Wednesday, 15 January 2025

Rachmaninoff's last active pupil is 100 today!




By Norman Lebrecht


Raise a breakfast coffee to Ruth Slenczynska, still playing on her 100th birthday.


She first played with orchestra in Paris 93 years ago. 


Her teachers were Artur Schnabel, Egon Petri, Alfred Cortot, Josef Hofmann, and Sergei Rachmaninoff.


Watch on YouTube here.


First published at Slipped Disc, January 14, 2025





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