Slenczynska was a child prodigy, making her debut in Berlin at the age of 6 and in Paris at 7 with an orchestra. In Europe, she studied under Arthur Schnabel, Alfred Cortot, Josef Hofmann, and Sergei Rachmaninoff, among others. She was Rachmaninoff’s last surviving pupil.
At the age of 97, she released her final CD, “My Life in Music.”
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Ruth Slenczynska passed away on Wednesday, April 22nd, at the age of 101.
Slenczynska was a child prodigy, making her debut in Berlin at the age of 6 and in Paris at 7 with an orchestra. In Europe, she studied under Arthur Schnabel, Alfred Cortot, Josef Hofmann, and Sergei Rachmaninoff, among others. She was Rachmaninoff’s last surviving pupil.
At the age of 97, she released her final CD, “My Life in Music.”
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Ruth Slenczynska passed away on Wednesday, April 22nd, at the age of 101.
Slenczynska was a child prodigy, making her debut in Berlin at the age of 6 and in Paris at 7 with an orchestra. In Europe, she studied under Arthur Schnabel, Alfred Cortot, Josef Hofmann, and Sergei Rachmaninoff, among others. She was Rachmaninoff’s last surviving pupil.
At the age of 97, she released her final CD, “My Life in Music.”
