Piatigorsky
Americannoun
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He visited a final time in 1970 for a five-week tour with the cellist Gregor Piatigorsky.
From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
As a teenager, he accompanied and conducted the orchestra for master classes by the legendary cellist Gregor Piatigorsky and violinist Jascha Heifetz, and Piatigorsky asked him to learn Rachmaninoff’s cello sonata.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 5, 2019
That same day, Laurence Lesser, a Piatigorsky pupil who serves as the cello sage at the New England Conservatory, advised Annie Jacobs-Perkins, another Kirshbaum protégée, on Martinů’s Second Sonata.
From The New Yorker ● May 30, 2016
Fischer's laser focus soon alights on rising Russian star Spassky, especially when the two compete against each other in 1966's Piatigorsky Cup tournament held at Santa Monica's Miramar Hotel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2015
“We must get Bobby Fischer,” Gregor Piatigorsky told his wife.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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