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Jorge Bolet/Cleveland Orchestra
A summary of JB's four appearances with The Cleveland Orchestra. 14 November 1944, Civic Auditorium, Grand Rapids, Michigan. This was...
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Jul 29, 20253 min read
Santos Ojeda
Santos Ojeda (January 18, 1917 – May 27, 2004) was a Cuban-born American classical pianist and pedagogue. His early years remind me of...
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Jul 27, 20251 min read


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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Jul 14, 20251 min read
Jorge Bolet, Hamman Hall, Rice University 1982
1 February 1982, Hamman Hall, Rice University, Houston, Texas. Fantasy in F-sharp minor, op. 28 / Felix Mendelssohn -- Fantasy in C...
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Jul 7, 20251 min read


Jorge Bolet, Cuba's Answer to Liberace!
Res Gestae: The Stony Brook School Yearbook 1955 records a rectal by Jorge at his old high school on Long Island (Class of 1934) on 14...
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Jun 23, 20251 min read


Jorge Bolet plays Liszt in Atlanta 1987
RARE VIDEO: Jorge Bolet plays Liszt in Atlanta. The first six minutes of Liszt, Harmonies poétiques et réligieuses, S.173: Bénédiction...
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Jun 7, 20251 min read


Bad Day at Red Rock(s)
Red Rocks Festival of Music, August 1955
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May 25, 20251 min read


Jorge Bolet performs in Hawaii
Jorge Bolet stayed at the Moana Hotel on Waikiki beach, October 1962 In October 1962, Jorge performed in Honolulu. A local newspaper...
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May 21, 20251 min read


"There isn't much time for the Ivory Tower"
Very interesting section added, after I found an article by JB in Etude, November 1951. Once you are on your way, artistic abstractions...
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Feb 3, 20253 min read
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