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Richard Pennycuick <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 7 Sep 2003 08:55:20 +1000
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Gretchen Ehrenberg:

>This Obituary crossed the wires.  I am not familiar with this artist.
>Any information?
>
>The world-renowned violinist and conductor, Tibor Varga, has
>died at his home in the Swiss Alpine village of Grimisuat at
>the age of 82.

His version of the Nielsen concerto on a Turnabout LP was the first I
heard.  It still cuts the mustard.  I also heard many Swiss Radio tapes
from the Tibor Varga Festival and remember them as introducing me to
much unfamiliar music.

Richard Pennycuick

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