Remembering Janos Starker: July 5, 1924 – April 28, 2013
“What is the role of music in society?… Music is one of the essentials in human existence, almost identical with eating, sleeping, making love, the basic functions that keep a human being alive. Music...
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CelloBello János Starker Remembrance Week April 22-28
CelloBello Remembers János Starker Please join us for a full week of events and video releases,to remember and honor this great figure of the cello world.Preview of upcoming events: New Videos of...
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CelloBello János Starker Remembrance Week: Life as a Student of János Starker
János Starker “S” Bridge János Starker’s incomparable achievements as a performer and recording artist are well-documented. However, when I first appeared at his door as a new graduate student, my...
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CelloBello János Starker Remembrance Week: Janos Starker, Who Is, Was, and...
Starker with pianist Gyorgy Sebok – life-long friend and musical partner of Starker. By Michael Haber Many years ago, I was on a family trip to Israel. In a hotel in Beersheva, I was surprised to find...
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János Starker Remembrance Week: Reminiscences from the Starker Studio
Cello-playing aside, Starker’s intelligence, force of personality, and personal discipline were intimidating to most people, and downright frightening to students. Our culture generally allows our...
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János Starker Remembrance Week: A Tribute To János Starker
By Maria Kliegel A moment of tense, expectant silence – to me it seemed to be an eternity. A couple of silent smoky clouds floating in the teaching room. Janos Starker looked at me in his typical...
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János Starker Remembrance Week: The Test
After a long journey a young man arrived deep in a forest where the teacher of his choice was living in a small house he had built himself. When the student arrived, the teacher was sweeping up...
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János Starker Remembrance Week: Presenting My Mentor with His Honorary...
János Starker Receiving His Honorary Doctorate at the New England Conservatory It is a privilege for me to be able to use my website, CelloBello.com, to honor my former teacher, colleague, and friend...
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János Starker Remembrance Week: Starker’s Two Grandchildren Remember Grandpa
CelloBello apologizes that the last beautiful paragraph of Alexandra Preucil’s blog was originally omitted. Be sure to read the corrected version. By Alexandra Preucil Assistant Concertmaster...
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