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Jorge Bolet 1934 with Mrs Curtis Bok
Jorge Bolet with Mrs Mary Louise Curtis Bok and David Saperton ( Diario de la Marina , 28 December 1934) The Chattanooga Daily Times (14.10.1938) reported that Mrs Bok has said that all she has done and put into the Curtis Institute is justified in this one student.
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Jeremy Nicholas recalls Jorge Bolet
I'm a bit late to this as the article was published in November/December 2014 in International Piano . However... Jeremy Nicholas, who wrote a biography of Godowsky, recalls Jorge Bolet. Here's an extract. Though it would be presumptuous of me to describe him as a friend, I got to know him quite well in the late 1970s. Thereafter, he would invariably phone to tell me when he was in the country and I made sure I saw him after all his UK recitals. One memorable evening, I thi
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Jorge Bolet at the keyboard
Another very fine photo provided by Mathias Donderer: Paris, 1988 The photographer was Wilhelm Fröling.
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Dec 10, 20251 min read


Jorge Bolet: playback of Grieg & Schumann
Mathias Donderer has kindly provided some photos - here is a second one from the recording studio. “They were taken during our tour with Jorge Bolet in 1986 and in Berlin when recording Schumann and Grieg with Riccardo Chailly for DECCA.” The photographer was Wilhelm Fröling.
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Dec 10, 20251 min read


Jorge Bolet & Riccardo Chailly
Cellist Mathias Donderer has kindly provided some photos - for the moment here is one. “They were taken during our tour with Jorge Bolet in 1986 and in Berlin when recording Schumann and Grieg with Chailly for DECCA.” The photographer was Wilhelm Fröling. More to follow.
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Dec 10, 20251 min read
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