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Pablo Casals, who died nearly 25 years ago at 96, left his cello to the people of this island.
Feb. 26, 1989
Pablo Casals first visited Puerto Rico, the birthplace of his mother, in 1955.
Jan. 4, 1997
Our most prolific labels, Sony and RCA, have devoted a good deal of recent activity to restoring to circulation their catalogues of the recordings of cellist and sometime conductor Pablo Casals (Sony) and pianist Artur Rubinstein (RCA), both of whom lived and recorded into ripe old age.
March 20, 1994
Maurice Gendron, 69, a cellist who played with Yehudi Menuhin and Pablo Casals.
Aug. 26, 1990
Books
The author examines the composer’s effect on Albert Schweitzer, Pablo Casals, Leopold Stokowski and Glenn Gould in an expansive manner.
Sept. 30, 2012
Obituaries
Pianist and cellist Fred Katz, who studied under Pablo Casals, was a high school dropout who scored Roger Corman films, backed Lena Horne and Tony Bennett, and taught college anthropology.
Sept. 14, 2013
Kayoko Wakita sat in her favorite room, the one that brings on thoughts of Zen masters, Glenn Miller, Manzanar, Betty Grable, traditional Japanese court music and Pablo Casals.
Dec. 3, 1989
Eugene Istomin, a leading classical pianist best known for his chamber work with violinist Isaac Stern and cellist Leonard Rose, has died.
Oct. 13, 2003
Marta Istomin resigned as artistic director of the John F.
May 9, 1990
It was the late cellist Leonard Rose who said: “Violinists get engagements.
Feb. 18, 1996