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4 picks · 1989–1992

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Going to the Core
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PROFILE of pianist Richard Goode, 49, who has only in the past few years become known as a solo pianist, after many years as a chamber musician. Born in …

A GOLD COIN
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PROFILE of violinist Josef Gingold. He was born Oct. 28, 1909 and teaches at the School of Music at Indiana University. Tells about his audition for Eugene…

WALKING TO THE PAVILION
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PROFILE of English conductor Jeffrey Tate. When he was 11, he had been accepted by the Farnham Grammar School, where he studied until he was 18. He thus …

Yo-Yo Ma’s Musical Mind
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When he is playing, the cellist’s movements have a logic and beauty of their own, David Blum writes, in this Profile from 1989.