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In Reply to: Spare me. posted by Rick W on July 10, 2014 at 10:01:59:
Rick -- I think we can all agree that Isaac Stern was a great violinist. (Duh.) It is also true imho that he and many other great violinists continued to perform in public well after they were past their prime. I suspect those days are over given the modern fetish for technical perfection.
But what also seems to be true, and I've heard it from sources in addition to Aaron Rosand, is that Stern used his impressive network of wealthy and powerful contacts to interfere with the careers of younger up and coming American violinists whom he saw as competitors. I think that is the main point Chris is trying to make. Erick Friedman is another example. Interesting to read that Rosand wisely decided that going to Moscow to compete in the Tchiakovsky competition would be a bad idea because he would have no chance of winning. Friedman did compete, against the advice of his teacher Heifetz, and finished something like 6th. Anyway, Rosand and Friedman are well worth checking out on record.
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- RE: Spare me. - rbolaw 11:19:56 07/10/14 (1)
- Apparently not all of us. - Rick W 07:45:09 07/11/14 (0)
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