A devoted reader has sent us this clipping from the Honolulu Star Bulletin of Betsy Arakawa at her piano debut in 1971, playing one movement of Haydn’s G major concerto.
Betsy became the second wife of movie star Gene Hackman thirty years ago and died with him today. Police say there were no suspicious circumstances.
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Chicago readers report that George Freeman has left us. He may have been the last surviving person to have performed and recorded with Charlie Parker. George played with most other greats and recorded many albums, […]
Never lost for an eye-catching line, the pianist concludes a dreary interview in the Telegraph with this going-home gift: I ask Wang about her future career goals and she suggests she’d like to do more […]
America’s mezzo diva has come out for the Veep. ‘If Trump is elected,’ she says, ‘we will no longer recognise our country’. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Joyce DiDonato […]
