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Ruth Slenczynska: The Last Living Student of Rachmaninoff at 97!
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Stealing Practice Moments: Advice from Ruth Slenczynska
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You can listen to her Life in Music here:
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We have lost something irreplaceable. Not just a great pianist. Not just a great teacher. We've lost a living connection to music history that can never be restored. But what Ruth Slenczynska leaves behind — the students she shaped, the recordings she made, the principles she lived by — those don't disappear. Those live in every pianist who ever heard her play or sat across from her at one of those two grand pianos. I'm grateful that I was one of them. And I hope that by sharing her story with you today, a little piece of her spirit stays alive in this world. I am grateful for everything I learned from Ruth Slenczynska, but most of all having been able to know such a kind, joyful person with such a giving spirit. I have left a link to her recording legacy in the description. If this moved you, please share it so people can experience this extraordinary woman.
Ruth Slenczynska: The Last Living Student of Rachmaninoff at 97!
youtu.be/m9Qwxdu16o0?si=iYoaX5AJCxPWqmcL
Stealing Practice Moments: Advice from Ruth Slenczynska
youtu.be/5HZkup8R6dE?si=BGGi0AdSGYHwTUrf
You can listen to her Life in Music here:
youtube.com/channel/UCIrfKpFv_dSU2AdeZSqqkjQ
We have lost something irreplaceable. Not just a great pianist. Not just a great teacher. We've lost a living connection to music history that can never be restored. But what Ruth Slenczynska leaves behind — the students she shaped, the recordings she made, the principles she lived by — those don't disappear. Those live in every pianist who ever heard her play or sat across from her at one of those two grand pianos. I'm grateful that I was one of them. And I hope that by sharing her story with you today, a little piece of her spirit stays alive in this world. I am grateful for everything I learned from Ruth Slenczynska, but most of all having been able to know such a kind, joyful person with such a giving spirit. I have left a link to her recording legacy in the description. If this moved you, please share it so people can experience this extraordinary woman.
