Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, b. Brescia, January 5, 1920 (d. Lugano, 1995)
Alfred Brendel, b Wizemberk, Cz, 5 January 1931
Maurizio Pollini, b Milano, 5 January 1942
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Prospective students at the Newark School of Violin Making have been told that the present year’s intake will be the last. There will be no new intake to Musical Instrument Crafts for the next two […]
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