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FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1989
I knew it would happen even-
tually. So I took engagements
playing in Stockholm. In fact,
I was in the middle of one
when Denmark was invaded.
I never went back because
they were on the lookout for
me and everybody knew my
face so I had nowhere to hide."
So Borge took his talent to
other stages. For many
reasons he has guest-
conducted the world's major
orchestras, from the Royal
Danish and London Philhar-
monics to the New York and
Los Angeles Philharmonics.
He made his operatic acting
"debut" by performing as
both Prince Orlovsky and the
jailer Frosch in Sarah
Caldwell's Opera Company of
Boston production of Die
Fledermaus with Beverly
Sills. His great love of opera
inspired him to create his
story-book adaptation of
Bizet's Carmen.
Borge says it was not ter-
ribly difficult to make the
transition from his native
Denmark to his adopted
homeland in America
because the language of
music is universal.
"And, of course," he adds, "I
had a very good arsenal of
possibilities to work with
because I had already proven
how well my material work-
ed. I knew that whatever I
could do would work just as
well any place in the world
because it did not depend on
any one particular language.
It was just a matter of getting
it exposed the right way and
as soon as possible so that my
material would be mine and
no one else could create it as
their own!'
Borge has worked tireless-
ly toward seeing that others
can create and thrive as well.
He has established scholar-
ships at universities and col-
leges, and with New York
lawyer Richard Netter,
created in 1963 the Thanks to
Scandinavia scholarships
fund in gratitude for the
heroic deeds of the Scandina-
vians who, while risking their
own lives, saved the lives of
thousands of the persecuted
the doomed during the
Holocaust. The multi-million
dollar fund has already
brought hundreds of students
and scientists from the Scan-
dinavian countries to
America for studies and
research. He also established
a special music scholarship in
memory of his parents. The
annual prize of 100,000
Danish crowns was recently
awarded in a ceremony at
Tivoli Gardens. This, in addi-
tion to the four scholarships
already set up for worthy
music students in the United
States.
A tireless performer who
continues to delight au-
diences worldwide with his
musical antics, Borge has
autored two books: My
Favorite Intermissions and My
Comedies in Music. He's also
recorded an audio cassette en-
titled, The Two Sides of Vic-
tor Borge. Side one is devoted
to some of his most popular
comedy routines while the
other side consists solely of
five classical piano solos. In
addition, he has released a
new home video entitled, Vic-
tor Borge on Stage with Au-
dience Favorites.
"The smile," says Borge, "is
the shortest distance between
people!' His own smile gets
brighter when in America he
is referred to as the Am-
bassador of Goodwill from
Denmark, and when in the
rest of the world, he is refer-
red to as the Ambassador of
Goodwill from America.
A two-hour documentary on
the man and his music is cur-
rently being produced in
Sweden. He believes it may be
ready for American TV au-
diences sometimes early this
year.
When not performing,
Borge, a devoted family man,
likes to spend his rare free
time with his wife Sanna,
their five children and eight
grandchildren. An expert
skipper, Borge's favorite three
B's are Bach, Beethoven and
Boats.
An octogenarian, Borge
continues to give between 80
and 100 concerts a year. He
says he gives thoughts to
retiring only because he's con-
stantly asked about it.
"But I don't think I will," he
says laughingly. "I don't see
why I should since this has
been part- of my life for so
many years now. If there was
something else I would like to
do beyond what I have been
doing I would have done it a
long time ago!'
Borge has traveled far from
his roots. But he's never
forgotten them. Especially
the final words of wisdom
from his beloved mother.
Knowing his mother lay dy-
ing of cancer, Borge sneaked
back to his homeland under
cover of darkness to see her
one last time.
"She still didn't know the
country was being invaded at
that time," Borge recalls. "Tb
make her happy, I told her
when she got well we would
go to America together where
I had a wonderful contract
waiting for me. That was not
true and was the biggest lie
I ever told. But I guess she
believed me because she smil-
ed up at me and simply said,
`Well, don't let it go to your
head! "
Obviously, he never has. ❑
Hebrew U. Film Archive
Signs Pact With Harvard
Jerusalem — The world's
largest collection of Jewish
and Israeli documentary
films, located at the Steven
Spielberg Jewish Film Ar-
chive at the Hebrew Univer-
sity of Jerusalem, will now be
more readily accessible to
American scholars and film-
maker's as the result of an
agreement signed between
the archive and the Harvard
College Library.
Under the agreement, the
Harvard Library becomes the
official depository in the
United States for the
Spielberg Archive. Harvard is
financing videotaping of
selected films from the ar-
chive for this purpose.
The Steven Spielberg
Jewish Film Archive, located
on the Mt. Scopus campus of
the Hebrew University, was
recently named for the famed
American filmmaker. The ar-
chive was founded 20 years
ago by the Hebrew Universi-
ty's Institute of Contem-
porary Jewry and is ad-
ministered jointly by the in-
stitute and the department of
information of the World
Zionist Organization. More
than 4,000 cans of film and
videotapes, containing rare
and unique footage, are stored
at the archive, ranging from
short clips to full-length
feature films.
Among the historical films
in the archive's collection is
the first footage shot in pre-
state Israel in the early part
of this century by Jewish
filmmakers, including scenes
showing the building of ear-
ly settlements in Eretz Israel
and the dedication of the
Hebrew University on Mt.
Scopus in 1925. Later films
show the attempts to bring
refugees to the shores of Eretz
Israel just after World War II
and the proceedings of the
Adolf Eichmann trial in
Jerusalem. The archive also
possesses the only known
color film footage showing
Hitler, Mussolini and the
German general staff
together as they visited the
eastern front in the early
1940s.
The archive recently
transferred to safety film
some 65,000 feet of film shot