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Jorge Bolet
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- The World of Pianos: Fascination with an Instrument
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Jorge Bolet (November 15, 1914–October 16, 1990) was a Cuban pianist, conductor and teacher. Bolet was born in Havana, Cuba and studied at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he himself taught from 1939 to 1942. His teachers included Leopold Godowsky, Josef Hofmann, David Saperton, Moriz Rosenthal and Fritz Reiner.[1] In 1942 Bolet joined the US Army and was sent to Japan. While there, he conducted the Japanese premiere of The Mikado. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jorge+B
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jorge
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Cuba
- Place of birth
- Havana
- Place of death
- Mountain View
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- Curtis Institute of Music
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- piano
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- Jorge Bolet 1975.JPG
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- date of birth
- 1914-11-15
- date of death
- 1990-10-16
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Jorge Bolet
- name in native language
- Jorge Bolet
- birth name
- Jorge Leopoldo Bolet Tremoleda
- place of burial
- Pacific Ocean
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