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4stringer77
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Van Cliburn
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March 01, 2013, 04:58:45 PM »
Sorry to learn of the passing of this legendary musician. He was a great ambassador of the power of music and it's ability to transcend politics even at the height of the cold war.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/van-cliburn-celebrated-classical-pianist-dies-at-78/2013/02/27/beb517ac-3636-11e1-afdf-67906fc95149_story.html
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March 01, 2013, 05:21:59 PM »
Those of us with a lot of grey hair remember that Van Cliburn was indeed a BIG deal back in the cold war. For an American to win a Russian competition in Russia was almost unheard-of. The Soviets had real indigestion over it.
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March 01, 2013, 05:29:43 PM »
A friend of Tom's and mine in Chicago took lessons from him.
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