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THE IMPROVISER (Part 1) - Jazz Violinist Stéphane Grappelli (1908-1997)
When I first heard the music of Stéphane Grappelli, I pictured an elegant champagne brunch with corks popping, ice sculptures slowly melting, and waiters in cummerbunds and bow-ties bustling about. As it turns out, I was not far off the mark. Between 1967 and 1972, Grappelli's main gig was in a restaurant on the 10th floor of the Hilton Hotel in Paris where he entertained socialites, tourists, and other upscale diners......
By Christopher M. Wright
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began studying the violin as a young girl in Israel. Little did she imagine that years later she’d be performing with rap superstar Jay-Z in front of thousands of screaming fans. Miri grew up in a small town near Tel-Aviv, beginning her classical music education when she was only 6. When violin lessons became too expensive for her family, Isaac Stern stepped in, recommended her for a scholarship from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation and gave the young prodigy her most treasured possession, a violin.
www adres: www.miriben-ari.com
Michael Gustorff was born in Leverkusen (Germany) in 1958. He studied classical music at the Musikhochschule Duisburg (Germany) and jazz at the conservatories in Amsterdam and Arnhem (The Netherlands).
www adres: www.gustorff.com