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Gregor Piatigorsky

Gregor Piatigorsky began performing the cello at age seven and was admitted towards the Moscow Conservatory at 9, learning there with Alfred von Glehn. In 1919, he became a member of the Lenin Quartet and was appointed primary cellist from the Bol’shoy Movie theater Orchestra. In 1921, Piatigorsky still left …

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