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Benedetti Michelangeli, Arturo
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Benedetti Michelangeli, Arturo 

Born Jan. 5, 1920, in Brescia. Italian pianist. In 1934 he graduated from the Milan Conservatory (he was a pupil of G. Anfossi), and in 1939 he received first prize at the International Competition of Performing Musicians in Geneva. He was a professor of the Bologna and Venice conservatories. He now directs the school of piano in Bolzano and annually conducts a special course in Arezzo which is attended by young pianists from many countries. He is one of the greatest contemporary pianists. In 1964 he performed on tour in the USSR.



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Even when she attempted to get unblocked by submitting herself to infrequent study sessions with Italian pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, she was unable to assuage her self-doubt.
In the late 1950S Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli invited him to his informal school in Arezzo--Moravec fondly recalls the "3 x 40 minutes" of tutelage at the piano with the genial Italian, plus the copious vino.
So adding new pieces to his recital programmes is a protracted process, and he sympathises with musicians such as the conductor Carlos Kleiber, who only ever made a few appearances each year, or the pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, who as he got older played fewer and fewer works.
 
 
 
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