Rachmaninoff’s last active pupil is 100 today

Rachmaninoff’s last active pupil is 100 today

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norman lebrecht

January 14, 2025

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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