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.
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