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In Reply to: Sorry, but that was too .. posted by rbolaw on July 11, 2014 at 18:04:52:
And toiletries and cash. He was very spooked by the suppression of his close friend Shostakovich, and worried that if they locked up Shosty he himself would be on the same list, for being Ukrainian and Jewish, and a musical progressive.
So, Oistrakh carried clean underwear and toiletries in fear of a trip to the Gulag, as well as cash if needed for petty bribes.
Whereas Heifetz had butlers and lawyers.
Thanks for the compliment. I really did seriously think back in the 1970s and early 1980s that many of the "competitive" practices in classical music were closer to textbook forbidden "anti-competitive" practices than to the free market.
One of the best live violin performances I EVER heard was by Mihaela Martin, Rumanian, I believe, and she sank like a stone in the US for not being a member of the Kosher Nostra.
Whereas there were young violinists who however briefly enjoyed major careers, and their playing in its rough-and-ready-ness reminded me of Stern's.
ATB,
jm
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