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Piatigorsky

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[pyah-ti-gawr-skee, pyat-i-] / ˌpjɑ tɪˈgɔr ski, ˌpjæt ɪ- /

noun

  1. Gregor 1903–76, U.S. cellist, born in Russia.


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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

The lobby’s busts of a brooding Beethoven and beloved cellist Gregor Piatigorsky appeared to have been carrying on their otherworldly dialogue unconcerned by pandemic.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2021

“She learned with Piatigorsky and all of these famous old-school teachers, all these great artists of the past were being passed down to Christine and then to Starla.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2020

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

Though he didn’t realize it, if Fischer hadn’t accepted the invitation to the 1966 Piatigorsky Cup in Santa Monica, California, there wouldn’t have been such a tournament at all.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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