Jewry's Role in
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THE WORLD'S GREAT PIANISTS

Instrumentalists of Jewish descent have excelled in interpreting time-
honored and modern classical music. The large majority of these
outstanding artists were immigrants from. Central Europe in which Jewish
emancipation enabled them to come into their own. During the early part
of the century, the Continent harbored superb conservatories and teachers.
In stellar performance, their graduates have brought the soul of their music
to peoples everywhere.

ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN

(1887-1982) b. Lodz, Poland
Colleagues. and
international audiences have ranked him with the
Twentieth Century's finest players of the modern
romantic repertoire. Rubinstein's musical genius
was confirmed at age-three, and within four more
years he sat at the keyboard in public performance.
His early career, while concertizing across Europe,
was plagued by exultant highs and depressing
lows—until marrying Aniela, the daughter of a Polish conductor. Family life
and its stability transformed Rubinstein's attitude and style. And after
settling in the U.S. in 1940 he perfected his musical trademark: lyrical,
poetic renditions often featuring Chopin and less familiar Spanish works.
With immense energy and generosity of spirit, he routinely scheduled more
than 100 recitals a year--many for charity. Failing eyesight led to his
retirement in the mid-1970s.

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VLADIMIR HOROWITZ

(1904-89) b. Berdichev, Russia It is widely held
that his technical brilliance and virtuosity within
the classical romantic tradition were unsurpassed
by pianists of his generation. As a teenager, he
studied composition at the Kiev Conservatory, but
turned to the piano to help support his family
impoverished by the Russian Revolution. By 1925
he won recognition and fame in his homeland,
Europe and America--playing more than 200 works with inspired precision.
Horowitz relocated to the U.S. with his wife, Wanda, the daughter of Arturo
Toscanini, in 1939. Physical and nervous exhaustion forced him from the
stage (1953-65) to which he later returned, giving important recitals over
several years. He retired once again, but reappeared in 1978 in a stunning
comeback before White House and Moscow audiences.

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RUDOLF SERKIN.

(1903-91) b. Eger, Bohemia
• The musical
prodigy made his solo debut with the Vienna
Symphony OrchestTa at age twelve. "The Poet of
the Keyboard," as he came to be called, gave his
first U.S. performance in 1933 to which he
immigrated six years later. Throughout much of
his distinguished career, Serkin was associated
with his father-in-law, violinist Adolf Busch, with
whom he often performed German masterworks. Once urged into an
encore, he complied with the hour-long Goldberg Variations, after which
he reminisced: "When I finished, there were only four people left in the hall-
-Adolph Busch, Artur Schnabel, Alfred Einstein and myself." This
exception to the rule found him playing to admiring S.R.O. audiences
worldwide. Serkin also served as a director of Philadelphia's Curtis Institute
of Music and helped form the Marlboro Festival in Vermont.

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