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Puzzling: who was the conductor?
On 30 June 1969, Jorge Bolet gave a performance at Bloomington, Indiana, where he had just started teaching. He played Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30. Ralph Vaughan William's glorious Symphony No. 5 in D major was the other item on the programme. On the Palexa CD that came out, Charles Webb is assumed to be the conductor. Several discographies list him as being on the podium. However, The Indianapolis Star (25.6.1969) mentions that the conductor will
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Jorge Bolet teaches John McEnroe
My first thought was that Jorge Bolet was teaching a young John McEnroe, later an international tennis player! Does anyone know who the...
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