Summary
After living a quarter of a century in the United States, pianist Alexander Toradze won't need anyone to translate for him if he mingles with audience members at the dessert table after Saturday's gala opening performance with the Evansville Philharmonic.
Truth be told, he never truly needed an interpreter when he first played with the orchestra in December 1977, just months after winning the silver medal in that year's Van Cliburn competition.See the full content of this document
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No Kgb 'Translators' Returning with Pianist
Toradze, then 25, had been born and raised in what was then Soviet Georgia and trained in Moscow, but he spoke better English than the "translators" who accompanied him to Evansville on his first visit or in 1979, w...
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