Aaron rosand isaac stern biography

The memoir by Aaron Rosand, which we published earlier this week, has opened the floodgates to reminiscences by musicians who claim to have suffered at the hands of the superpower violinist Isaac Stern. Most were fellow violinists, but other artists did not escape his attention. The ensuing discussion on www. Why did Isaac turn against him?

Maybe I upset him because I had a more intellectual and artistic approach to music? In any case I was dropped and erased. Then Vera was assigned to intimidate my mother and try to deport me back to Israel. Instead he appointed himself as the President of Carnegie.

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It was meant to be an honorary position but it was not. Stern brought to the board of Carnegie Hall many of his wealthy friends who were loyal to him. Many of the large donors to this organization also gave money to Carnegie…. In , I gave a successful piano recital at the 92 nd Street Y to a full house, played four encores and received a very good New York Times review.

But I thought that he had just caught a cold. I was happy. It was PM and ran right away over to 81 st Street. He looked at me with an ice cold stare and started repeating the most devastating phrases that no one should ever have to listen to.