Jorge bolet biography
Jorge Bolet, Pianist, Is Dead at 75; Specialist in Romantic ....
Jorge Bolet
Cuban-born American pianist and conductor (1914–1990)
Jorge Bolet | |
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| Born | (1914-11-15)November 15, 1914 Havana, Cuba |
| Died | October 16, 1990(1990-10-16) (aged 75) Mountain View, California, United States |
| Occupation | Pianist |
Jorge Bolet (November 15, 1914 – October 16, 1990) was a Cuban-born American concert pianist, conductor and teacher.
Jorge bolet biography
Among his teachers were Leopold Godowsky, and Moriz Rosenthal – the latter a renowned pupil of Franz Liszt.[1]
Life
Bolet was born in Havana and studied at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he himself taught from 1939 to 1942.
His teachers included Leopold Godowsky, Josef Hofmann, David Saperton, Moriz Rosenthal and Fritz Reiner.[2]
In 1937, he won the Naumburg Competition and gave his debut recital.[3] In 1942, Bolet joined the US Army.
He was sent to Japan as part of the Army of Occupation. While there, he conducted th