for the Sociedad Amigos de la Música) incl. Piano Sonata in A minor, D 784 (Schubert

12 April 1943 Havana Rachmaninoff 3rd concerto (Jorge Bolet) [+Mozart, Symphony No.33 in B flat major, K. 319 & Wagner, Meistersinger overture] Orquesta Filarmónica de la Habana/Erich Kleiber The extract is from: Erich Kleiber, a memoir (1957) by John Russell Custodio, music critic, in Noticias de Hoy (14 April 1943)is full of praise for Kleiber. Dr. Agustin Batista, president of the Patronato Pro Música Sinfónica (Board for Symphonic Music), delivered some courageous words,

I know of at least three performance of Jorge Bolet's performance with Dr Weissmann in Scranton, PA, but the Havana connection is interesting - he was succeeded by Alberto Bolet in 1953: 4 October 1944 Masonic Temple (Scranton, Pennsylvania) Scranton Philharmonic/Frieder Weissmann 12 March 1945 Scranton, Pennsylvania Scranton Philharmonic/Frieder Weissmann 14 March 1949 Masonic Temple, Scranton, PA. Liszt, Concerto No. 2 in A major Scranton Philharmonic/ Frieder Weissmann 22

ChatGPT analyses thus: The two pages appear to be U.S. Army administrative records concerning Lt. Jorge Bolet in 1946. Their purposes are different: Document 1 (3 August 1946) Purpose: To authorise and coordinate Lt. Bolet's separation from the Army and return transportation home. Key points: States that Lt. Bolet must be separated from the Army or aboard transportation returning home by 31 August 1946. Notes that authority exists to retain him until the required approval is

19 May 1944 Presidential Room of the Statler Hotel, Washington, D.C. 'Jorge Bolet of the Cuban Army and Pfc. [Private First Class] Erno Valasek [24 year old violinist from Cleveland] of the United States Army Air Forces Band this evening.' Fior the benefit of the American Red Cross. Featured will be Raymond Gram Swing's Fantasia quasi una sonata (in only its third performance). Present will be Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt, Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, the Cuban Ambassador Au

1914 Born Havana, Cuba on 15 November to Antonio Bolet Valdés and Adelina Tremoleda de la Paz. c.1925/1926 Aged about nine or ten, Jorge played in the old-fashioned salon in Havana of Mrs Amelia Solberg de Hoskinson. 1926 13 August: first of two benefit concerts for the young Jorge in the Teatro Principal de la Comedia (organised by Maria Jones de Castro) 1927 4 September: second of two benefit concerts for the young Jorge in the Gran Teatro Nacional, Havana. Organised by Am

This is an extensive and detailed account of Jorge Bolet during his three visits to Japan in the years 1946, 1976 and 1988 but it also examines the wider picture of his career at these times. Comments, corrections and additions are most welcome. Use the contact box (unless you already have my email).

1 minute video I've just come across this film footage from Japanese TV of The Mikado in August 1946, Tokyo, Ernie Pyle Theatre. You get a tiny glimpse of the back of Jorge Bolet's head.

That's why Father Ullastres took me to the Teatro Principal and there he introduced me to the great Jorge Bolet after he had played Chopin during an unforgettable concert (mid-1940s?).

This list does not include Cuba. See also 1974-84 In El Caribe (12.11.1981), Lamela Geler stated that Jorge visited Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) in the early 1950s and played in the Teatro Olimpia, under the auspices of Sociedad Pro Arte. Now he gives a second recital in Santo Domingo. She goes on to state: 'Conocido mayormente en Europa y los Estados Unidos, ya que sus incursiones en América Latina han sido escasas, su repertorio está constituido por el total del ma

Cuban Airs to Sound On Colorado Range? The Rocky Mountain News (Daily), November 27, 1944 The plaintive if slightly monotonous tempos of the West Indian calypso may leave their mark on the lustier folk music of western North America as an indirect outgrowth of the war. That opinion was voiced in Denver yesterday by Lt. Jorge Bolet, noted Cuban pianist and assistant military attache to the Cuban Embassy in Washington. Lieutenant Bolet is in Denver for an appearance with the D