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Australian interview (Jorge Bolet)
The Age (Melbourne, Australia), 28 February 1987
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Feb 241 min read


Jorge Bolet likes Japanese Art
Santa Fe New Mexican, 6 March 1959. The paintings in his Washington Square New York address.
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Feb 121 min read


Jorge Bolet's pet hates
A newspaper amusingly reported a few of the pianist's pet hates: playing strange pianos, especially upright pianos in high schools, non-mixing bathroom taps (faucets), Rossini, peanut butter, mint in any form including toothpaste, Berlioz. The High Point Enterprise, North Carolina, 24 February 1954 Full disclosure: I like both Rossini and Berlioz. Mattheus Smits, a friend of JB, has told me: "Jorge knew the translation of 'onions' in many languages. When ordering meals in G
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Feb 61 min read
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 20, 20252 min read


Jorge Bolet recalled in 1981
Jorge Bolet recalled by a Spanish friend from a meeting in 1981; I believe the friend to be Ramón Rodamiláns Vellido (Spanish, with...
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Sep 20, 20241 min read
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