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
The festival is named for Gregor Piatigorsky, the golden-toned, big-hearted Russian virtuoso, who moved to L.A. in 1949 and later took a position teaching at U.S.C.
From The New Yorker • May 30, 2016
The Piatigorsky proceedings at Disney Hall also include Ma's recital and a concert featuring the Emerson String Quartet and scores of cellists involved in the festival playing en masse.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2015
“We must get Bobby Fischer,” Gregor Piatigorsky told his wife.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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