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She was 91 years old at the time.

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George K

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Slenczynska

She is the last living student of Rachmaninoff.

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We’ve had a thread on her before. I recall that in her first meeting with Rachmaninoff he asked her what piece she wanted to play. She told him. Then he asked her to play it for him in some other key that he specified.
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