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12.11 PM ET. Steve Wigler. Sviatoslav Richter, born 100 years ago in Russia, was one of the world's greatest pianists. Sony Music Photo Archives hide caption ... i ... He single-handedly rescued the original piano version of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition from tarted-up arrangements, such as that of Vladimir Horowitz, by revealing colors in the composer's unvarnished original rivaling those in the gaudy Ravel orchestration ... Comment ... More....
National Public Radio 2015-03-19A regular visitor to Los Angeles for over four decades, pianist Murray Perahia appeared at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Sunday, blazing through a treacherous program of music by Bach, Haydn, Beethoven, Franck and Chopin ... Once a reserved, methodical musician closer in temperament to András Schiff, Perahia emerged after studying with Vladimir Horowitz in the 1980s as an incendiary pianist ... Andrea Wang ... 26 (Op ... Add a comment. 0 ... 1 (Op ... ....
The Los Angeles Times 2015-03-16YouTube has been the world’s go-to source for all things informative and entertaining. It’s the savior of down time by treating us with spectacles for just minutes at a time ... He politely rejected the offer ... Many artists in the United States today are of Ukraine descendent like Bob Dylan, Neko Case, or Kvitka Cisyk that come to mind, but few unique successors are fresh-bloods like Vladimir Horowitz or Mika Newton....
The Examiner 2015-03-14(Source. Chicago Symphony Orchestra) For Immediate Release. Press Contacts.. March 12, 2015 Eileen Chambers, 312-294-3092. Rachelle Roe, 312-294-3090 Photos Available By Request. PR@CSO.org PIANIST MURRAY PERAHIA RETURNS. TO CHICAGO FOR A SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS PIANO SERIES RECITAL. March 22 at 3 p.m ... In subsequent years, he developed a close friendship with Vladimir Horowitz, whose perspective and personality were an abiding inspiration....
noodls 2015-03-12With his brother David, Albert Maysles helped redefine documentary film-making with such stark slices of life as Gimme Shelter, about the Rolling Stones and Altamont, and Grey Gardens, about an eccentric mother and daughter ... Until David Maysles' death in 1987, the brothers made films about musicians, various social issues, celebrities and Bible salesmen ... There was no manipulation on our part and no hidden message ... Vladimir Horowitz ... -->....
The Independent 2015-03-09Original documentary film-maker best known for Grey Gardens and Gimme Shelter. Albert Maysles in 2013. Photograph. Victoria Will/Invision/AP. Ronald Bergan. Sunday 8 March 2015 17.57 GMT Last modified on Sunday 8 March 2015 19.56 GMT ... His younger brother, David, as soundman, had a sensitive directional mike and a Nagra recorder ... Facebook Twitter ... Later in life he concentrated on portraits of classical music performers – Vladimir Horowitz ... ....
The Guardian 2015-03-09Original documentary film-maker best known for Grey Gardens and Gimme Shelter. Albert Maysles in 2013. Photograph. Victoria Will/Invision/AP. Ronald Bergan. Sunday 8 March 2015 17.57 GMT ... Albert Maysles, who has died aged 88, came from a long line of documentary seekers of truth and was himself an inspiration for many who followed ... Facebook Twitter ... Later in life he concentrated on portraits of classical music performers – Vladimir Horowitz....
The Guardian 2015-03-08... Maysles earned an Oscar nomination in 1974 for the documentary short Christo’s Valley Curtain and an Emmy in 1987 for Vladimir Horowitz....
The Daily Beast 2015-03-06Emmy Award-winning documentarian Albert Maysles died last night at the age of 88 at his home in Manhattan. Maysles is probably best known for Grey Gardens and Gimme Shelter, both of which he worked on with his brother David, who died in 1987. The brothers won two Emmys, but neither for the aforementioned documentaries—in the 1980s they won for Vladimir Horowitz. The Last Romantic and in 1991 for Soldiers of Music ... ....
Huffington Post 2015-03-06He was 88 ... The pair were Oscar nominated in 1974 for the documentary short subject “Christo’s Valley Curtain.” They also shared an Emmy in 1987 for “Vladimir Horowitz ... ....
IMDb 2015-03-06Albert Maysles, who created some of the most important documentaries in film history with his brother, David Maysles, has died. He was 88. Maysles died at his Manhattan home Thursday night, The New York Times reports. Family friend K.A. Dilday confirmed the news ... tour ... Grey Gardens (1975) was another one of their better known efforts ... The Maysles brothers won two Emmys, for Vladimir Horowitz ... Desperate Choices (1992) ... Follow @celcafe ... ....
Celebrity Café 2015-03-06(The Hollywood Reporter)Albert Maysles, who collaborated along with his late brother David in a documentary film career that included the troubling 1970 concert documentary "Gimme Shelter," has died. He was 88 ... Maysles was a cameraman on D.A ... TCM Classic Film Fest ... In 1968, they made "Vladimir Horowitz. The Last Romantic," and the following year, they shot "Horowitz Plays Mozart," also for TV. "People are people ... The detail is comment ... ....
CNN 2015-03-061 ... Vladimir Horowitz makes a triumphant return to Carnegie Hall. On May 9, 1965, a year after Glenn Gould gave up performing live concerts, Russian-born American classical pianist Vladimir Horowitz returned to the stage after a 12-year absence, playing a sold-out concert before an adoring audience at New York City's Carnegie Hall. Horowitz would continue to record and perform live for the next 24 years, right up until his death in 1989....
Toronto Sun 2015-02-22Vladimir Samoylovich Horowitz (Russian: Владимир Самойлович Горовиц, Vladimir Samojlovich Gorovitz) (October 1 [O.S. September 18] 1903 – November 5, 1989) was a Russian-born American classical pianist and composer. His technique and use of tone color and the excitement of his playing were legendary. He is widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century.
Vladimir Horowitz was born in Kiev in the Russian Empire (now the capital of Ukraine). There are unsubstantiated claims that Horowitz was born in Berdychiv; however, his birth certificate unequivocally states Kiev as his birthplace.
Horowitz was the youngest of four children of Samuil Horowitz and Sophia Bodik, who were assimilated Jews. Samuil was a well-to-do electrical engineer and a distributor of electric motors for German manufacturers. Horowitz's grandfather Joachim was a merchant (and an arts-supporter), belonging to the 1st Guild. This status gave exemption from having to reside in the Pale of Settlement. Horowitz was born in 1903, but in order to make him appear too young for military service so as not to risk damaging his hands, his father took a year off his son's age by claiming he was born in 1904. The 1904 date appeared in many reference works during the pianist's lifetime.